Wednesday, November 23, 2011

our creative spaces....

I have been wanting to make a fabric advent calendar for yonks. I was totally inspired by the ladies at no chintz in Balmain the other week when I saw something similar to this on their wall and just HAD to go home and replicate it.
Their pockets were multicoloured linens which looked so lovely but time is not on my side these days so I did strips of alternate dark and light green linens. I bought the fabrics from no chintz and the felt balls too which became my baubles. They had painted their numbers on with a stencil but I decided to cut mine out using all the leftover Christmas felt I have stashed away. The numbers are a little wonky in places but think that actually looks part of it.
I'm still totally undecided as to what I'm going to put in each pocket. A girlfriend suggested a note each day which leads them to the treasure which I thought would be really sweet and prevents little fingers sneaking a sweet when mummy isn't looking.

Do you have a fabric advent calendar? What do you put in yours?

Taking part in our creative spaces over here..

9 comments:

  1. Love it George and so much joy when you have made it yourself!

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  2. Very nice! I am hoping to make an advent calendar with an ornament (and maybe a little Bible verse) for the tree in each pocket. :)

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  3. That is a lovely advent calendar :) And notes for a treasure hunt would be a lovely idea.
    I am in the process of finishing a reindeer one :)

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  4. Oh I loooove this! It would be wonderful for the grandchildren :). The notes seems to be popular nowadays and I've seen one that also had an activity for the day instead of all treats. Things like a picnic morning tea in the back yard or a trip to the local park/swimming pool, visit a friend (playdate) etc.
    Cheers,
    Robyn

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  5. It's lovely! I'm in the process of making one but I left it a little late this year so I'm just going to put a little choc in each pocket. I've made the pockets big enough so that in other years I can put different things in them - notes, $2 shop pressies, small decorations etc.

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  6. Lovely job, I think the numbers are great. Hide and seek notes would be fun.

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  7. Beautiful! I see no wonky numbers at all, they look pretty perfect to me. Going along with the notes idea, some days could be a clue to a treasure for them, some days could be a clue to a hidden ornament to hang on the tree.

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  8. I do but I like yours more....;) I put a mix of stickers, Stamps, chocolates, and a few little toys like balls , jewellery....all cheap n cheerful of course x

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  9. your advent calendar turned out great! i don't have one this year, but might make one for next. you could put some activities to do for each day :)

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