Hello all! I hope that you are having better experiences shopping for gifts than I have had these past few weeks. Mostly, I’ve just had the usual: dealing with harried store employees, out of stock items, sales not as advertised, etc. But this last weekend I had a rather horrific experience at a local electronics store. I picked up the last box of a certain camera model and a woman pulled my hair! Not a child—a grown woman. She yelled at me that this camera was hers, that she had only set it down for a moment, and that I could just back off. Honestly, I was a little too shocked to do anything but hand the woman the box and back away (after she released my hair, that is). This incident was…bizarre. I’m a shut-in on Black Friday specifically to avoid that kind of behavior. As you’re all picking out gifts for loved ones in the coming days, I wish you all better luck than running into that woman, or others like her.

Of course, the best way to avoid the crush is to make your own gifts. As I have been a bit strapped for cash this year, I’ve definitely been doing that (Hugware to the rescue!). I’ve taken to making calendars for some friends and family, rather than trinket gifts. There are of course calendar making Creatables, but really you can use any collection you like. I made a recipe calendar for my best friend (who loves to cook), and my niece is obsessed with puppies, so I mixed and matched from several collections. It’s really been a lot of fun!

However you obtain the gifts you give, I wish you merriness along the way!

Libby
libby@pccrafter.com

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