Advent Calendar Swap 2011 Gallery

[CabinArts]

Ooh I missed the books earlier ... what an awesome idea!!!!!  I can't wait to see more! 

[disposableactor]

I made books because I think MareMare said something about majoring in literature or something like that.  However, I can't seem to find any evidence of that actually happening.  I wasn't sure how to make them into a calendar until about a week before send out.  I just had a bunch of little book boxes.  That was getting scary.

Oh!  and the Haiku book is bound backwards all Japanesey!  I was strangely proud of that.

[MareMare]

Yes, I have a BA in English Writing and Literature! It's perfection! I did used to have it in my "About Me" section but I trimmed that down a while back because it seemed a bit long.

[J_Kieviet]

I will be mailing out tomorrow, just need to finish wrapping, the glue is finally truly dry

[Myrdda]

woohoo!  I'm so excited for this! I haven't done any Christmas decorating yet - my daughter's bday is Dec 8, so she's the one who decides when we decorate for the holidays. Still, I can at least put up the calendar when it comes.

[J_Kieviet]

Yep, sent today, should be there in 2 business days

[purple_girl]

Claiming my gallery spot!
I mailed on saturday, I found the way to deal with not having to wait in the crazy hour long queue in the post office is to huff and puff and be all dramatic taping your box up, and they whisk you away to a side counter to pay to mail your box without waiting in the usual line!!
Hopefully it will arrive soon! He said 2 days so tomorrow at the latest

Sorry for the delay in posting photos, it has been a crazy week! Having to use my webcam to take photos, hope they will turn out ok. Nope, using my cellphone camera, sorry for the bad quality, my camera is broken Im having an awesome advent, though Ive slightly forgotten the order they were in! Orrrrr..... they are in completely the wrong order because my computer is driving me crazy!!

The calendar



Day 1

Some awesome beads, there was another pack too not in the photo, cant wait to use these!

Day 2

2 really cool bookmarks, I especially like the metal one, the beads hang out the side of the book

Day 3

cutest crocheted keychain ever!!

Day 4

bead stitch markers and cute little ones that say stuff like knitting queen!

Day 5

awesome notebook with cover - Im gonna use this for my budgeting next year

Day 6

A cute chain thing with numbers and a sheep!

Day 7

smoothie recipe book, yummmm

Day 8

Stamps for card making

Day 9

sweets recipe book and chocolate

Day 10
cute russian doll charm purpley bracelet

Day 11

swupercute bird decoration!

Day 12
awesome beads

Day 13
awesome soft wool, so cosy, cant wait to knit with it!

day 14
a mini bag


day 15
another cute bird


day 16
a cross stitch kit, cannot wait to start stitching


day 17
a cute pin cushion


day 18
toe socks!


day 19
xmas cards!

day 20
kit to make the cutest felt owl ever, cannot wait!!!

day 21
gorgeous necklace!

day 22
an apple printed market bag

day 23
handmade buttons

[holistic knitter]

Here's my advent calender from purple_girl

hanging on my door full of fudge sweets...


and Spike investigating the pressies in the box!



1st December: xmas cookie cutters

2nd December: knitted hot water bottle cover

3rd December: braided bookmark

4th - lovely notebook

5th - lino blocks for printing

6th - herb tea

days 2, 4 and 5:



Day 7 - sachets of lovely Assam and Lady Grey tea ...heavenly ;0)

DAy 8 - some nice coloured embroidery threads

Day 9 - beautiful jasmine soap (love Jasmine)



Day 10 - chocs



Day 11 - mini rubber stamp & ink

Day 12 - another rubber stamp



Day 13 - keep calm stitched sampler ;0)



Day 14 - knitted pot cozy

Day  15   - lovely handwarmers  

 

Day 16 - sweets

Day 17 - little knitted bag

day 18 - sweets



day 19 - earrings

day 20 - nice handmade notebook with key print

day 21 - knitted item

day 22 - beads


day 23 - little canvas


day 24 - more yummy tea



xmas day - lovely knitted scarf and a gardeing diary for 2012 which has wonderful botanical prints

[EllaRain]

ohhh the calender from Tree27 is pretty and the bottle calendar is so clever. I cannot wait to see what all of the neat calendar ideas everyone comes up with!

[disposableactor]

So, is it legit if I stay up until midnight to open my first surprise?