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It’s winter fun-time at FreePrintable.net world headquarters in Portland, OR. This week, my family chose to enjoy our winter activity in a heated mall. Our younger daughter, CQ, wore us out as she worked on her ice skating skills. Oh, to have the energy of a 4-year-old. I won’t say CQ is a future figure skater, because this is only her second time on the ice, but we think she did a great job. Take a look:

Are you in the mood for winter printables? Even if you’re not up for ice skating, the whole family can enjoy snow-themed coloring pages from FreePrintableColoringPages.net.

Happy New Year! I hope you’re ready to hit the ground running, armed with your free 2012 calendars and other handy printables from FreePrintable.net.

My family and I finished 2011 by taking some much-desired time off and relaxing in the gorgeous Hawaiian island of Oahu. We had the pleasure of visiting a beach that’s a popular spot for sleepy turtles. We used a zoom lens to get a picture of this nappy guy.

May 2012 bring you all kinds of great things. I’m well-rested from my trip and plan to bring you many, many new free and low-cost printables in the coming year.

A new year is right around the corner, but 2012 calendars are already here and ready to download and print for free. Just visit www.Printable2012calendars.com and take your pick of full-page, all-12-months-on-one-page (horizontal or vertical), or specialty calendars. Hey, pick several – they’re all free!

There are wallet calendars, academic calendars, a calendar that starts on Monday, a large bold print calendar, shaded weekends, holidays in red, and other handy variations for home or business. There are also weekly calendars you can print one at a time or the entire year at once.

You can download the calendars in PDF or DOC form. The DOC form can be opened and edited in Microsoft Word, so you can type right into it before printing. Add appointments, birthdays, and so on.

Start the year off right with these free 2012 calendars.

With Hanukkah beginning tonight and Christmas festivities in full swing, you’re probably pretty busy right about now. You know that awkward moment when you get a card from someone who you didn’t send one to? FreePrintableGreetingCards.net to the rescue, with 21 new designs added to the 250-plus greeting cards already at the site. And if you run out of gift tags while wrapping presents, there’s no need to run to the store. Just head to FreePrintableGiftTags.net and print what you need, instantly, for free.

There are new greeting cards for Hanukkah gift tags, Christmas, and New Year’s. The Christmas designs range from bright colors to subdued Victorian designs. For New Year’s, there’s balloons, party hats, and champagne glasses.

The gift tag designs include blue-and-gold Hanukkah tags with dreidels, menorahs, and more. There are brightly colored Christmas tags with wreaths, nutcrackers, and more. And I’ve also added general “Happy Holidays” and “Seasons Greetings” tags with snowmen, wreaths, candy, gifts, ornaments, and trees.

All of the gift tags are free in PDF and DOC form (you can type into the DOC versions in Microsoft Word before printing them out). The greeting cards are free as PDFs or $4 the DOC version that can conveniently be edited and used again and again.

Whatever you celebrate, have a happy one!

Is your holiday shopping done? Do you know what’s on the menu for Christmas dinner, Hanukkah, or other winter celebrations this year? I recently added new printable shopping lists, menu planners, and other seasonal printables to www.FreePrintableGroceryList.com.

The holiday menu planners come in colorful, illustrated as well as plain varieties and are great for making sure you never forget and ingredient or special dish.

The site also has handy, helpful printables for you “extreme couponers” out there (they work for casual couponers as well – you don’t have to be extreme if you don’t want to). List weekly deals, compare prices, and so on. There are other grocery lists, trackers, and forms to save you time and money, such as freezer and pantry inventory lists and a party planner.

Did I mention everything at FreePrintableGroceryList.com is free? Yup. You can download and print a PDF and write on it or opt for the DOC version if you want to type into the list first using Microsoft Word. Have fun shopping and saving!

Are you ready for 2012? No? Well, neither am I, but my free printable calendars are. You can head over to www.Printable2012calendars.com now to download and print all kinds of great calendars for free.

I actually launched the site a few months ago (I’m on the ball that way), but recently I added even more variations. There are full-page calendars for each month, along with a convenient all-in-one download that has all 12 months in one file. There are several all-on-one-page designs with horizontal and vertical orientations, shaded weekends, holidays in red, Monday starts, and more. Plus, there are specialty calendars such as academic varieties, large print calendars, and wallet-sized-calendars. By popular demand (from users of my www.Printable2011calendar.com site) there are also 2012 weekly calendars.

Again, all of the 2012 calendars are free to download and print. Choose from PDFs you can print out and write on, or go for the DOC versions that you can type into before printing. Never miss another birthday or appointment! (OK, I can’t promise that, but these calendars should help.)

