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New year new me...ah who am i kidding

Certainly not me. I try new years resolutions every year, but have failed on the past few years. This year I'm not making resolutions per se, but using tiny habits and celebrating achievements, no matter how small. Belittling my achievements has made me give up in the past, thinking there is no point continuing when there has been no progress. I'm hoping this new approach works for me.  

Enough of that, onto the makes. I've finally made that project I've been working on for a few weeks. 




It's an advent calendar! Yes I know, bit late now. I've had this for a while, so I put it together, and then used paper in my stash to decorate the doors, outsides and the insides. I used tonic glitter drops around the doors and around the edges of the box to hide where the paper edges were, and gold tonic drops on the doors for decoration. I added numbers, then looked at the top. I wanted to do something different, so I made a village dwelling, and then added a bear. I then added a snip art piece at the back. If you look closely, there is a 25 on that with an arrow pointed to the retro oven, which is a surprise 25th box! I figure you can put chocolates into boxes 1 to 24, then something special for Christmas day. All dies are tim holtz. 

I've also been working on the stitch, here is the latest update. 


Until next time
Ems 








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  1. Nursem2 January 2022 at 12:55

    Happy newyears ems love the advent calendar

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    1. ems842 January 2022 at 14:37

      Thank you, and happy new year to you too!

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