Saturday, November 26, 2011

Friday Night Finds: Advent Calendars

Sorry I'm posting this on Saturday but yesterday we were still "recovering" from Thanksgiving dinner and in the afternoon I went and change a bit my look! (You can see a picture HERE

Tonight's finds are all about Christmas Advent Calendars. This year I made my first one (I usually bought the $1.50 ones from the grocery store) and I will share it with you in a few days.
Here are some awesome ones. A few are very simple to make so you are still on time to start your own tradition too!

Plain tags on a pre-decorated paper gift bag {HERE}

Manzanita branches & little gift boxes. By Centsational Girl. {HERE}

Christmas Ornaments Countdown by Pottery Barn {HERE}

A knitted advent {HERE}

Using Chinese takeaway boxes! By Just Sew Sassy {HERE}

Fabric cones advent. (Can also be made with paper) {HERE}

Christmas Ornaments in a Vintage Coca-Cola crate. By Life as a Thrifter {HERE}

A must see!! {HERE}

Hope you are inspired now and will consider making one too. For more ideas visit my Pinterest board : Christmas






9 comments:

  1. I made one too!! http://scissorsandawhisk.blogspot.com/2011/11/jewelry-box-advent-calendar-tutorial.html

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  3. Lots of great ideas out there, Veronica

    Kelly

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  4. I love love LOVE the tree one and the knitted ones! When I have kids they will DEFINITELY be getting homemade advent calendars! :)

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  5. Lovely advent calendars. Hope you come and check my version out too. Love the new look :-)

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  6. What creative calendars! Thanks for sharing =) Visiting from Serenity Now...

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  7. These are all great ideas for Advent Calenders. I am still trying to decide what to do for ours this year. I better hurry up and figure it out soon hey?!

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  8. These are LOVELY finds.. I love them : ))

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  9. I love these gorgeous ideas! I am so happy that you have linked up to my Pinning & Singing party to share them-thank you. I'm going to tweet about this post right now!

    Have a great weekend, Veronica!

    Best wishes,
    Natasha.
    xo

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