As paper is my favorite medium and Christmas one of my favorite times of year, I have had a great time working on some fun paper projects to share. Although the holidays always seem to come upon me too fast, {wasn't it just Halloween?} I am determined to be on the offensive this year and start celebrating early with an Advent calendar for my kids. Starting on the first of December, each numbered envelope will hold a small treat or a note describing a holiday activity for the day, like going to get a tree or making candy encrusted graham cracker houses.
For this Advent garland, I used open end envelopes and clipped them to baker’s twine. The numbers were printed out on a full sheet { 8.5 x 11} white adhesive label and cut out. Alternatively, these numbers could work as individual tags, printed out on card stock, to trim a pile of small gifts for Advent. To make your own Advent labels, I created a PDF to download here. Download advent_numbers.pdf
Originally featured on DesignSponge, Nov. 2008
