CWC's 25 Days of Christmas!

Good Morning! I can't believe it's December 17th already! WOW! We have family coming next week (I'm hosting BOTH Grandma's this year!), and I've been cleaning and baking like crazy.

We had a bit of a set-back when my stove/oven quit working - my husband jiggled the bake element and it's working...for now. We knew we'd need to replace the appliances when we bought the house (none of them are in great shape), but we had hoped to do it during Boxing Day sales. However, rather than take the chance that my oven won't live through baking gingerbread, pies, various cookies and squares, AND a turkey, we decided to see what we could find right now. And YAY for us! We found ALL our appliances in one great sale at Lowes, and came in WAY under budget! Merry Christmas to me!

Anyhoo, I digress. A friend of mine calls it "chasing rabbits", and it happens to me a lot. lol! Today is Day 17 of Cooking With Cricut's 25 Days of Christmas, and the theme is Angels & Messengers of God. Have you seen the projects so far? WOW! I am so honoured to work with such a talented and creative group of ladies. They set the bar super high really early, and I wasn't sure I could come up with something that would even compare. So I didn't. I put Abigail and Luke to work instead! Hee! Hee!

I love Advent calendars. The countdown to Christmas is just so much more fun when you get to eat a chocolate every day, isn'it?

Using Winter Frolic, I cut out the trees on cereal box cardboard and then again on regular cardstock and glued the pieces together. I used Plantin Schoolbook to cut 24 ornaments for each tree, and then let Abi and Luke write their own numbers from 1 - 24. We then stuck 24 Hershey's kisses to each tree using pop-dots. Every day, they get to take one kiss off and put the "ornament" for that date in it's place. The tree toppers are my favorite part. We used one of the many beautiful digis from PCW. Abi and Luke each coloured their own, cut them out, and voila! The angel at the top of the tree (who is holding the chocolate treat for Christmas Day - the kids' idea). And can I say, the fact that the angel is a bear was a HUGE hit with my kiddos! :)

These turned out so wonderfully, and Abi and Luke are so proud of them. They especially love that they can keep track of "how many more days til Christmas" by counting the remaining Kisses. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head on over to CWC and check out what my fellow DT members have created for you! You won't be disappointed! And of course, grab your free files and check out all the great prizes up for grabs. Just a note: you MUST be a Follower of CWC in order to be eligible for a prize.

Have a wonderful day! :)