Christmas Decor

I finally got around to finishing the Advent calendar that I started last year (hey, better late than never!). I'm really happy with how it turned out, and I managed to finish it on December 4th, so I was only a few days past the beginning of Advent season. And really it worked out quite well since we got to eat four days worth of candy in one go. :)



This year we put Dove chocolates (dark for me, milk for Joel) in each day. Next year Lucy will be old enough to appreciate getting her own treat.



The only thing I would have done differently is that I used felt glue to fix the letters to the white background, and they're having trouble holding the weight of the candies. I'm going to have to go back and hand-stitch the letters back on. Other than that it turned out great!

And here's a terrible shot of our Christmas tree. It really is very pretty, we promise!



And a cute decoration for our bookshelf:



Our santa figurines: