Well here is the opened and counted down Advent Calendar I posted about here. I took pictures of it before I sent it off.
It has all been opened and taking up it's residence in my friend's home. ♥
It is a complete hodgepodge. And I love it that way. :)
"Hodgepodge" is a great word, isn't it?
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I made all the tags by collaging bits on book pages, then I decided to back them in vintage music pages. I used hymnal pages and words along with vintage wall paper.
I used a tag punch to create the tags from the larger collaged pieces. Then I added the buttons and words.
So each envelope (that you can see in this post) held a tag and a "dangle". I wasn't sure what else to call them as they aren't quite ornaments. They are though, indeed, dangles.
There is a little of everything included in the dangles. Vintage belt buckles, rhinestone pins, buttons, new beads, silk sari ribbon, crocheted bits, ball chain, vintage jewelry pieces, a soldered necklace pendant, and on.....
With all the little bits and what-not that I have, I could make a lot of Advent Calendars!
I hope this inspires you to make one for yourself or a friend!
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You have a very, very lucky friend!!! That's absolutely amazing, Jill.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to use up bits and pieces of everything. These would be awesome ornaments too.
ReplyDeleteI especially like the words you've chosen to include on the tags.
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful creation! I would like to make one myself, thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteI love this! I'm going to try to make one (or three) for giving away this year. Thank you for sharing.
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