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Hi everyone - long time, no see! It's been so busy recently with school and things going on in the run-up to Christmas, so I've pretty much just been chilling out at any opportunity I get because I'm so tired! We had Parents' Evening last night, and my English teacher said we would be having a mock exam every week up until study leave starts in May! I suppose it will help us get better marks if we know the exam papers really well, so it'll definitely be worth it in the end.

I can't believe how Christmassy it's starting to feel now! Our Christmas decorations and outdoor lights are up now and I started my advent calendar yesterday with it being the first of December (you're never too old!).

I decided to decorate this hot chocolate tin, so I could maybe use it to put something inside as a Christmas present, like chocolates or bath fizzers. It was a very quick and simple, but I just thought it'd be a nice way of giving someone a gift. Sorry the photos aren't that great. It was starting to get dark by the time I got home from school, (already!) so I had to put the flash on.

Materials:
Tin: Cadbury's Hot Chocolate Tin
Papers: The Paper Company
Ribbon, Buttons, Flowers and Brad: From My Stash
Cardstock: Bazzil
Glitter: Craft Planet

Also, the inside smells like chocolate, which is a nice added touch, hee hee! :)


I've got to look forward to over the next couple of months - I love this time of year! Next week, I will be going to the Clothes Show with school, so I will hopefully take some good pictures and post them on here. Obviously I am really excited about Christmas, and I'm going on the train to Chester tomorrow with some friends to do my Christmas shopping! Also, me and some other friends are planning on going to Alton Towers in the New Year, when we have some Christmas money to spend, and I might be going to see Coldplay for my birthday hopefully, if my mum manages to get tickets. I'd be so over the moon if she did! :D

I'm entering this gift tin into Simon Says Stamp Challenge, where the theme is 'Anything Goes.'

Anyway, that's all for now. I should be back next week with photos from the Clothes Show and hopefully another card some time soon. I've just had two weeks of consecutive English mock exams, which finished today, but at least it was poetry, which I really love. The work load is only going to increase though unfortunately, so I'll try and get crafty again as soon as I can! Luckily, I've only got one piece of work to do this weekend, which is nice.

Thanks so much for looking and have a lovely weekend! Enjoy all your Christmas shopping and building up to the big day! I know I will!

Lots of love, Georgia xx