Tuesday, December 1, 2009

DAY 1 Matchbox Advent Calendar



But the angel said to them,"Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people."

Luke 2:10












Matchbox by Linda


All this month I will be sharing each of the 24 boxes I got in the Christian Paper Artists matchbox advant calendar swap.



As you can see, they are strung up, in random order,
on a wooden yard stick in my back porch sanctuary.
The light is good there and our back door is the one most often used
so the artwork can be appreciated daily.

Thank you all who participated!
Each of your matchboxes is beautiful
and they make a gorgeous presentation as an ensemble cast!

13 comments:

Linda Jo said...

They are wonderful! You should put the photos of them on the yardstick in the Photo Album on CPA!

BadPenny said...

how lovely

Caterina Giglio said...

very fun idea!

Erica said...

What a great idea. They are gorgeous.

ooglebloops said...

Boy, I am seeing matchbooks everywhere - since we did the swap!! These are great!!!

carole brungar said...

Wow! What a neat display! Does each one contain something? How exciting!

Anna said...

the genius strikes again! I love your display.... I put mine on an iron christmas tree. I need to post that..... btw - I have Glitter ALL over my table.... and it's from Corder, MO......

Jeanie said...

I am going to love this all month long. HOW cool is this?!

~*~Patty S said...

ooo those look wonderful Nathalie, great display of so many precious creations!
that is an advent calendar that will keep on giving too!
Hey, I started my Christmas art journal! :)
oxo
p.s. your porch looks like my kinda place ... just perfect! if it stayed warm I could live on our back porch too ... well not with the mosquitoes :(

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

These matchboxes are so inspirational. They give me ideas for a project. Of course, part of the charm is the yardstick they are hung on and the room they are displayed in.

Margaret said...

I love these and the way you've hung them, there goes that fab wall again, sigh...

gunnelsvensson said...

these matchboxes are so beautiful ! When my kids was small we also had those and they have one small gift every day before Christmas !
Have a nice second advent :-))

daysease said...

such beautiful decorations for a tree or just to hang about... so diverse and so wonderful. May have to use this idea sometime... now to find boxes to use, since i have never seen these large matchboxes anywhere... hmmm... need to ask around. :-)thanks for sharing... and GREAT job, all of you ladies. just so great.