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Happy end of November! Did you have a gratitude-filled holiday weekend? Mine was good and hearty and on the quiet side.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s my personal tradition to work on K\u2019s advent calendar around this time of year, and I\u2019m almost done. Because I know that K has zero interest in my blog, it\u2019s safe to share some images here. <\/span><\/p>\n As per usual, I wanted to use what I have on hand. Remember my Swedish tracing paper flower advent calenda<\/a>r? This one is a similar concept, though far less complicated. I am in possession of multiple rolls of Pellon 830 interfacing, which is very similar to STP, and it came in handy for these fluttery \u201cornaments.\u201d I thought about getting some glow-in-the-dark paint, but ended up experimenting with two different gold watercolors instead. One is more bronze-y than the other.<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t bother with templates or anything. I like the organic quality of the wings and each butterfly is different. With a little double-sided tape magic, it was a breeze to assemble these. Oh, the antenna\u2019s are fake flower stamens left over from past craft projects.<\/p>\n The idea is that K can hang each butterfly on the Christmas tree each day (we’ll be getting our tree some time today). Simple. Fuss-free with a tiny touch of bling. I like it!<\/p>\n Another nice aspect was that I only needed 18 days\u2019 worth since there are some travel plans in the works and there\u2019s no need for a count-down the last week before Christmas.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Alright, I\u2019m going to go finish the advent calendar!! My aim is to position them on a wall with the loops hidden — like a flurry of winter flutterbies! Originally I wanted to wrap each butterfly in crepe paper. It would have been cool for K to unfurl each “cocoon” like a surprise ball, but my prototypes looked…not charming and evocative of turds, let’s just say. I’m glad I decided to simplify, though I was digging the whole metamorphosis conceptualization.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re curious, here are all the calendars from the last 10 years:<\/p>\n 2021<\/a><\/p>\n 2020<\/a><\/p>\n 2019<\/a><\/p>\n 2018<\/a><\/p>\n 2017<\/a><\/p>\n 2016<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022adventcalendar1.jpg\")
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