Have you opened the first window, or emptied the first pocket on your advent calender? Who got the chocolate or the treat? This year I've decided to make my own advent calender, with no chocolates or treats involved. I eat too many as it is!
My idea was inspired partly from a mood board that I had seen, using a lot of luggage labels and the beautiful patchworks, made with pockets for each day of advent.
Using a punch and some printed numbers I designed a label for each of the days, which would then be hung from a pin to form an overall design on a pin board.
Each label has some space where snowflakes or Christmas trees can be doodled each day, gradually building into a snowy forest scene.
That's my theory, anyway...
The pin board consists simply of a few layers of corrugated cardboard stuck together, a layer of patchwork wadding and some linen material, wrapped over and stapled onto the back of the board.
Trying to achieve neat corners as I go.
The numbers are printed on to sheets of card, leaving plenty of room for the label punch.
Each label needs a small hole punched out, in order for them to hang from individual pins.
Next, the technical bit, the pins need to be positioned in just the right place on the board for the overall design to be achieved.
All the labels are hung from their pins in the correct order to form the overall size and shape of the original idea.
Now, the fun begins...I get to doodle the label of the day, starting with today's.
My tools of choice are silver pens and glitter. It wouldn't be Christmas without some sparkly glitter!
With doodles complete for today, I can put my number one label back on it's pin and wait for tomorrow.
Now...where did I put those chocolates!
