Wednesday 18 November 2015

Supporting Oxfam : Advent calendar box for Parcelhero


A few weeks back I jazzed up a plain wooden box for a very good cause...
Oxfam and parcel hero have this year collaborated with 24 bloggers, myself included, to produce an advent calendar unlike any other...

and this is my contribution:


All us bloggers were given a plain wooden box with the instructions to customize it , in any way we liked, then add a little handmade gift to go inside... The idea being that each unique box would be part of an advent calendar that is being auctioned off to raise money for Oxfam's work to help end poverty on their e-bay page.


"We will always act, we will speak out, and we won't live with poverty"

Oxfam works tirelessly all over the world, tackling the root causes of poverty with the aim to help enforce life changing solutions and with the goal to end extreme poverty within 15 years....
But their work also has an impact a bit closer to home, where one in five of the UK population lives below the poverty line...
And in the time running up to Christmas the issue of poverty can sadly become even more apparent, and for families living on the breadline, the jolly season can become an even harder struggle to keep up with essential bills... Oxfam works to help these families and individuals, and the money raised from the auction of the Advent calendar will be much appreciated:

A word from Peter Hall at Oxfam: 
“A massive thanks to the Parcel Hero’s blogging community. Your creations will help change lives. We are so impressed with the amount of effort and creativity that has gone into the calendar boxes. Let’s hope they raise loads of funds to help Oxfam end poverty sooner! Happy bidding!” 


Of course my entry is in true Nostalgiecat style, with geometric shapes, a touch of copper and a handmade origami tree decoration inside...


I am so proud to have been a little part of this project, and alongside all the other fabulous entries from some fantastically creative bloggers, we all hope that someone...maybe YOU ....will put in a good bid to win this extraordinary advent calendar and help this worthy cause...





To see more of the other entries from my fellow bloggers, and even a few sneaky peeks inside some of the boxes, head to the Parcel Hero Blog, where you can also read a little more about the project....

And if you're feeling charitable...or simply lust after an advent calendar with a difference, do put in a bid for the whole shebang on the Oxfam E-bay page....

The auction will close on the 26th of November!
Thank you and happy bidding!

Tuesday 17 November 2015

This years advent calendar...

Simple and stylish


I love being a Rose&Grey Style ambassador....
it means that every now and then , I'll get sent an item from their beautiful collection of eclectic home wares and given free reins to style it how I'd like...
This time they sent out one of my favorite items...ever: This super useful Pegboard
Now my love for pegboard is well known, as I used some when I made my DIY sideboard this summer....So this sits perfectly in my interiors...


I had a few different ideas for how I wanted to style it up for Christmas...I mean: it is so useful!
But in the end I decided it would be perfect to use to hang little advent parcels for Mia Moo from!



I simply stretched some string between the pegs, then attached some plain paper bags, that I'd numbered using a stencil with some small wooden pegs..


And of course the little bags will be filled with daily treats for Mia to open each day in the countdown to Christmas....


It fits perfectly in with my simplistic Christmas decor look that I am going for this year...


Have you started planning the countdown to Christmas yet?
If not , I'm posting some inspirational ideas from the web for this years advent calendar next week...so stay tuned for that!
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