Check out the
advent calendar Delia made using my
origami advent tutorial. I really love how she lined everything up and framed it! :) Awesome!
Have
you make something using one of my tutorials? Send me a photo or a link to your blog post where the photo is and I'd love to share it here on my blog! :) Just
e-mail me.
With December 1st coming up I thought I should re-post the advent post I did for Whatever Dee Dee wants last year. I edited it a bit so if you want to see the one I did for Dee Dee go here.
With
the economy the way it is these days, I am very thankful for
affordable paper crafts. I don’t want to spend my money on crafts when I
need to be saving it for the holidays. With that in mind I decided to
make an advent calendar from paper grocery bags. This is nice because not only is it recycled and therefore great for the environment, but it is also free. :)
Last year each box held a bit of candy, creating a yummy way to countdown to Christmas, but this year I think I'll add some scriptures to read, and activities, or acts of service to do as a family.
To make this you need:
- 5 paper grocery bags
- number stamps
- white craft paint
Here are the steps:
- Cut 50 squares (6in x 6in) out of the 5 paper grocery bags
- Fold 25 lids and 25 bottoms. (Here is a video I made teaching how to fold larger boxes using wallpaper, the tiny boxes in this advent arefolded the exact same way but with 6in x 6in paper.)
- Stamp, stencil or hand paint the numbers
- Fill with candy , scriptures, or activities and acts of service to do as a family.
I
displayed my advent in a nook that has 5 little shelves, how
convenient, but you can display these any way you like. You could line
them up on you mantle, stack them up like a pyramid, or even hot glue
them to poster board and hang them up on the wall. Happy crafting!
Last year after Christmas was over I spotted
this awesome vintage looking village on
A feild journal and fell in love! I became obsessed with making a vintage village too. I love how they turned out. If I get around to it I'll make a pattern for you all to make a little village too! :)
So we put up our Christmas trees this past weekend but I have a confession, we decorated our mantle the day after Halloween! :) :) The felt trees are from my
glittered felt Christmas tree tutorial that I posted last year. I'm thinking of making more in different sizes and covering the entire mantle with them. I don't know if I really will, the silver pots and candle sticks are usually a permanent mantle decoration. What do you think?
We put our Christmas trees up this weekend! :) (Yes you read that right.) We are strong believers in making Christmas last as long as possible! Why not make the spirit of joy and giving last longer than one month a year. :) We all need a little Christmas sometimes.
Last year I listed
this awesome snowman in my etsy shop but I listed him too close to Christmas and he didn't sell. Now he is back up and
on sale for $100!! So head on over the
my Etsy shop and snatch him up!!
