Saturday 8 December 2012

Advent Calendar and Christmas Window!




Whilst browsing Pinterest, I found a great idea to use toilet paper tubes as an advent calendar.
Mind still on the Christmas window planned for the charity shop (more on that later in this post!) I decided to make one!


I painted up a bunch of toilet paper tubes, bent them to shape, and used scraps of ribbon to decorate. The numbers were written on the back of cracker playing cards, cut in half.


In order to hang these up, I used loops of clear elastic (the same stuff as I used for the recycled magazine garland)



 We’re lucky to have this gorgeous lace curtain as a background for the window, so I pinned the advent calendar to it, in a heart shape.


Using a paper decoration kit, I made some woven hearts and stars, along with some interconnected heart and star decorations, some of which I pinned on the curtain around the advent calendar….


Isn’t the straw star cute? A fellow volunteer brought it in for the display. 



Yet again my attempts at photographing from the outside were scuppered by the reflection on the window!


Here’s part of the display. Recognise the printable over the back there? ;)
I utterly love that old lamp. I hope it finds a good home.


Using off-cuts from the woven hearts and stars, I made these paper heart chains as well.  I also sewed the two hanging hearts (they aren’t for sale though!)
Of course, the angel specimen art I created is there, too…

One of these has already sold! Hurrah!

 And here are the woven stars, which turned out to be one of my favourite parts of the display. They are simply strung onto cotton and pinned into the ceiling tiles:


This year, there was a ‘Best Dressed Window’ competition in the town where the charity shop is.  
We won third place!

3 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh, the window display is gorgeous, love everything about it, congrats on the placing.

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  2. I love this, very Scandinavian if that was what you were going for! Laplandish if not. Or is Lapland in Scandinavia. I have no idea, I was rubbish at all of geography except the colouring in part.

    What you need for some good photos is some nice Welsh weather....rain will stop those sunny reflections!!

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  3. such a great recycle project!

    hope you'll find a moment to stop by and hopefully enter a giveaway i am hosting: http://www.hellolovelyinc.blogspot.com/2012/12/personalized-lovely-giveaway.html

    smiles and happy weekend to you.

    michele

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