{Christmas Advents}

My friend Carrie & I last year wanted to do a Christmas Advent Calendar really bad. there was so many cute ones to choose from. Well, pretty much Christmas was in 12 days & our plans to make one was down the drain. So, this year I was determined to make one. My friend came over last week to get started on our project. It was pretty funny cause she has a brand new baby & i am pregnant so, our brains were not working fully. it was a pretty funny site but, we managed to figure it out & complete our awesome Advent Calendar.[thanks carrie for being such a great crafting friend :)] We both follow & LOVE {eighteen25} [sorry if you can't click on it, blogger & my computer has not been loving me lately] here is the address: http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/

~eighteen25 provides you with the {number}countdown downloads
then you will need:

~a shoe organizer with 24 pockets (i got mine at target)

~24 clothes pins

~white card stock to back your numbers in

~spray paint. {they used ocean blue}

~Carrie sprayed ours so, i don't know the exact color

but, it matches there's pretty dang close.

~We also got the {back paper} at Micheals. it matches all the colors perfect.

We thought it gave it such a cute finish.

1.  hang your shoe organize
2.  spray your clothespins (or leave them...whatever you choose)
3.  punch out your numbers with the famous 3" circle punch
4.  we backed ours with a 4 1/4" scallop {i didn't have a scalloped punch so, i used a 4in. circle cutter for ours}
5.  cut your strips 4.5" x 7.5" out of the kraft paper
6.  adhere your number
(we centered it from the bottom of the clothespin to the bottom of the paper)
7.  clothespin it to the front of the pocket
8.  stand back and admire your work!

NOW all i need is to figure out all the fun things i am going to fill it with!

Happy Holidays~