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Happy Monday! I'm so excited to share my finished advent calendar today! I had intended on making this back in September/October but time got away from me and I only just finished it yesterday, whoops! I love advent calendars. The one we had as a kid was a hanging one that was a fleece/felt tree that had a little stuffed ornament that attached with velcro each day. My brother and I would take turns getting to put them on each day leading up to Christmas. I've had a few different calendars over the years, but I've been wanting to make one with little bags or pockets to put different things in for a long time. The last couple years I bought a Disney Tsum Tsum plush advent calendar, but since they aren't making those anymore I decided it was finally time to take matters into my own hands and make my dream advent calendar! Here is the advent calendar I made a few years ago: Pretty in Patchwork Holidays: Advent Calendar. For the last two weeks I've been working on making 24 drawstring bags for my new advent calendar! I put off making this calendar because I thought it would take too long to make, but honestly it went a lot faster than I expected. I made them all assembly line style so that helped save a lot of time! Regardless, I'm happy it's done, and I can't wait to start opening them tomorrow. I used both the original lined drawstring bag pattern and the lined drawstring bag expansion pattern to make these. They're all the tiny size (smallest size in the pattern) and I used the easy going variation for an all solid exterior. I figured cutting out the accents would save me some extra time! Find the patterns in my online shop here: Lined Drawstring Bag Pattern Lined Drawstring Bag Expansion Pattern Thought I'd do a little run down of how I made it. I know it's too late for this year, but maybe for next year if you'd like to make one. I chose nine fabrics from my stash in three colors. I love adding pink into Christmas projects to give them a little bit of a vintage feel. I kept the linings simple and just used muslin. For the numbers on the bags I used iron-on foil*. It's hard to tell in photos, but it's rose gold in person! I used my Cricut Maker* to cut the numbers. I had never cut or applied anything like this before, so there was a bit of a learning curve. Once I got the hang of it though, it went pretty fast. Now I my wheels are turning for what else I can use this foil on! It was very satisfying to apply. The Cricut Maker was gifted to me in 2018 by Cricut. I shared most of the process of making these bags on my Instagram Stories, they're all save in a highlight if you'd like to see, I'm @jenib320 there. I'm trying to post more on my stories, we'll see if I can keep it up! I finished the bags off with paracord, which seemed like the quickest option. I wasn't sure how I wanted to display the bags at first. I tried hanging them on two different small trees, but wasn't happy with how it looked. I ended up with this simple dowel + ribbon (I used twill) option, and I really like it! It perfectly fills this spot between our fireplace and the window. I filled the bags with ornaments, so I'll get to stretch decorating the tree out over the whole month! I buy most of my paracord from Bored Paracord* on Etsy. It was fun to try something new for this project and a good reminder to myself that I should do that more often. I don't know why I waited so long to try the iron-on! It wasn't hard and it really added something to this project in particular. Especially since I am so often thinking about or writing instructions whether it be tutorials or patterns, it's good for me to be a beginner again at something and get out of my comfort zone. I am definitely going to keep that in mind when deciding on my craft goals for 2021. I know this is going to be a bit of a strange holiday season, since we aren't going home for Christmas. I'm letting myself indulge in all the holiday activities, including this advent calendar to try to keep cheerful. There is still a lot to be thankful for! Happy Sewing! *Note: Any links marked with an asterisk in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click through and buy something, I make a small commission, at no extra cost to you.
Help families celebrate Advent at home.
