Sunday, December 16, 2018

Advent Calendar, Day 16 (Christmas Tree)


So, guess what we did today... (Ok, to be fair, I mostly drove to and from Birmingham, but somewhere along the day, the tree did get put up - one of the advantages of having older kids...)

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Advent Calendar, Day 15 (Gingerbread Man)


Today was Christmas baking day - Gingerbread Man always goes up on baking day.  Unless of course, we put the tree up on the same day, like we did last year - then it was really complicated!  Luckily, this year, the tree is going up tomorrow. Whew.

Friday, December 14, 2018

ATC Friday


Round robin cards - these are ones I started and two other players worked on. Fun to see what directions things take...






Advent Calendar, Day 14 (House)


One girl home, one to go...

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Advent Calendar, Day 13 (Snowman)


No, it didn't snow (no such luck), but it's cold this morning and there's a fair bit of frost on the windscreens of the cars, so I thought it was time for Mr Snowman...

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Advent Calendar, Day 11 (Father Christmas)


No particular reason for this one today, just because!

ATC Tuesday


So, it's nearly Christmas - what better time to show cards from a Hallowe'en swap or two?  These were from a swap called "Spooky Hallowe'en". 




Monday, December 10, 2018

Advent Calendar, Day 10 (Church)


The Scouts have their annual Celebration of Christmas service tonight - about the only time I ever go to church these days - so it's the church for today. Still love the little stained glass windows on this one.

Sunday, December 09, 2018

Advent Calendar, Day 9 (Drum)


Band concert tonight, hence the drum. 

Saturday, December 08, 2018

Advent Calendar, Day 8 (Apple)


We were talking about the apple yesterday, and how it often doesn't get chosen (there are more pictures than days), so I decided it should feature today, so it doesn't have to be lonely.

Friday, December 07, 2018

Advent Calendar, Day 7 (Angel)


We have a special guest advent calendar selector today - I didn't have time to choose this morning, and by the time I got home this afternoon, Sarah and her friend Izzie were here (they are staying over in order to take the car for the weekend tomorrow morning), so we let Izzie have the honour of choosing the piece. She chose this one - yay!

ATC Friday


On all these sets of round robin cards, I was the third player, which means that I received a card which two people had worked on, and I added the finishing touches.  To these sea themed house shaped cards, I added a seahorse and some words.



To these bird cards, I added a feathery leaf and the word "fly"



and to these doggie cards, I added a bit of washi tape at the top for accent and the word "woof".  I like words on cards and tend to add them a lot. You might have noticed this.


Thursday, December 06, 2018

Advent Calendar, Day 6 (Sledge)


We don't always have a link to why we put each picture up (though there are traditions, like the tree on the day we put up the tree and the gingerbread man on the day we bake), but sometimes it's fun to have one. Alex chose this today, not because there is snow, but because the Explorers (oldest set of Scouts) are going go-karting for their Christmas outing tonight. And sledging was about as close to go-karts as our calendar gets - it's like snowless, indoor, motorized team sledging with helmets and seatbelts... (And if that description reminded you of a George Carlin sketch about ball sports, yes, that was intentional.  Plus, you are really old.)

Tuesday, December 04, 2018

Advent Calendar, Day 4 (Train)


ATC Tuesday


These cards were made a while back - you can probably guess approximately when - for a swap called Witches and their Black Cats. 


At the time I was making them, my printer was out of ink, so I had to rely solely on images in my stash, rather than printing anything out, which meant I had to get a little creative on the witches.


Luckily, I had a sheet of witch hats already printed, which helped. 


Sunday, December 02, 2018

Advent Calendar, Day 2 (Wreath)


Might go grab the wreath from the bag of early decorations and hang it on the door today. At the moment, it's only the advent calendar. (I'm not a Christmas-decorations-up-for-ages kind of girl...)