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De-Stress for the Holidays, Part I

December 9, 2008 by Joanna Slan


Note: Last year I asked my scrapbooking friends to tell me how they de-stress during the holidays. I loved their answers so much that I decided to post one every Tuesday and Thursday (Dec. 9, 11, 16, 18 and 23) until Christmas. So be sure you can follow this blog for a very special treat–some welcome ideas for making the holidays a lot BRIGHTER because they aren’t powered by STRESS energy!–Joanna

Spending several days away from my home at my parents’ home, as much as I love them, can stress me out. Plus, I have a difficult time sitting and doing nothing and my parents need to sit and rest much more than I do and want me sitting with them. So, I’ve learned to take some sort of craft/activity that I can talk and do at the same time. Gives me something to keep my hands occupied and de-stresses me at the same time. Sometimes, my mother gets involved as well, which is another plus. The crafts/activities? So far, sorting through decades of non-digital prints for scanning onto CDs (and discussing the memories), making button trees with styrofoam trees/buttons/decorative straight pins, painting and decorating a kraft paper house into a Halloween decoration, etc.

Deborah P

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: De-Stressing for the Holidays, scrapbooking

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  1. Deborah P says

    December 11, 2008 at 9:59 pm

    Hey, I was checking in on the de-stressing tips and lo and behold, mine was the first one! I didn’t even remember sending this in, so it was doubly fun to read it and be reminded for this weekend!

  2. Joanna Campbell Slan says

    December 11, 2008 at 10:05 pm

    Deborah,

    You never know what’s going to turn up here in this blog! Thanks for the de-stress tips. Do you make house calls?

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