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November 1st means it’s time to get serious about Christmas Shopping! I’ve been doing some shopping since September, but some people in my family are procrastinators in making wish lists. I’ll be giving gifts to loved ones who range in age from 1 to 85, so there are lots of different stores I’ll need to visit.

While I won’t be bringing out the Christmas decorations for a few more weeks, I thought this fun little printable would be cute as a magnet for my fridge. A little bit of Christmas never hurts!

I created it using PicMonkey. There are tons of fun images there to play around with. I used the option of importing my own fonts and used the candy cane font that I found on dafont.com.

I had some 4×4 cork pads that I picked up a while ago. I decided one of them would make a good backing for this.

I resized the picture to 4×4 and printed it on burlap, then trimmed it to fit the cork. Unfortunately, the printing didn’t stand out on the burlap directly against the cork. To fix that, I trimmed a piece of white card stock to put between the cork and the burlap.

I hot glued the card stock to the cork and then glued the burlap in place. I used a circle magnet with an adhesive backing.

I tied a tiny bow with twine and glued that to the center.

My fridge now has a cute little reminder on it. Let the serious shopping begin!

I also printed it out on an 8.5 X 11 piece of card stock to use in a frame I recently found at Goodwill for $1.25. The white frame had a silly picture in it and red matting. Red and White? Looks like Christmas to me.

I removed the backing from the frame and the photo and inserted my shopping print. I had to make a new backing for it using heavy card stock. Then, I finished it off with red ribbon for hanging.

If you’d like to download the printable, you can find it here.

Are you an early shopper or do you rush out in the crowds a couple of days before Christmas?

Beverly

Beverly shares easy, inexpensive craft tutorials, diy projects for the home, coastal decor projects, & thrift store find makeover projects all designed to help you create a beautiful home on a budget.

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