we've been busy getting ready for christmas over here. decorating the tree, hanging lights, listening to christmas records, setting out all of our favorite decor and making a few fun things for the holidays like a new wreath for the front door and a fun advent calendar to count down the days until christmas...
milla wanted to make a new wreath since our old one was damaged. i saw this and knew that i wanted to create something similar and thought it would look nice on our wreath. i think i am actually going to change the "o" in joy, it looks a little funny at the moment, but it should be an easy fix.
the kids asked for their own little trees for their rooms, so we bought them rosemary trees. they had so much fun going through ornaments and decorating them. they also wanted an advent calendar this year so i decided to make one instead of purchasing one. i was inspired by this but made it our own with different shapes, the hand stamped dates and i used clothespins to hang them instead of string. i'm very happy with how it turned out and the kids love opening up their little package each morning. most of the packages have candy treats inside but five of the days have a small scavenger hunt for them to find a little something extra special. it's been a lot of fun around here this past week. it's definitely our favorite time of the year.