Tamara's Paper Trail: Let Me Show You How ... to make my Christmas Wish List Books! Jan 5, 2026

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Let Me Show You How ... to make my Christmas Wish List Books! Jan 5, 2026

At long last, I'm getting to some long overdue blog posts! Dad's funeral, and all that goes with that, has me VERY behind on things. One step at a time!

I wanted to post the photos and the video replay for my Christmas Wish List Booklets. They are INSANELY quick and easy to make and they can be used for SO man things - recipe shares, baby shower guest books, prayers, photos .... anything goes! The grommets we used to sell retired probably 15 years ago. I have a small stash left. You can certainly just glue the pages together - no grommets needed, per the lamb booklet below. Check out some of the books I've made over the years. A GREAT keepsake!

** what's the backstory on these books?

If you’ve followed me for more than a year, you’ll know that every Christmas I make “wish list” booklets for my girls.

What are those?

When they were young, instead of writing letters to Santa (cause I was never ahead enough to get them in the mail before Xmas Eve!) the girls would leave a list of what they wanted for Christmas in these books. After presents were opened and the kids were off playing, I would write what gifts they each got, and from whom. (Now they they do that part themselves). It’s made for a great keepsake over the years.

The first picture is the book they are writing in this year. Hot off the presses as I forgot all about them until last night!

We’ve given up a lot of traditions over the last few years. No more Reindeer Food on the lawn. No more milk and cookies. No more Advent Calendars. THIS, tradition, though, is one the girls aren’t quite ready to let go of … and I’m glad. 😊😊😊

Here they are:

Here is the Let Me Show You How Facebook Live replay, showing you how I made them ...

That's it for this week. If you would like to join me LIVE for my weekly FaceBook Live sessions, you can catch me on my FaceBook Page here at 7:00 pm Mountain Time every Monday ... or on my YouTube Channel here at the same time (I stream live to both). Like and Follow my FB Page and/or Subscribe to my YouTube Channel. I'd love to have you - the live community is AMAZING and so much fun!

If you live in Canada and would like to purchase any of the items I used for my cards, just click any of the pictures below and you will be taken to my online store. Thank you! I appreciate your support!

Stay amazing!

Tamara

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