So this year, I'm excited I have not one, not two, but THREE Advent Calendars for me to open the little door and find my surprise behind! I remember how exciting it was to open the little window door of an advent calendar when I was a kidlet. I think the last one I had, well, I KNOW it was the last one...was about 2020ish, when I had purchased a Unity Stamps Advent Calendar, where hidden behind each perforated window door, I found a precious fun stamp. My idea then, as it is now, was to open each day, quickly make a fun card, tag, project, etc., and keep up with a daily post on that given day in the Unity Advent Calendar group. Well...that lasted me about 7-8 days, as my sleep meant an awful lot to my well being that year, as it does every year during my busy time in the factory.
Unity Stamp Company Kindred Stamps Spice Advent
If any of you have kept up or read my blog over the past...you will learn that I own a chocolate company, and my primary customer is corporate, who can purchase last minute orders as little as 12 quantity gift baskets, and as large as 10,000 plus trade show giveaways.
I kid you not, we have pulled a rabbit out of a hat so many times over the last 40 years, that my well being has been tested far beyond what anyone could imagine. I've had my staff send me home to take a break, I've had meltdowns in the factory, and I've been known to sneak in at 3:00 AM, work until 9:00 PM with little breaks (if any)...not ideal, but, it's what you do... So.....................in the spirit of things.... having THREE calendars, if I wanted to follow through with that same concept, of a daily entry, well with a craft advent, that's not going to happen... UNLESS ... I start early. Of my calendars, 2 of them are craft related, and 1 is a really fun SPICES!!!! I can play traditionally with the spice one, and open on the 1st of December, but for the craft ones, I decided whichever one arrived first, I'd pounce in on...and that would be the one I'd TRY to upload a result 25 days in a row....
Yesterday, I opened my #1 window door of the Unity Stamps 2025 Advent Calendar.... I promise I will NOT NOT NOT NOT reveal my stamp or final result until DECEMBER 1ST..... I won't ruin ANYONE'S surprise, if at all any of you who might read this has purchased or received one of these sets too... I will, however include a SNEAK PEEK picture...that does NOT reveal any part of the advent stamp.... I ADORED making this card...and I was able to crank it out fairly fast...something I've been trying to train myself to do.... NOT OVERTHINK ... ACCEPT THE FIRST ATTEMPT ... EDIT EDIT EDIT ... no need to put everything under the sun on the card type of editing .... MAKE IT A ONE POSTAGE STAMP NOT SMALL PACKAGE TYPE CARD!!!
Wanna see my sneak peek?
The FULL result, including the #1 Advent Stamp image will be posted on December 1.... This image does NOT include any part of that stamp...I'm excited for the next 24 days!!!!!!
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