Our Advent Calendar

Hey there everyone! Hopefully everyones day is going well. It's really starting to feel like the holidays today. It's rainy and very cold here in Monterey today. It's really time to get into gear with our holiday crafting. I finished one project today. What can you make with....



Bottles of $1.00 value glitter glue.......



...a bundle of bamboo sticks.....



...and a bunch of $.79 felt stockings?

Well, you make an advent calendar! Here's my finished project.




I can't wait until December 1st comes around and the girls get to start to find goodies in those little stockings.

I'm working on a countdown calendar for work using the Cricut. I'll post pictures of at project when it's done tonight. The girls are currently helping me make a hand wreath for Thanksgiving. So hopefully we'll have that done by tonight too. Especially since Thanksgiving is in a couple of days and our friends will be in town tomorrow. Not to mention that I still need to clean up all of my craft stuff off of the dining table. I know, i should have all of at stuff in the craft room but it's so much better to craft when I have my family around me rather than in solitude. Well, back to crafting and I hope your day is wonderful.

Until next time, happy crafting!

Back in the groove!

Hey all, I am getting back in the groove with some holiday crafting. 'Tis the season handcrafted and heartfelt gifts. I just love being able to pick out just the right crafts to suit my family and friends. My girls are starting to get into the swing of things starting with some Thanksgiving crafting. This morning they got started with making some fun foam turkeys.




I've been working on designing out Santa's hats. I can't wait until they are all finished. Here is a sneak peek.



One down, five more to go. This time of the year it seems like we're counting down to some kind of event constantly. I love this time of year just because of that. Yes time flies by, but the excitement that builds up to the holidays are the best. The greatest reward is to see my girls faces as they light up with excitement when they come down the stairs to see that Santa Clause has visited while they were sleeping. Oooh...I can hardly stand the wait!

Tomorrow is a big day for me at Michaels. 5 full hours of demos and make-it-take-it's. It should be fun. If you're in the area you should come by and see me.

Okay, I got a little side tracked thinking about all the upcoming excitement. Back to crafting. I got a bunch of fall/Thanksgiving crafts for the three girls to do. I'll post more pics as they finish them. Hopefully by this time next week the dining room will be brimming with the festive crafts.

Until next time, have a great and funky crafting day!
The Funky Crafter, Tara