Create your very own family tradition with Milduku Advent Calendar that can be reused for generations. The Advent Calendar is sustainable, and designed for linen lovers. With this cute advent calendar, you and your loved ones can count down the days until a wonderful Christmas Eve. All 24 stylish linen bags are big enough for cookies, gifts like jewelry, lovely notes, toys or other Christmas treats. The calendar consists of 24 individual bags (approx. 13x15 cm) made of linen with a linen drawstring to close the bags (the twisted rope for hanging is not included). The bags are numbered from 1 to 24. From the drop-down menu you can choose between hand-embroidered number with or without hand-embroidered winter motives or wooden numbers. Also you can choose if you want the Advent Calendar in one or two colors (please specify it in the personalisation section). Material: 100 % soft, washed linen, OEKO-TEX 100 certified, linen drawstring Dimensions: Bag: 13x15 cm (5” x 6”) Wooden number: approx. 4 cm (1,5”) Hand-embroidered number: approx. 3 cm Hand-embroidered motive: approx. 2 cm The Christmas season is closer than you think. That’s why you can find various festive products in my shop to keep your spirits high over the next few months. Please check the Christmas Stockings here: https://etsy.me/3iZBa2z The Advent Calendar is a handmade product, please note that it could take up to two weeks to produce especially if you choose Hand-embroidered Numbers and motives. Shipping Time: EU: 4-5 days Non-EU: 4-8 days US: 10-14+ days AU: 14+ days SHIPPING POLICIES: I do our best to meet these shipping estimates, but cannot guarantee them. The shop is not responsible for any shipment delays. The holiday season and COVID-19 have an impact on delivery times, please be patient for your mailman to deliver the goods. Your order will be shipped with a tracking number.
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Celebrate Advent this season with family Advent devotionals, an Advent calendar, and time with your family preparing for the birth of Jesus.
This year I have seen a variety of lovely ideas online for helping children and families to get involved with the Advent season. Drawing on some of the ideas I've seen, I've come up with a little bag of things to give out (along with prayer ideas for each item) which will take people through some of the main Advent themes. Putting the bags together doesn't take all that long when you have everything you need and it's quite therapeutic to paint a whole load of Baby Jesus stones! If you want to find out a bit more about the baby Jesus stones, click here. For each bag you will need: A prayer sheet (click here to print), A felt or paper star, a felt or paper heart, a pipe cleaner, a baby Jesus stone, a tea light candle, an organza drawstring bag (I used purple bags to reflect the liturgical season. First paint your baby Jesus stones. I used white and brown paint and a black paint marker (but a sharpie would probably work too). I also covered the finished painting with glossy mod podge. Varnish would work too, but this part isn't strictly necessary! Next, fill your bags with one of each item and give them out! Keep in touch with your families if you can and see how the bags are working out :-) The contents of the prayer sheet are below: Advent Prayer Bags Prepare for Christmas with some special Advent prayers. The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine. Isaiah 9:2 Hope What do you hope for? Light the candle and ask God to bring His light and hope to people who are finding life hard. Love Who do you love? Hold the heart and say thank you to God for all the people you love and who love you. Joy What brings you joy? Bend the pipe cleaner into a symbol for something that makes you happy. Ask God to help those who are sad to feel His joy. Peace The wise men followed the star to search for Jesus. Hold the star and pray for all those who are searching for peace in a troubled world. Christmas Day Make a special bed for your baby Jesus stone to lie in and light your candle again. Thank God for sending Jesus to be a light in the darkness and trouble of the world. Pray that you will be a light in the darkness too.
The Advent calendar is an ever-present part of the Christmas season that carry an underlying spiritual message of anticipation and hope. The season of Advent is marked by themes of self-reflection, anticipation, hope, and, ultimately, joyful celebration of the Savior’s coming. Fill these advent bags with the gift of your choice, (Customize your order by choosing the No. of bags ) ♥️ PRODUCT DETAILS ♥️ • Bag quality- 100% Cotton, Measuring 4" X 6" • Shabby chic, reusable bags. Natural elegance. • For vintage-themed gifts, weddings and events. • Sturdy cotton cord drawstring. • Dimensions are measured when bag is lying flat. ♥️SHIPPING♥️ • All items are made to order just for you and are ready to ship within 5-7 business days ♥️Back to my shop♥️ https://www.etsy.com/shop/Divineartsbyarchana Thanks for visiting DivineArtsbyArchana! If you would like to see a bit more, follow us on Instagram @Divineartsbyarchana ♥️Please note: Colors may appear slightly different in person vs what you see on your screen. Advent Calendar Christmas Bags ,Typography Holiday Bag Set - Countdown to Christmas,12 Advent Calendar Bags Set, Gift Bags, Small canvas bag
Can't wait to hang up this DIY Muslin Bag Advent Calendar for our favorite December countdown. The kids will love opening up the little bags all month long!
