Paper Envelope Advent Calendar


	Paper Envelope Advent Calendar

CrystallineTulip

11-8-2008 9:29 AM

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christmas, tutorial, gifts

CrystallineTulip says:

Great ideas! Check out the comments...specifically the one about the Aventine. Very cute.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fe34fef0-3aa5-47e9-a6d1-fccb68d3c79d/2701DBE8-EBD0-44DA-82DE-D65BA36B8505/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=1244" href="http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=1244" style="font-size: 11px;">www.quietfish.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=1244"><H2>Easy DIY advent calendar: 25 small folded paper envelopes</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=1244"><P>Check out this <A target="_blank" href="http://www.craftlog.org/craftlog/archives/001992.html">matchbox advent calendar</A>. Amazing huh? Alas, at the time I was planning this all out I was stuck at home with no way of obtaining the requisite number of matchboxes. I then tried making my <EM>own</EM> <A target="_blank" href="http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/crafting/article/0,,HGTV_3352_1818266,00.html">orgami matchbox/slide box</A>, but they wouldn’t have been nearly as stable as the version that used authentic matchboxes. And then there was the issue of the <EM>time </EM>it would take to fold my own… it would have taken me weeks.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=1244"><P>Ones with with felt pockets like the one <A target="_blank" href="http://www.thimble.ca/?p=46">shown here</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=1244"><P>And then there’s <A target="_blank" href="http://allsorts.typepad.com/allsorts/2007/11/advent-calendar.html">this one</A> … slightly different and v.v.cute.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=1244"><P>You can make an advent calendar out of <A target="_blank" href="http://www.onehourcraft.com/?p=660">paper cones</A>, and <A target="_blank" href="http://en.dawanda.com/product/85445-Adventskalender">inverted cones</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=1244"><P>There’s the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2006/11/how_to_make_a_cool_advent_cale.html">cookie sheet advent calendar</A> (cute, I guess, but I can’t get past the cookie sheet thing…) Oh, and speaking of magnets, there’s <A target="_blank" href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/advent_calendar/">this one</A>, that can be affixed to a magnet board. Gorgeous huh?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=1244"><P>So here is my paper-envelope advent calendar in its full glory:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=1244"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.quietfish.com/img/15A1DC81-C08B-4613-B586-801B0D6D6080" alt="Close-up" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=1244"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.quietfish.com/img/AB2DB4AB-2E63-4174-B70D-9F94093B129E" alt="advent calendar envelopes" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.quietfish.com/notebook/?p=1244"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.quietfish.com/img/A01AA057-B16E-4791-B3E4-22DC7F03CC2F" alt="Mantle-view" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2701DBE8-EBD0-44DA-82DE-D65BA36B8505/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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