December Joys, Day One: Advent Calendars

A little behind on the posting, how did it get to be December 3 already?  Time truly does fly faster which is why I'm happy to be documenting our holiday experiences on a daily basis this year.

 Here is a look at the beginning of my journal:

I took photos of the advent calendar I made from a class I took in November:

Here's a look at a couple of our advent calendars:

Here are some of my favorite advent calendars:

1.  My friend Emily taught a class at a Come Play http://comeplayeugene.blogspot.com/ :  event in Eugene- this is the advent calendar that I made- each number has a photo of your family from the past year on the back of it and you can add photos each year.  This is a new favorite decoration in our home.

I used a piece of white foam core, covered it with cream wool felt- the numbers are 3" by 4".

2.  My friend Liz made this beautiful advent wreath:  http://lizness.typepad.com/a_little_life/2008/11/advent-wreath.html

3.  Lego   http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=7724 of course, makes a fun set (but why oh why do they have to make a new one every year???)

4.  I also love Ali's box advent seen here: http://aliedwards.typepad.com/_a_/2007/11/christmas-proje.html

5.  And if you are in the market for a traditional chocolate advent Trader Joe's has belgian chocolate

http://www.traderjoes.com/flyers/OR.pdf  and because it's December 3rd you can eat 3 pieces today!

Comments

[Liz Ness]

Oh wow! What a cool calendar ... LOOOOOVE the photos! Also, thanks for the linkage, girlfriend!

=)

[write click scrapbook editorial team]

That is really lovely : ) The color scheme is great, too.

[Aly Dosdall]

wonderful advent--i love it!