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Welcome, December...
It's so nice to have you here. The past few days have honestly felt like a mini vacation with my family. It's been filled with delicious food, relaxation, and great quality time spent together. It has been absolutely wonderful.

We welcomed December by making a snowflake garland and baking delicious gingerbread cookies.  We have spent our days enjoying family time. We've read books, taken long trips to the park, and worked on a few crafts.

My husband and I have enjoyed a few game nights. A glass of wine, and boggle. It's one of my favorite games and it's always a wonderful time. 

This year we decided to take our elf on the shelf out. We read the book to our daughter and ever since she found her elf hiding on the shelf in the living room she has been filled with excitement. 

So December is here and I'm not sure what's in store for us this month. I sure hope there is more happiness, laughter, and more of this great love we share as a family.  

Welcome new readers and those of you who have been around for some time now. You all make blogging a wonderful experience. I appreciate all of you.

Below is a DIY project for an Advent Calendar











Diy Advent Calendar







Materials needed:
-clothespins
-craft paper/I used an old Christmas bag
-paint
-wood, handsaw
-shape punch out (I used a snowflake)

My husband took a plate and traced it onto scrap wood.  He then used his handsaw and cut it out.  After he smoothed all surfaces. I then took an old Christmas bag and cut it out to fit onto the round wood piece. Glued it in place. I painted each clothespin and numbered each one using paint. Glued on my snowflake punchouts, and that was it! Simple, and made by you!  Enjoy~

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  1. AnonymousDecember 2, 2013 at 3:36 PM

    Hi Stephanie,
    That's a cute advent calendar...love the clothes pin idea. I think I can manage one but doing it on a piece of cardboard - won't be as sturdy though. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. StephanieDecember 2, 2013 at 4:10 PM

      Jayne, thank you! This was our first time making an Advent Calendar. We normally just buy one at the store. I'm glad you enjoyed it-I'm sure if you make one it will turn out wonderful. Thanks for stopping by.

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  2. Jennifer HaysDecember 2, 2013 at 3:57 PM

    Your weekend is just the kind I love to have. I really like your Advent calendar, that's a cute and clever idea.

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    1. StephanieDecember 2, 2013 at 4:11 PM

      Jennifer, aw you're always so kind. Thank you! We wanted to change it up this year, and make one.-We usually just buy a basic one from the store. =)

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  3. Midnight CowgirlDecember 3, 2013 at 5:37 PM

    What a cute advent calendar!

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  4. Michell PulliamDecember 4, 2013 at 10:46 AM

    Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Stephanie(looks like you did)! :-) IKR...can it get any better! I absolutely LOVE this time of year! Excitement gushing out all over the place! As a family, we take it up a notch...as if that's possible, lol! I'm pretty sure you know what I mean :-) Boggle is one of our favs too! Thanks so much for stopping by and linking up! Didn't know if you knew or not, but you were one of my featured bloggers in the link-up a few weeks ago (I think it was the one time you missed it, lol)! :-)

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    1. StephanieDecember 4, 2013 at 11:13 AM

      Michell, oh my I wasn't aware that I was a featured blogger. ( Shame on me) lol. Thank you so much for taking the time and featuring me. I really appreciate that. I do know what you mean though! We love this time of the year. Family means so much to me, and the time we are together is very important to me. I'm so happy you all enjoyed Thanksgiving, your post was wonderful. Thank you for stopping by.

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