More from the Advent calendar...

December seems to be flying by so quickly!

But the highlight of every morning is opening Sabiha's Advent calendar.

Here are some more of the fabulous surprises!

This lot are in no particular order...it's pretty chaotic here these days!

So many fabuous tiny things and I love them all.

The fun part is finding homes for everything!

You can see the minis I made for Sabiha on her blog and together (even though we live a world apart, lol!) we made an Advent calendar as a surprise for Sylvia.

Mercedes

Sabiha's Advent Calendar

Sabiha sent me this most spectacular Advent calendar.

It's so exciting to open a little bag every morning.

Here are all the goodies from just the first five days!

The prettiest Christmas decorations.

Gorgeous plants and plant holders.

Awesome magazine boxes, magazines and wrapping paper.

Fabulous boxes and a spectacular Dudok apple pie.

Beautiful tray with bottles and ...

the world's tiniest lipstick!

Sabiha you are a wonderful friend, thank you!

Mercedes

Last days of the Advent Calendar & Christmas Swap

Here are the last few days of gifts I received from my Advent calendar swap with Susanna.
Snowballs!

Yay! Now I can make some baskets!

A cute little dog and a jar of doggy treats!

A beautifully woven basket.

The cutest cabinet, a gorgeous candle wreath and Christmas books.

Thank you Susanna for making this the most fun December ever! It was very odd not waking up to open something on boxing day, Liberty misses it too!

And this beautiful angel is the gift I received from Caterina as part of the Christmas swap arranged by Rosanna.

Thank you Caterina!

Mercedes

More advent calendar swap

Not long to go now! Things are crazy busy here this week! Here's a few more of the minis Susanna sent me in our Advent Calendar swap.

Bread, cheese and grapes.

Notice board.

Beautiful plant.

Dinner! How good does that look?! Susanna's mini food is quite spectactular!

Christmas decorations!! Yippeeee!! The lounge of the big dollhouse may just get decorated in time for Christmas after all!

Mercedes

Another week gone!

Opening a mini gift from Susanna (click her name to go to her blog) each day of December is just so exciting!

Christmas decor!

Vegetables.

Beautiful wire work.

Teensy rubber bands.

Fabulous mosaic mirror.

This velvet covered jewellery box is stunning!

A blackboard and an orange...

Here's a closer look at that tiny, perfect orange. It looks so amazingly real!

I did a swap with Stephanie at Petitplat Miniatures and she sent me this exquitsite assortment of food. Absolutely gorgeous and stunning!

Thank you Stephanie!

And this week I got a surprise gift in the mail from Sabiha's friend Karin (click her name to visit her blog). A beautiful picnic basket and a fabulous boot rack complete with gumboots! (I've always wanted some mini gumboots!)

Karin also covered that box with the most beautiful 'Pip Studio' papers, I love it!

Thank you Karin!

And a big thank you to you all for your lovely comments on Liberty's new outfit. I'm happy to say she really loves the new clothes and would wear them every day if I let her!

Mercedes

One week gone already!

Liberty and I have been having so much fun opening the gifts in Susanna's advent calendar. It feels like Christmas every day!

Day 1. A sewing box

Day 2. A feather duster and tiny step stool.

The little step stool is Liberty's favourite thing so far because she has this real one of her own!

Day 3. The cutest bag of tiny 'Lush' soaps.

Day 4. A Bonnie Lavish kit to make roses.

Day 5. A whisk in a bowl of cream.

Day 6. These gorgeous shabby pictures, you have no idea how happy I am to own these!

Day 7. A beautiful fine wire basket.

Now, I know you're all thinking we have more than enough Advent calendars in our house but I've just made one more...each of these little numbered bags has a small Christmas decoration in it. (I bought all the decorations in the after-Christmas sales last year.)

Each day Liberty opens one and puts the decoration on the tree branch in her room.

Back soon with more Christmassy fun!

Mercedes