This countdown calendar has a kind of wild color scheme for Christmas, I know. But the recipient (my sister-in-law) has a PURPLE Christmas tree.
Pretty wild, huh? I'm definitely more of a traditionalist when it comes to Christmas decorations, but I thought it'd be fun to create something for her using a wacko color scheme. I didn't have anything to match the pretty purple exactly, so I just kind of came as close as I could to it. Hopefully it will jive with her other decorations.
I covered the base (that my mom had gifted to me a while back) with decorative paper and sanded and inked the edges. Then I just embellished! I used lots of the MFT glitter garnishes, hotfix glitter pearls and swarovski crystals and some American Crafts Thickers.
The base came with tiles to add numbers. That way the recipient can change the number each day to count down to Christmas. I printed the numbers on my computer and attached them to the decorative paper-covered tiles.