Last year my friends Shauna and Jana posted about making mini Advent Ornaments, and I suddenly needed to make some of my own. I actually started way back in September, but wasn't very dedicated to the project til November and then I found myself sitting at my sewing machine late into the night November 30th so I could finish the tree in time! This was an enormous project and left me with stiff and sore fingers many nights but I really enjoyed it, and I'm so thrilled now that it's done!
The pattern can be found here, and was immensely helpful. I realized that I liked the simpler ornaments better because I was able to make them look better. So I skipped a few of hers that seemed complicated and instead made a little Baby Jesus in a manger (got this idea from Shauna), a star, and a light bulb. I wasn't crazy about the tree in the pattern either so I copied Jana's.
My favorite part of the project is that Jilly loves it as much as I do. Every morning in November she would ask if I had finished an ornament the previous night and get so excited to see my progress. Now there is an ornament in each pocket of my Advent Calendar (so glad to finally have a purpose for it!) and it's so fun for the girls to pull one out every morning. Hopefully these ornaments survive for many, many years!
2 comments:
You did such a great job! It was so fun pulling out my ornaments this year and having them all ready to go. You'll be even more happy you made them next year! And after a year, I don't see the small mistakes I made anymore, so that's a nice bonus!
Wow! It's so detailed, I love it.
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