December Advent Calendars!

We have started a few new traditions at my house since having kids!  Our december to do list, Advent calendars and this year Elf on a Shelf!  Super fun!

This year though I made new "reusable" advent calendars for the kids and I had fun making and filling them.

I did make some my for nieces and nephews so if you are tackling one of these I am a pro... let's just say power tools were involved!!

Anyways here are the ones I made for my kids... Jack and Abby!


A close up of Jackon's. I used Simple Stories and tons of embellishments


A close up of Abby's. I used Aspen Frost by Basic Grey and lots of beautiful things I have been collecting!
Like the felt flower from my good friend Patricia! ( I would link her blog but she doesn't have one, crazy huh)


Some more pics of the details...




I bleached out some bottle brush trees and added little clips so i can switch out the pics as they grow!

Little Red Wagon - Trim the Tree!

Tammy has asked us to "trim the tree" this week on LRW!  Know I have the Kenny and Dolly Christmas song in my head!

Anyways.... I thought I would share these two projects I did for my niece and nephew!  They really liked them but I think my sister liked them more!

This one is Sebastians...

I used Basic Grey Jovial, a fun bottle brush tree and I made that snowman to match the paper!

This is Erika's...

I used My Minds Eye, one of my favorite Christmas lines of all time.  Again, I made the snowman and the trees to match the paper.

Thi sis a close up of her name banner.

I also put a little clip on each one to hold their Santa photo each year!

Make sure you head over to Little Red Wagon to play along!!