Thending Christhmath Cards

Which Christmas song is my post title from? Ten points. Look at all of these opportunities to get points!

I really love to make homemade cards, as you know. But I only make 25 Christmas cards every year, because they take FOR-E-VERRRRRR. FOR-E-VERRRR. What movie is that from??? Ten points. So if I didn't send you one of these homemade cards, don't be offended. I just sent them out to the first 25 people who sent me cards. And then, for the others who sent me cards past the first twenty-five, I went to the store and got some equally cute cards that were like $2 for a whole box. Something I'm sorely tempted to do next year for all of my cards.

I got lots of help this year from my fam.

These cards involved a buttload of eyelets, so I taught my kids how to set eyelets into holes and very nervously let them do it.

Dylan, putting an eyelet into the hole:

Then hammering the backside of the eyelet:

I love that little grimace he makes when he's concentrating on something.

Sadie just wanted to watch at first:

Then decided to give it a try.

The kids were interested in this for like five minutes, tops. Then they got bored and left me in my storage room to finish the job. (Eyelets are more easily hammered on cement than on a table.)

Ben very kindly offered to do some glueing with his special glue from his grad school days. He has made many, many models using that glue:

Wanna see my cards?:

Cute, huh??