Tuesday, December 02, 2008

spt -- holiday love

This new little advent I decided to make this year ended up taking more time than I expected.



For some reason, even the filling and hanging seemed like a bigger task than I had anticipated. It's a good thing I love making things. And that I love advent calendars. And that I love my kids and they love advent calendars.

23 comments:

  1. tis the season for advent calendars! great job and great spt!

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  2. Oh gee, these are cute. They have the Michelle stamp on them. I'm glad you spent the time to do them.

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  3. Anonymous11:22 PM

    It turned out just darling! I love it. And obviously a labor of love!

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  4. It turned out so great! I knew it would (how could it not?) If it turned out to be a lot more work than you'd anticipated then I'm feeling good about not trying to take it on myself.

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  5. What a great idea! Love it!

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  6. Those are awesome! You could sell them seriuosly!

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  7. it's adorable, michelle!

    (the past few years, i've gone the way of Advent Calendars with little German Chocolates behind the windows. a little chocolate for breakfast is always good, right?)

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  8. Seriously, that is one of the cutest things ever! You are so talented and so creative with what you come up with. So cute. I love it and SOOO jealous of your talents.

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  9. Oooh This is absolutely adorable. Thank you for sharing!

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  10. A labor of love and it turned out so cute!

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  11. These are darling! I wish I had finished my advent calendar from 7 years ago (YIKES, I don't even want to think about it). It's still in a box somewhere!

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  12. super cute! our advent "countdown box" is one of our favorite holiday traditions.

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  13. I love how it turned out. So cute. My kids have loved having our advent calender and I for one love the countdown as well.

    Doesn't everything we do take longer than expected?

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  14. Anonymous1:47 PM

    Shut up! Those are so cute and well worth the effort because you get to use them from here on out! So cute Michelle!

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  15. Argh, you're so into details, aren't you? I bet you did your utmost to make sure each little stocking was different, did you? Brilliant.

    I sooooooo, soooooo know what you mean about it taking longer than you anticipated. It stuns me each time I do some kind of project how a 'little' part of the process can eat up a big chunk of time and throw things off kilter. But you did it! Enjoy!

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  16. michelle, darling!!
    i can only imagine how long this must have taken

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  17. Wow - they turned out so well! The tags are the *perfect* touch - so charming and festive!

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  18. I posted the same type of thing- though yours are cuter. It did take a whole lot more time than I expected! I guess trying to make 24 days of magic just isn't that easy!

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  19. Oh - how did I miss this post?
    This is so cute!!
    Great job- I love it.

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  20. Oh, so adorable! Nicely done!

    I have never done an advent calendar, but your post makes me want to start.

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  21. Clever and creative and cute as usual. Amy and I were talking about you on the phone the other day. She said, "I need an idea for my young women and thought I ought to ask Michelle." You are unparalleled.

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  22. copying does count as creative! i love the idea of the inspiration folder, i need to start doing that. the stockings turned out fabulous! what a fun tradition for your children.

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  23. oh i am in love. you are AWESOME!

    darling, darling, darling.

    don't you love advent calendars? each of the girls have one but i am determined to make one for next year.

    i must add this to my to do list in feb/march. i want to start the holiday spirt even earlier next year...and this one is awesome!

    (wow, the list is growing already. i STILL have the scalloped punch on my list to purchase. what in the world. i forget about it adn then i see your creations and remember that i so need it).

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