Its finally time to start getting excited about Christmas!!!! Yay!!!!!
Family, friends, colleagues maybe even neighbours- for many of us, when you add it all up you've got a fair amount of people on the Christmas list, and if like me you have a lot of loved ones (I have 6 brothers and sisters!) then you'll need to start planning and organizing what you'll be making and for who.
Depending on how many people you're planning on making homemade gifts for and how complex the gift is to make, planning and creating all your gifts could easily take a month or two! But don't panic if you haven't started yet- with a little organisation and (of course) a handy spreadsheet, planning your homemade crafts doesn't look so daunting after all.
You can't go wrong with a list, but other factors you'll need to consider are if you need to buy any materials before you start and how long (realistically) the project will take- I usually go by number of evenings as I work full time, this is when I do most of my crafting.
I've made an example spreadsheet, close to the one I use that can be found on googledocs here:
I'd recommend filling out all your gifts and how long it will take, then using the filter function on the table you can sort out what will take the longest (and therefore what you should start soonest) and what projects you don't have to worry about for a little bit!
Happy Crafting,
Hayley x
