Project Idea {Advent Calendar} Part I

When I was a girl, I loved advent... I loved preparing for Christmas... And I still do! It's my favourite time of year... Several weeks ago, I decided that I would like to create an advent calendar for the girls... I spent most of last week trying to work out what to do... After an evening visit to 'Michaels', it began to come together!

I purchased brown kraft favour boxes from the wedding section at 'Michaels' along with some bamboo yarn, number stickers and some lovely snowflake stickers...

I punched a hole in the top of each of the boxes and strung the yarn through the hole, attached the number on the front and a snowflake on the back... I ended up using a bit of glue for the #'s as they weren't especially sticky...

 All the boxes... All 24, done!

On Saturday afternoon, I sent Jay out on an adventure (in our backyard) to collect twelve branches! It was a bit of an adventure for me attaching all the boxes, but here it is... All finished... 24 tiny advent boxes, awaiting their sweet little advent gifts! More to come on the finishing touches tomorrow!

And don't forget to take the time to enter this week's giveaway for a calendar all your own from 'Honeytree'!

My Mom...

Happy Mother's Day to my wonderful, sacrificing, hard working mother... This is my favourite picture of my brother and I with her... It's great to remember my childhood this way!

Guesting on 'Blueheart'

Many of you may remember Jessica of 'Blue Heart Boutique' from my 'Spring Swag Giveaway'... About two weeks ago, she asked me if I might be interested in hosting her blog for a day... I adore her shop and her blog and I was more than happy (and totally honoured) to be a guest on her blog... So for today's post and all the info on these fantastic Mother's Day gift ideas skip on over to 'Blueheart'... I hope you enjoy! Of course, I wouldn't be upset if you came back here to tell me what you think! Have a lovely Wednesday!