Advent calendar 2015
Looking out of the window we feel like having spring time but a look at our calendar just tells us it’s only three weeks until the 1st of December i.e. only three weeks left to finish one or maybe even several advent calendars. I’ll start with one that is done rather quickly at least if you already bought all sweets and little gifts for it. Container for my gifts is a shabby chic basket decorated with a star garland. Cut or punch stars in different sizes and twist a thin silver wire through the baskets edge attaching the stars every now and then. Stars, gift wrapping paper and calendar numbers were made with papers and cardstock in harmonic colours.
The basket’s bottom is covered with a handmade doily but you may take a Christmas paper napkin as well. My little gifts are wrapped in three different papers and calendar numbers glued on top. In the web you’ll find lots of free templates for calendar numbers. Some of them are hidden behind this link.
The basket’s not yet filled but the last gifts only have to be wrapped to join the others. The day before handing it over I’ll put some fir sprigs among the wrapped gifts. A Christmas cardboard box will hold the gifts as well.
