Some exciting news!

 Well, it is exciting to me, anyway.  My brand-new Etsy shop, A New Hampshire Attic, is open for business!

I'm still in the process of stocking and tweaking my shop, but I would love for you to visit and look around.   Don't feel you need to purchase anything; just enjoy the browse and tell others, if you like what you see.

So far I have only a handful of items listed (well, make that a couple of handfuls), so if you don't see anything that catches your eye, bookmark or favorite the shop and return later.  I will be adding items every day or so.  There are literally hundreds more items to list.

Most of what I have listed so far is vintage Christmas items.  I'll also be having vintage stationery, vintage sewing notions, vintage hankies, vintage advertising, and much more.

Hope you'll enjoy your visit to A New Hampshire Attic!

My January Rudolph Day

I was unable to celebrate the day on January 25, just having too many other things going on.  So I opted for the 26th instead, and most of what I did that day involved working in my Christmas notebook.  I did make some Christmasy tea -- if I remember, it was the Christmas Morning from Stash, which is not a flavored tea but just a nice blend of black and green tea -- to sip while I worked in my notebook. 

I got a good start on copying over my 2017 actual Christmas list (as opposed to my list of ideas, which I worked from all year and right up through the Christmas shopping).  I always like to make a nice neat legible copy when all is said and done, and file it in the back of my notebook, so that I will have a clear record of what grandchild received which game, book, toy, etc.  It's easy to be inspired by the same gift again another year, forgetting that a specific child had already received one. 

In my notebook, I also wrote a few notes to myself concerning next year.  I had picked up some Christmas cards at Walmart after Christmas, so I noted just where they are stored.  I ordered Christmas stamps and international stamps from USPS.com, and noted, again, just where I put them.

(Incidentally, this is a good idea for most anyone in the US, to order Christmas stamps ahead of time.  These seem to be mostly the "Forever" stamps now, so they will still be good in the future without needing to add additional postage.  I invariably forget to buy them until it's time to mail cards, and the selection may be depleted.  Ordering ahead assured I got just what I wanted.)

I've also made and purchased a few Shutterfly gifts for next Christmas -- so I also noted what they are, who they are for, and where they are stashed.

Can't remember what else I did that day, but if I worked at all at the house I've been clearing out,  I was sorting through stored Christmas cards and wrappings.  See that mailbox-themed card above?  That was one of my finds.  My regular readers know how much I love Christmas cards with a mailbox theme.  In my clearing out, I've found a bunch more of them, all different.   It makes a difficult task much more enjoyable!