Advent

I have been itching to make another advent calendar since last Christmas and was really pleased with how this version turned out.  I made 24 little boxes and a gate-fold box to contain them. The outer box opens up to expose the inner boxes.  I wrapped the whole thing with pretty papers, spotty organza ribbon and added a few pearls to decorate.  

Here's the inside showing all the little boxes with their wooden numbers which I painted pink and aqua to match the papers.

This little project is a gift for a special friend.  My initial plan was to fill it with little chocies, but in between me starting the project and finishing it, my pal went on a diet and lost a whole stone in weight, so I felt really bad sending her temptation behind each daily door.  So I sourced a few things that would fit inside (I can't disclose them here because she won't have opened them yet!).  

Unfortunately some of the gifts didn't fit inside the little boxes so I had to leave notes inside each box containing instructions for opening accompanying envelopes holding the items that wouldn't fit.  

I've already shared some of those envelopes in a post I wrote showcasing some of the tags I'd made to decorate and number them, but didn't want to show you the advent box until today (1 December), for obvious reasons!

Recipe:

• Frozen Snowflakes paper pad
• Spotty Organza ribbon
• Flat backed pearls
• Mountboard
• Pearl brads
• Wooden numbers

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Monday Challenge - Gift it
• Crafty Calendar - It's Christmas Time
• Nordsalten Hobbyklubb - Simply Christmas
• Country View Crafts - Christmas
• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx