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Advent calendar – PartIII

 This is one of the calendars that needs a little bit more time but good planning and maybe a little help will allow you to finish it until December 1st. You’ll need 24 papercups to hide the candies, some Christmas papers and pink, red and white cardstock. The templates for coat, hat, face and gloves […]

Decorative gift wrapping

One of the lovely packages I made for my different advent calendars. It was either placed on the shelf or hung up in the tree. For the advent calendar just glue the numbers instead of a name tag. You can use gift wrapping paper that needs to be tailored to the desires size or Christmas […]

Stars at table

Simple, quite natural and very easy to reproduce. The necessary test glasses are available at florists or crafting stores. Saw stars of about 5″ and drill a hole in the size of your test glass diameter a bit above the center of your star. Then remove the edges and color the star as you like. […]

Advent calendar – Part II

This stylized Christmas Tree is a last year’s gift from a good friend. At that time it was too late for using it as a calendar but this year my little tree will work as such. It is made of different branches 1/2 – 3/4″ thick which are nailed to a triangle already resembling a […]

Advent calendar – Part I

Here he is – my first advent calendar this year. I chose a white book shelf. First it’s a lovely advent calendar but after Christmas it doesn’t have to be removed. It will serve for storing books. To reach the calendar from all sides it can be leanded against a wall. Lateron it will be […]