Claud and I will be putting up the tree and the deco's today; and she's already opened the first drawer in her first advent calender-awwww! I made it earlier in the year, if I remember correctly from an idea originally in that not usually a stylish craft mag, NZ womens weekly! My version, by virtue of me being a northern hemisphere-er down south, with christmas at midsummer still feeling not quite right even after a decade, had to be both white and feature snowflakes (like most of my favourite christmas decos). Matchboxes (approx two years of firelighting supply!), double sided sticky tape and stamping-hinting at my Blue Peter craft origins! And that bloomin Martha Stewart snowflake punch again!
I was always mad about the advent calender as a kid myself, though I was fussy and turned my nose up at cheap tasteless chocolate, my preference was for glitter and cute pictures. Always shared with my younger sister Miranda, it was always a good day when it was my turn to open the little door! Making my kid an advent calender is a christmas tradition I've started this year. I'm already thinking of next years-Christmas doll house, with miniture doll-house-y stuff gifts, of course, or perhaps this retro inspired number.
It was good to start early with this calender as it's taken me most of the rest of the year to find things both cool and very very little to put in each match box. Making it also extended last Christmas into January which is no bad thing in my book!
