I don’t even remember readjusting the lamp shade as I was taking these pictures, but it seems like it’s moving in every one!

I hot glued some ribbon that I had in my stash around the sides to cover the raw edges of the MDF.At some point I also added the clothes pins on in rows of three with hot glue as well.. Bam!

Just like that, a fun new advent calendar was born!.The bags are just plain white bags, stamped with some silver ink and a Christmas stamp, then I wrote the numbers in by hand.It’s all so easy, but when you put it all together….

This would make a great pre-Christmas activity that the whole family could do together, minus the step where the bags are filled with goodies, of course!It would also be so fun as a craft for a friends’ get-together one evening.

It’s quick, cute, and really inexpensive to make!.

I guess the Christmas decorating/crafting season has officially been started!You don’t need to clean up for them.

They’re comfortable in the middle of a formal dining room or just plunked down on your kitchen table with an overflowing laundry basket in the background.Doesn’t matter to them.

They’ll give you all the cheeriness they have to give either way.. See?So, if you haven’t got one already, plant yourself a lilac and enjoy all the free awesomeness for years to come.Well, it might not be the prettiest thing, but it sure makes me happy every time I see it sitting there in the corner of my mud room, all ready to help whenever needed.. We’ve had a bit of a problem since moving into this house almost two years ago.