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.
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!)
 |
| 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!
