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Mommy’s Advent Calendar

December 17, 2014 By Dusty Rogers 14 Comments

Advent calendars – they’re not just for the little ones!

Mommy's Advent Calendar - a Christmas countdown for the wine lovers in all of us! | www.allthingsgd.com

I got such a laugh over creating this “Mommy’s Advent Calendar” for our holiday home – perfect for all the other wine-loving mamas (and papas) out there!

Mommy's Advent Calendar - a Christmas countdown for the wine lovers in all of us! | www.allthingsgd.com

As much as I’d love to say this idea was all mine, the truth is I’ve too busy drinking wine to think of something this clever. The idea came from a picture my friend Kelly shared with me (unsourced, unfortunately) and I knew I had to bring it to the G&D household.

Mommy's Advent Calendar - a Christmas countdown for the wine lovers in all of us! | www.allthingsgd.com

To make, I simply printed off “countdown” tags on my printer, cut them to look like tags, punched a hole at the top, threaded baker’s twine through the hole and hung them from each bottle.  I only have a 15 bottle wine rack, so instead of counting down the days until Christmas one by one, I doubled up on a few of them.

Above the wine rack is this great little nutcracker – who is now my “wine guy” – standing guard over my wine.

I’ve named him Chuck.

He means business.

Mommy's Advent Calendar - a Christmas countdown for the wine lovers in all of us! | www.allthingsgd.com

Hanging over Chuck is this great little holiday message with a wine-lover’s twist that I added to my chalkboard using this chalkboard lettering tutorial.

Mommy's Advent Calendar - a Christmas countdown for the wine lovers in all of us! | www.allthingsgd.com

How many of you plan on having your own little advent calendar next Christmas?

I highly recommend it.

See more of our holiday home in our 2014 Holiday Home Tour!

A playful, colorful, handmade holiday home! | www.allthingsgd.com

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Comments

  1. 1
    Kim@NewlyWoodwards says:
    December 17, 2014 at 6:08 pm

    This is AWESOME! A bottle of day! So just like the other 11 months. Only with a fun tag. 😉

    Reply
    • 2
      Dusty Rogers says:
      December 17, 2014 at 6:25 pm

      It’s like you know me. Hahaha! Thank you, Kim!

      Reply
  2. 3
    Ashley@BiggerthantheThreeofUs says:
    December 18, 2014 at 7:54 am

    I love this so much!!

    Reply
    • 4
      Dusty Rogers says:
      December 24, 2014 at 7:19 am

      Thank you so much, Ashley! It was so much fun to do, haha!

      Reply
  3. 5
    Stacia says:
    December 19, 2014 at 9:53 am

    Where did you get the beautiful wine holder?

    Reply
    • 6
      Jennifer says:
      December 22, 2014 at 3:09 pm

      Yes, please share! I love the wine holder too!

      Reply
      • 7
        Dusty Rogers says:
        December 24, 2014 at 7:37 am

        Thank you, Jennifer! The wine rack is from Pier 1. It was a gift from G about 16 years ago on our first Valentine’s Day. Even then the man knew exactly the way to my heart, haha.

        Reply
    • 8
      Dusty Rogers says:
      December 24, 2014 at 7:29 am

      G bought me this wine rack as a gift for our very first Valentine’s Day together! #truelove It was from Pier 1.

      Reply
  4. 9
    karen@somewhatquirkydesign says:
    December 21, 2014 at 11:46 am

    I have a yearly countdown on my wine rack!

    Reply
    • 10
      Dusty Rogers says:
      December 24, 2014 at 7:36 am

      LOL! Love that idea, Karen!

      Reply
  5. 11
    Thrifty DIY Diva says:
    December 22, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    I LOVE these (sharing)!! Totally makes my morning!

    Reply
    • 12
      Dusty Rogers says:
      December 24, 2014 at 7:36 am

      Thank you so much, Thrifty DIY Diva!

      Reply
  6. 13
    somuchbetterwithagee says:
    December 28, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    OMG this is amazing! haha This could be a weekly thing too with 52 bottles, no?
    Hugs, Jamie

    Reply
    • 14
      Dusty Rogers says:
      December 31, 2014 at 10:47 am

      Love that idea, Jamie! I think we could make it happen.

      Reply

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