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DIY: Advent Calendars
The anticipation of Christmas facilitated by my mother's advent calendar was always my favorite part of the holiday season growing up. (These days, it's mulled wine.) But I've never been a fan of those store-bought advent calendars where you opened a little paper door each day. They're cute, but certainly not as fun as a calendar filled with treats or activities.
Roundup: Advent Calendars
If you didn't go for the Tiny Shoe Advent Calendar, but you're still open to the tradition of advent calendars, you're in luck. I'm sure you can arrive at plenty of ways to DIY your own, but perhaps you'd just to prefer to shop. I know I should cut back, but as a San Francisco dweller, I'm personally loving the Gump's Painted Ladies Advent Calendar ($125).
Etsy Find: Tiny Shoe Advent Calendar
In my house, we hung an advent calendar each year, made of miniature gift bags filled with candy. I think it's a fun tradition for children that fosters their excitement for Christmas — as if they weren't already bursting at the seams. Although it's obviously a religious tradition, the countdown calendars can be used for all sorts of celebrations, like birthdays or even the election!
On the Ball: Advent Tree-at For Pets
When I saw the Littlest Pet Shop Advent Calendar for kids on lilsugar, I was instantly motivated! Being a fairly crafty gal, I decided to make an advent calendar for my lil' guy, North. I stopped off at a hardware store after work for some creative inspiration and was actually able to conceptualize and make this calendar from items I purchased or had lying around my house.
Nice and New: Hat and Mittens Advent Calendar
I always loved advent calendars. I mean...what greedy kid wouldn't? A present every day for 24 straight days!
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Reinventing the Advent Calendar
The countdown to Christmas has come a long way from the two-for-a-dollar advent calendars I had as a kid.
No more chalky chocolates found behind cardboard doors, now the elaborate calendars can be filled with presents, candies, trinkets, and toys. Several versions are made by toy companies and others are handcrafted keepsakes.
Casa Capsule: The Week That Was
- Check out Twilight's Cullen family house.
- Take a tour of Kate Walsh's lovely LA home.
- Learn how to make a wreath from CB2 ornaments!
- Steal these decorating ideas from the set of New Moon.
- Create festive Fall votives for your Thanksgiving table.
- Try making one of these DIY advent calendars.
Sugar Shout Out: First Look at Rob & Emilie in Remember Me
- Rob Pattinson cuddles up to Emilie de Ravin in Remember Me
- Wines under $20 perfect for hostess gifts
- Go to bed and wake up with gorgeous curls
- The ladies of The View have a case of inappropriate giggles
- Six smart spots to scout a baby sitter
- Zac Posen's lower-priced line is back in action!
- Prep for the holidays with DIY Advent calendars
- Would you trust $3 appliances from Target?
- Seven steps to a healthier sandwich
- Keep holiday baking ingredients away from pets
- Unfriend: The New American Dictionary's word of the year
Link Time!
- Learn to give your walls a cheap and easy molding upgrade. — AT:NY
- Make a Halloween candy bowl from yarn. — Shelterpop
- A tediously beautiful art installation says "Fail Harder."
Lil Links
- Milla Jovovich explains her daughter's name — Milla's Blog
- The doula craze — Babble
- Britney and Paris top Santa's naughty poll —Stuff
- The power of television commercials on kids — The Poop
- Beyond baby blues: post-partum depression —The Father Life
- Brooke Burke and her gaggle of girls — Celebrity Baby Scoop
- Advent take-out box calendar —Parent Dish
- Study maps brain abnormalities in autistic children —Reuters
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