DIY Easy Advent Calendar Book - Using Book Pages or Envelopes

As a gift for a gardener, I think I'm going to add seed packs and identification tags for planting. Herbs, flowers, and veggies too! I love this project and can't wait to start !

I'm so inspired. I'm Jewish but always wanted to come up with nice gift ideas for my Christian friends. But it occurred to me I could make one for Chanukah for my kids too. Just 8 large envelopes 😍😍😍 I'm very excited. I have 4 Christian children and 2 Jewish children to make these for. Thank you!

More ideas that were not shown in the video (I will be adding to this as the comments come in) - "30 days to Anniversary" - put a love not in each pockets. Or 30 reasons why I love you.. - A gift for a gardener - add seed packs and identification tags for planting. Herbs, flowers and veggies. - Put them in different order so that the recipient must flip through the book to find each day. - Use blues and whites and greens to recreate a crisp, chilly snowy winter night - hot cocoa in pockets - Money in pockets - Spring/Summer/Winter/Autumn themed - Decoupage the book pages with beautiful napkins to get a design on the page and to push the text into the background! - Jig saw puzzles!!! That leads to a completed puzzle in the end! - Photographs of all the fun times you had with the recipient - Journaling Prompts for each day! - "use it for a birthday month. Include necklace, earrings, charms, bracelet, gift card, tickets to movies or an event, pics of both of you, a birthday card, and/or things they like. Also these can be thin or flat to fit pockets" - make one of these as a memory book. Child's or grandchild's milestones, and family times, in individual mini handmade books.

Yes! Feeling inspired!!! ✉📩📨🎄🎅 Other pocket stuffer ideas: large jigsaw puzzle pieces 🧩 some of Natasa's cardstock buttons🪶pretty feathers; photos from times shared with the recipient; poems and quotes; seeds for the garden (if not sending abroad); journalling prompts, Xmas cracker jokes, pawprint greetings from your dog or cat, flat Xmas tree decorations, recipient's initials in wooden or stick-on letters, Chinese papercuts, skeletal leaves..."the possibilities are endless"!

This is what happens when I watch your videos: I'm 5.25 minutes into the video. I pause the video and go into my studio and immediately begin making 3 advent calendars at a time 😅😂. Now that it's dark, I'll finish watching the video, Thank you very much 😂👍❤️

Natasha, every single video you make I'm inspired. I shared your channel with my mother and she's not a Journalist. I just think your imagination is impecable. Thanks for always sharing your ideas with us. I'm so obsessed with your channel I can wait every single week to see you. I did a watch-a-ton the first time I found you😅 To me, a week is tooooo... long to wait but, I know how hard it it's to do crafting and being a momma. Just know that you inspired the almost 200k people you have in here. The thing a love the most is your sense of humor. Thanks for everything you do. Happy Holidays ❤

I got inspired right away. I was thinking if the first pocket holds a blank journal, everything else can be stuff to embellish the journal, so it is like a little kit.

Your creativity is mind blowing to me. Im going to make one of these for my nephew’s fiancé. She can open one envelope a day until their wedding day. Thank you for sharing your creativity and inspiration!

I love that your daughter was so inspired and so creative. That is really special. I can imagine lots of ways to use this idea. Thank you, Natasha.

I missed this video when it aired (camping trip). VERY inspiring! I love this idea. I’ve decided I’ll make myself one in January for my birthday in July. I’ll “forget” what I put in pockets and be excited opening them. 💖💖💖 Thank you!!!

I DO feel inspired!!! I always feel inspired by your videos and really really look forward to the next one. I have all kinds of tools and machines but it's just amazing to see the elegant journals and books you make from practically castoffs. Don't ever feel we are not inspired! Also, it would be fun to see your daughter's little hands play crafting with you. 💕💕💕

I made one of these for my mom and dad, only I had their grandkids and great grandkids put something in a pocket of their choice, in place of the number I made name plates to hold the envelope flap down❤

If you have given someone a journal one year as a gift. The next year you could give this. You could leave the numbers off and use it for ephemera storage. Thank you for the video! Treasuring my books, I make.....

I absolutely love this project. What a great idea for even children. They would love opening an envelope each day finding kid stuff like gum, coloring pages, stickers, a portion of the Christmas story ending on the 25th with the Magi bringing gifts to the young child Jesus. Letters of love from grandma. I better get started!!!❤

This would be a great gift for someone who likes to travel. The cover, maybe a map? Making pouches a little larger to store memorabilia from a trip. Each envelope or pocket could have a tag to write on a date and location. Ohh!! All the possibilities!!!

Yes! Your video totally inspired me! I am listing Christmas related things for the pockets. I want to make this for my adult daughters and include things like Christmas stamps, return address labels, to from tags, Christmas list papers, and ask things along those lines. I also love the 30 days to your birthday. Each day will have little notes saying what I love about the person I'm giving this to and also insert pictures of fun times together. This is exciting. Thank you for the inspiration. I run out of ideas on what to give those that don't need more stuff!

Absolutely magical. I love all the little details sprinkled throughout that make the whole project cohesive, such as the gold decorations and using the same sewing stitch on all the envelopes. Definitely a true ‘treasure book’!

This is so wonderful!! You have such a great imagination. I can see this as a stationary holder. Stamps, paper clips, envelopes, cards, etc... My mind is going now. Lol. Thank you

I love what you shared about your daughter. Her envelopes are perfect! I’m so happy to hear about moms that share with their children their passion.

19:25 The advice you gave at this spot is so useful. I should sort my book pages and save the ones with illustrations at the bottom for making envelopes with interesting top flaps. I found this reminder also very useful: to use book pages as decorative paper especially when we need exact straight lines (like for checking where to fold without extra measuring). One of many-many things I admire about your channel is that you do your homework – you prepare prototypes, you clearly demonstrate how to go about planning stress-free by building quick visuals, you test run, and you have your cheat sheets ready.