Bits and pieces

 

Many, many years ago I read a little idea for making an Advent calendar and I was smitten with it.  The idea was to arrange 25 foil tart tins in the shape of a Christmas tree on a large piece of gift-wrapped cardboard and to fill each one with little bits and pieces of Christmas -- snippets from cards, little poems, a candy or two or other little things like Christmas pins or tiny ornaments.  If I remember right one glued a piece of gift wrap over the circular opening of each little tin and then the child opening the calendar would tear the cover away each morning.

I did make one of these and at the time thought I would refill it every year.

Of course, that didn't happen and eventually it was thrown away.  But fairly recently, while sorting vintage Christmas cards for sale, I came upon a plastic sandwich bag filled with little vintage bits and pieces I had saved for this project.  A couple of them are poems.

I plan to share the poems, at least, here this month.  For today, I thought I would just show a few of the random snippets that this little bag held.    The sleeping mouse under a patchwork quilt is especially sweet!