Speaking of advent calendars

Just like last year, I made advent calendars for my three housemates but instead of boring you with all of them, I will just show you the one I made for the Mister since he got the most elaborate one.

I went a bit crazy with the content this year. My housemates have a small sweet and part of a short story every day but with the Mister, I got somewhat overexcited and split a 1000 piece puzzle into 24 little piles. That way, he gets a hand full of pieces every day, as well as the story and the sweet, and we can do the puzzle together as Christmas approaches. Fingers crossed I didn’t loose one somewhere.

The most awesome advent calendar in the world…

… is most definitely the one my mother made for me. Look at it! She managed to perfectly hit the colour of my favourite blanket so I can now spent my advent weeks colour coordinating with my calendar. It’s the little joys in life ;)

Jokes aside, I am so happy that she still makes one for me every year and I have to admit to still being as excited about it as I was years ago. Thank you Mama, you are great. :)

My token handmade present

I thought I would get away without any handmade presents this year but a week before Christmas I came across instructions that were perfect for my aunt. It's amazing, I knitted what looked like an oversized hat and stuck it in the washing machine. This involved several attempts. I used up the blue wool twice before I made it into something I was satisfied with. Out came these lovely bowls, which my aunt absolutely loved.

I'm always terrified that I get the presents wrong and people won't like them. I love giving gifts when I have a good idea but being forced to find a gift for somebody with an approaching deadline scares me to death. However, this time I as spot-on. She loved them! It's such a great feeling to get it right, even better than receiving gifts myself.

A little box of treasures

I got this lovely box of treasures from my youngest sister, full of little treats, candies and the prettiest boxes ever. They made suche a pretty collection, I just had to show you. Doens't it look amazing? Thank you so much for it! I have slowly been nibbling my way through it. I want to keep it forever but I know this wasn't the purpose so I will try to draw out the eating process as long as I can.