Celebrate Advent this season with family Advent devotionals, an Advent calendar, and time with your family preparing for the birth of Jesus.
Celebrate Advent this season with family Advent devotionals, an Advent calendar, and time with your family preparing for the birth of Jesus.
Help families celebrate Advent at home.
We are inching toward Christmas now and I wanted to put together ideas for DIY Advent Calendars and for some fun calendars you can just purchase for the kids. If you aren’t familiar with Advent Calendars, it is a way to celebrate the countdown to Christmas. When I was a kid, we had little box advent...Read More »
❄ There is no child who doesn't like the New year or Christmas holidays and doesn't impatiently wait for them during the whole of December. As there are no caring parents who wouldn't like to surround their children with festive magic and miracle a bit earlier. ❤ This Advent calendar is made just for such moms and dads, who like real elves, want to see happiness in their child's eyes after meeting a miracle. Moms and dads who create a fairy tale and believe in it themselves. It would brighten up the tedious expectation of the most amazing holiday of the year. ✪ The set consists of 24 bags. Made from 100% natural flax that even has a hays smell. You could choose 5 different color options: - Non-painted (grey); - Green; - Mustard; - Graphite; - Caramel In the struggle for waste-free production, we are trying to use without residue all materials in our store (color shades could have little difference). ✪ Each pouch has an ideal size of 13x21cm (5.1x8.2 inches). It has a convenient cotton string, which will never be lost as ribbons, which are simply tied at the top of the pouch. ✪ Each pouch is numbered from December 1 to December 24 for each day before Christmas and has its unique design. You could put pouches to a mantel, hung on to a rope, fastened in the mornings to your child’s crib, secured on stairs and simply placed in different places of your house. ✪ 24 cards with tasks for every day. To make the process of tasks invention more comfort for parents we've created and printed cards in the form of messages from the North Pole. They are designed especially for children's hands with rounded corners. Cards are made of crafted recycled cardboard. ✪ Tasks in the calendar are universal and fit for any family. And for those who think of something special - 5 empty cards are also attached to every set for your own ideas. ✪ A set of blank cards. If you or your children are not English speakers - in the card selection bar you have the opportunity to choose 24 empty cards set to write your own tasks in your native language. *** It is not a toy. Do not allow the child to take the product in his mouth. Keep away from fire! ☘ Recommendations for care: soak in cold soapy water, followed by a soft sponge. This touching and cheerful tradition will continue from year to year, to delight your children and of course you. ❤ HAPPY HOLIDAY SHOPPING! ❤
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We're having so much fun coming up with new traditions for our little family and Christmas is one of the best times to do it! We especially want traditions that will remind our kids why we celebrate Christmas in the first place, and of all the hope and joy that goes with it. I think one of the best ways to do that is with a scripture based advent calendar, but we had never actually done it before. I think I was waiting for the perfect fit and everything was either to complicated or too much work or too advanced for little guys. But this year we finally took the plunge. And guys, it was so. much. fun. We found a great advent series called Truth in the Tinsel (there are free ideas out there too, like the Jesse Tree, but this was specifically geared for younger kids). I wanted a calendar that would be ready-to-go year after year, so I put in some extra time this year to make these drawstring muslin bags. And even found a cute way to display them! Each bag hold an ornament that goes along with a scripture reading for that day. And when we pack up the Christmas stuff this year I'll bag them all back up so next year we just have to pull it out and go! Here's all you need to make your own advent bags (I made 24 bags): 6 yards muslin 14 yards red cotton cording (use a coupon! this was the most expensive part!) red thread red paint (I used cheap acrylic) Start by washing and drying the muslin to preshrink it before you start sewing (mine shrunk quite a bit). Next cut the whole thing in half down the length of the fabric and stack the two pieces. Watch out for tiny feet. Then with