Do you like to send out holiday letters? If so, I hope they’re not the annoying ones of the “my cat made the honor roll again” variety. I’m not a holiday letter-writer but I am excited about the 22 new printable stationery designs I recently added to www.FreePrintableStationery.com. There are 22 new seasonal designs to choose from, all free. They’re not just for letters – use them for flyers, signs, invitations, and more.

There’s lots of Christmas stationery as well as winter and New Year’s designs. And, of course, they’re all free. Choose from lined or unlined and download a DOC file you can open and edit in Microsoft Word or another DOC-compatible program such as Google Docs. Then, type right into it before printing. There’s even placeholder text for your name and address – though you can easily delete that if you want.

The colorful Christmas designs include poinsettias, a Christian cross, candy canes, and, of course, Santa Claus. For winter, there are snowmen and snowflakes. And for your New Year’s signs and letters (perfect if you didn’t get around to a Christmas letter), there are champagne glasses and party illustrations.

FreePrintableStationery.net has 280 designs for use year-round. Check them out!

Do you feel especially busy this time of year? Well, you know who’s even busier? Santa Claus, that’s who! The man has to supervising toy-building, get his sleigh and reindeer in line, and then deliver presents all over the world while never breaking a sweat in his thick, furry suit. Meanwhile, he has to keep track of who’s been naughty or nice and watch out for late-breaking naughtiness.

You can give the big guy a break by taking over some of the letter-writing duties. My site, www.SantaPrintables.com, has more than 40 letter templates to help kids, grownups, and even pets get a letter from “Santa.” Just find a letter that suits your family’s situation (everything from baby’s first Christmas to thanks for the cookies), download, and print. All of the letters are free as PDFs you can print and write the recipient’s name in by hand. If you’d like to customize a letter by typing into it in Microsoft Word, adding family details and other personal stuff, opt for the $5 DOC version. They’re all on colorful Christmas stationery.

This season, I’ve added nine new Santa letters, with themes such as spending Christmas away from home, and explaining why a certain gift won’t be under the tree due to parents’ veto. There are also letters from Santa for Christmas morning, funny letters for adults, fill-in-the-blank letters, and letters from Rudolph and Mrs. Claus.

SantaPrintables.com also has 17 beautiful, full-color Christmas cards to download and print as PDF (free) or editable DOC ($5). Merry Christmas! I thank you and Santa thanks you.

A couple of weeks ago, I told you all about my new site, www.ThanksgivingPrintables.net, with dozens of coloring pages, cards, puzzles, and more other seasonal printables – everything free to download and print. But did you know I’ve been including Thanksgiving printables in my other FreePrintable.net sites for years? There are literally hundreds of coloring pages, recipe cards, place cards, gift tags, and other goodies to choose from.

There is a large selection of free Thanksgiving coloring pages at FreePrintableColoringPages.net, with everything from pumpkin pie to pilgrims.

If it’s Thanksgiving letterhead you need (whether for stationery or flyers), head over to FreeLetterheadTemplates.net, where everything is free to download and print. There is a nice, fall cornucopia gift tag at FreePrintableGiftTags.net.

There’s also a mouth-watering turkey recipe card at FreePrintableRecipeCards.net. It’s free in a PDF you can print out and write on in pen, or pay $7 for a premium .DOC version to customize in Microsoft Word.

If you’re feeling especially thankful, you’ll find excellent thank you certificates at FreePrintableCertificates.net. Just print one out (free as PDF, $5 for a .DOC version) and let someone know how grateful you are.

And, lastly, if you need to send a Thanksgiving Day fax, there is no better cover sheet than the design at FreeFaxCoverSheets.net.

In anticipation of the holiday parties coming up, I recently added to the selection of place cards at www.PrintablePlaceCards.net. There are new fall-themed cards as well as numbered place cards (1 to 100) that are ideal to identify tables and places at weddings or other large events. There are dozens of cards to choose from at the site, for holidays year-round as well as birthdays, baby showers, graduation, and more.

A friend of mine sent me pictures of how she used some of the fall place cards to identify entries in an apple pie baking contest, so the judges wouldn’t know whose pie was whose. She used the premium .DOC version, so was able to type directly onto the place cards in Microsoft Word and even change the font.

The DOC versions are just $5 per design, or you can opt for the free PDFs that you print out and write guests’ names on them in pen (calligraphy looks great on these). Print on cardstock, or buy Avery tent card stock #5302, which everything at PrintablePlaceCards.net is designed to fit.