a quick quiz

when did you finish making your 2010 holiday cards?

a. december 1st

b. december 15th

c. i'm almost done! no, really, just a few more to go!

d. holiday cards??!?! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you answered b, c, or d... and let's face it, we all answered b c or d, didn't we?! (lauren and stef have both personally answered b, c, or d every single year since they started making cards!!!) ...and feel like you've cheated yourself yet again out of december's holiday fun ... have we got an idea for you:

let's make 2010 the last year we inflict last minute holiday card panic--or a fast and shamefaced trip to hallmark (yeah, we've all done THAT, too!) --upon ourselves, ok?!

let's do the math: if we make ONE CARD PER WEEK, every week of 2011, we will all have 48 fabulous and unique holiday cards on december first. how cool will that be??!?! (hint: it's VERY cool indeed; it's arctic, in fact!)

let's get real: we've all *SAID* we're going to do this before, haven't we? (lauren and stef have personally said we're going to do this every single year since we started making cards!!!) and we really did MEAN IT...but then somehow it didn't quiiiiiiiite happen.
so lauren and stef thought: HEY!!! what if we all did it TOGETHER?! what if we publicly made this promise to ourselves...and then made it a fun promise to keep?! not a chore, but a creative challenge, a cool thing to look forward to every week?!

so this is it! this is the year we're all going to ENJOY DECEMBER! (and hopefully have a really good time in the rest of the months, as well!)

so this year, on new year's day, when we all wake up full of resolutions and good intentions, excited about a clean slate, let's start as we mean to go on:

let's make one little christmas card per week. let's make new friends and try new techniques. let's cheer each other on, inspire each other, get each other back on track when we need to, and just generally be excited about our common goal!

see you on january 1, 2011!!!