the pieces stacked I went ahead and folded them in half (so I would be cutting four layers at a time to make it go faster, and it took up half the floor space). Then I started at one end and marked a line every 8" down the length of the fabric like the pic below. And then cut along all the lines. This gave me 24 rectangles that were about 8 x 16". Now we can start assembling the bags. Take one bag piece and fold it in half (with right sides together if you use a printed fabric). The folded edge will be the bottom of the bag. At one top corner measure down 1.5" from the top edge and make a mark. Stitch along both sides of the bag from bottom to top with a 1/2" seam allowance. On the marked side stop at the line instead of going all the way to the top. It should look like this: Open up the bag and press the seams flat (on the unstitched side too). Fold the top edge down about 1/4" and press all the way around. Then fold it down another 3/4" and press. The marked side will be open like this: Stitch right along the bottom folded edge all the way around, back stitching when you start and end. This will make a casing for the cord. Flip the bag right side out. Cut a piece of cotton cording 20" long. Wrap tape around one end to keep it from fraying. Feed it through the casing. This is painfully slow and frustrating. I hope to never do it again. :) Knot the ends so it can never slip out of the dang casing. You can leave your bags blank and be done, or you can keep going to add some numbers.... Start by printing out my number template (or print your own in any size and font you like). Number Template - Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4 Cut the numbers apart. Slide a number into each bag and line it up where you like. Muslin is thin enough that you will be able to see the numbers through it like this: Trace the numbers (I used a pen. It showed a little when I was done. Meh.). Slip a piece of cardboard into the bag to keep the paint from bleeding through (I used a cream cheese box). Use a small paint brush to paint in the numbers. Let them dry and you're done! They are pretty easy to make, it just takes a while to do it 24 times. I found it went best to do it assembly line style - cut them all out, stitch all the edges, iron all the casings, stitch all the casings, etc. You can just stash all the bags in a basket under the tree, or.... ... make a hanging advent calendar with a stick! I found a long stick in the backyard and tied a piece of twine to the ends for hanging. Then I tied all the bags on. And look! We already lost number 2! But don't worry, I found it later. I hung it on one of those command sticky hooks so we can easily take it down after Christmas. To keep from losing any more bags we just hung them back on the stick each day, but we faced them backwards to keep track of where we were. I'm SO happy with how this turned out. As you can probably tell... because I have so many pictures! So far we just have an ornament in each bag that go along with readings from our book each day. Next year I might add some other fun little things in each bag, too. So now the big question... how much did it cost? Like I said the cording was the expensive part so you could sub in some other kind of string to cut the cost down significantly. Here's the breakdown of prices when I made this: $7.50 - muslin with a 40% off coupon $25.00ish? - cotton cording with a 50% off coupon (I didn't save the receipt so I'm just trying to go by memory, but I know I used a coupon! Like I said... pricey.) $0.75 - acrylic paint $0.00 - thread I already owned $0.00 - twine from my basement $0.00 - stick from my backyard Total: $33.25 But really if you used a skein of yarn instead it would be like $15. And I don't really have anything else to say about this but I have a few pictures left so I'll just smoosh them all together for you. :) Anyone else use an Advent Calendar of some kind? What's that? This post isn't long enough? Well, it's your lucky day. Happy boy boucing. "I be a space ship!" I have a bunch of pictures like this. Big Brother loves to use the camera and wants pictures of mama, so I try to jump in front of where he points it. Fun times. Also, Big Brother has started calling me "mom-mIA" and he thinks he's SO funny. To be fair, he is so funny.
This easy DIY Advent Calendar is customizable for any style of Christmas decor. You'll love our ideas for filling the bags!
This DIY Christmas Advent Calendar is the perfect way to kick-off the Advent season. Having small bags to hold Scripture prompts daily reflections on Christ's birth. Plus, this calendar's look blends well with any decor,
