Pocket Letter: Fall/Autumn Themed

Some questions, as there seem to be a few different ways that people do PLs.

Do we fully decorate each pocket in the theme; decoration meaning it's not meant to be removed? Some people like to keep these in a binder to look at later (me!).

Or, is it just goodies in pockets for our partner to take out, resulting in an empty page?

Or something in between?

Good question- Fully decorate the pockets and then stuff with goodies that can be removed. @user2637

That leaves me a bit confused and I think this may need clarification. When making pocket letters I always put a decorative paper into each pocket then decorate the outside of the pocket. For the back of the PL many people use a cut and divided master board, solid color papers or more decorative papers unless the swap specifically says no back papers. Depending on what the goodie is it can go between the two papers or in front of the front paper (washi) so when removed, the PL still looks nice in the binder...