Feeling Christmasy

I have been getting into the christmas spirit over the past few days and not the bottled kind either! It all started with the advent house and then today I found the template for these lovely little birdhouses.

I had to have a go and before I knew it I'd made three of them and am planning to make more. They are so cute and ideal for hanging on a christmas tree. It's got me thinking about putting a tree here in my craft room just decorated with handmade decorations. The template can be found here.

And this is my Advent House. A scrummy advent calendar with a difference. There is nothing in the drawers yet but I've still got over a week to sort that :) You'd never know to look at it that it was a supermarket buy but I've altered it with paint, gorgeous Blonde Moments christmas papers that were the remains of a kit I had two years ago and some pretty embelishments.

I'm really pleased with how it has come out although there was a point yesterday afternoon when I really wondered why I had started it.

I'm off to a new crop tomorrow, it's over the border in Wales and I've got just over a hour's drive to get there but I am quite looking forward to it. Hopefully I will come back filled with new ideas and inspiration.