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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Ornamnet Crazy

Advent Calander
1. advent calender with buttons, 2. holly berry ornament / win one of each ornament find out how on my blog, 3. on advent tree, 4. button tree on tree, 5. hung, 6. hung on tree, 7. cover image, 8. on tree, 9. done on tree, 10. wreaths on tree, 11. on tree, 12. on tree, 13. on tree, 14. hanging on tree, 15. chains on tree

This is the first part of the calendar; ten more ornaments to go (#1 isn't pictured).

I just wanted everyone to know that I am making these ornaments every day right before I post them. I should have started a few weeks sooner so I could be ahead of the game and have all the tutorial post ready to go and just publish them. It has sort of become a joke at this house, "What will mom spend all day thinking of for tomorrow's ornament idea?" I have never done something like this where there is a tutorial a day. This is a fun and challenging experience to come up with ideas each day that are different, and to still function and get things done, plus make and publish the ornament tutorial. After today's ornament, there are ten more to go, so we are 3/5ths of the way through this. I hope you are having fun, even if you are never going to make any of these. It is fun for me to challenge myself each day at 5:30 in the morning or at 11:00 at night. If you have made any, I would love to see them; you are welcome to add them to the group on flicker.
YoYo Advent Calendar. Get yours at bighugelabs.com/flickr
This is also a post you can enter for the drawing.
DO NOT USE ANY OF THESE PATTERNS TO MAKE THINGS TO SELL FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY!!!!

7 comments:

  1. I just happened across your blog, wandering from one link to another. :) Webwalking, eh? What a charming and wonderful series your advent ornaments is! I especially like the spool ornament!

    As a dedicated quilter (I own a shop near Baltimore), I am thinking an advent calendar with all sewing/quilting related ornaments might be really fun to create!

    :) Linda

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  2. I love the stockings and the candles!! CUTE CUTE CUTE :D

    http://flickr.com/photos/craftsty

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  3. I haven't made any yet (I am dealing with my own holiday madness!), but love checking in with you every day. You are so inspiring!

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  4. I am sorry I have not been commenting, but I wanted to comment on this post to tell you a HUGE THANK YOU for these tutorials! I know it is a lot of work, but my girls and I SOOOOOOO APPRECIATE them! WE are going to make one next year. :) And I linked to it from my blog so EVERYONE can join in. Thank you again for all your hard work in putting this together for us! :)

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  5. Oh I just love the yo-yo ornaments truly awesome. Your tutorials are just wonderful, thank you

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  6. I love the advent calender!
    especially the holly. Great use
    of cookie cutters & yo-yo!!!

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  7. I appreciate all the time you're taking for all of this. It's fun to see all your great ideas!

    I hope to make some of these for next year's Christmas. I'm already very behind in making gifts for this year, so it's hard to make myself wait to start some of your ideas!

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