Today is the Day!

Yep, today is the day to get started on your advent calendar!  I've picked out a few of my favorite ones to show you.  Click on photos to be taken to shops!

 

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art is this wonderful advent tree:

From the Vermont Christmas Company comes this jumbo Santa advent:

Check out this cuckoo clock advent!  From Bronner's Christmas Wonderland:

If you hurry, you can still purchase this one and catch up!  From OhHelloMagpie:

And want to do it yourself?  Here's some printable ones!

From LuckyLadyPaperCrafts is this beautiful countdown calendar:

And this one from printyourparty:

And I want to add these two items.  Vintage style Christmas cards!

From TheRetroChristmasCardCompany, take a look at the wonderful cards you can get!

From Great Greeting Card Company:

Again, please click directly on photos to be taken to shops!  Hope you enjoy the images and find something you just can't live without!

Stay tuned to the blog!  Next week we'll start decorating the tree!  Can't wait to see what each person contributes!

Have a great day!

VS

Advent Calendars

 Advent Calendars

The first Advent calendars were based on 24 days with Christmas Eve as the last night to either put up a picture or take a candy. Today, the traditional German calendars still show 24 days, but in the United States, it's not uncommon to also find ones with 25 days -- the last opening to occur on Christmas Day.  (http://collectibles.about.com/od/adventcalendars/a/Advent120101.htm )

My mom had made and advent calendar out of felt. It was a Christmas tree with little pockets at the bottom containing ornaments to decorate the tree.

My sister and I would fight over who got the last day (the 24th) because that was when you got to put the star at the top of the tree. 

It was similar to this one;

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I found so many different and fun advent calendars that I wanted to share, I had a hard time narrowing it down…..

There are some vintage ones;

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melanieperalto28

 

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Some that look old, vintage or shabby chic;

CraftyMunchkin

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Some already made and some you can do yourself;

EconChic

 

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And of course don’t forget that miniature one for the dollhouse;

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Just a little FYI…I got the original advent calendar that my mom made, and we put it up every year for my girls. My mom made another one for my sister and her boys, but I got the good star for the 24^th day  (*snicker*)

(jj)