“Sheltering in Place” with Hermès
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I had to come over and say this is really fabulous. Patience and skills. Worth the mess. My utmost congrats.I finally completed the Advent calendar. It did not turn out how I had imagined it would, but I’m glad to be done.
Inside the lid: These are the boxes I made to hold the candy. I was going to glue a support piece of board across them but didn’t. I had to make each one separately.....they didn’t fit as well as I had hoped.
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I had to build an additional frame around the boxes to get enough coverage of the edges.
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I added 1/8” striping tape on the edges to soften the fact that I couldn’t get poster board to match Hermès orange. I used 1/4” striping tape on the top to hold the ”doors”
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I added the candy that signifies Christmas Day in a tissue paper pouch, as I had spacing challenges.
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The End! Glad I did it, but even more glad it’s over.Boy, do I have a mess to clean up.
I finally completed the Advent calendar. It did not turn out how I had imagined it would, but I’m glad to be done.
Inside the lid: These are the boxes I made to hold the candy. I was going to glue a support piece of board across them but didn’t. I had to make each one separately.....they didn’t fit as well as I had hoped.
View attachment 4907049
I had to build an additional frame around the boxes to get enough coverage of the edges.
View attachment 4907038
I added 1/8” striping tape on the edges to soften the fact that I couldn’t get poster board to match Hermès orange. I used 1/4” striping tape on the top to hold the ”doors”
View attachment 4907040
I added the candy that signifies Christmas Day in a tissue paper pouch, as I had spacing challenges.
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The End! Glad I did it, but even more glad it’s over.
You did a great job! How creative! 
I finally completed the Advent calendar. It did not turn out how I had imagined it would, but I’m glad to be done.
Inside the lid: These are the boxes I made to hold the candy. I was going to glue a support piece of board across them but didn’t. I had to make each one separately.....they didn’t fit as well as I had hoped.
View attachment 4907049
I had to build an additional frame around the boxes to get enough coverage of the edges.
View attachment 4907038
I added 1/8” striping tape on the edges to soften the fact that I couldn’t get poster board to match Hermès orange. I used 1/4” striping tape on the top to hold the ”doors”
View attachment 4907040
I added the candy that signifies Christmas Day in a tissue paper pouch, as I had spacing challenges.
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The End! Glad I did it, but even more glad it’s over.
Beautiful and so creative! Thank you for sharing. I love the Holiday Spirit!
Moody time frozen dumplings with black tea.
Going back out for more art supplies.....still carrying the medor I loaded up yesterday. Not only that, I’m wearing the same sweater & scarf I wore yesterday! I’m usually only out of the house for about an hour, but the truth is that I’ve just gotten lazy about what I wear out, especially to the art supply store. They’re all dressed for Coachella in there and I’m a throwback from Altamont (the west coast Woodstock). I guess there’s some commonality in there somewhere.
I love your description! Are you an artist?
I'm curious because I really like how you put even low key things together so I figured you are definitely in a creative field.
Thank you....but I’m not an artist, nor have I worked in any artistic fields. But I’ve always tended to think outside the box. From the age of 12, I chose much of the decor that came into our house during remodeling. My mother didn’t have ’an eye for details’. As a teen, I began choosing all the furniture for my father’s offices. But he was color blind so that was an easy gig to get.
He didn’t care anyway. I made it clear to them that it was their loss when they rejected any of my ideas.Today’s project: A Bone Christmas Stocking Fit for a Hermès Loving Dog....
A tall paper bag cut into a bone shape and laminated for strength.
I then covered a tall (non H) box with orange paper and glued the bone shapes on each side of the box.
This was pretty easy. I already had a bone pattern I had drawn previously, so I just cut it down to fit within the dimensions of the bag. I had the paper bones laminated at a art supply store. Gluing it all together was a bit tricky because super glue doesn’t allow me to adjust the pieces but I managed to get them on evenly. Done in one day...yay!
A tall paper bag cut into a bone shape and laminated for strength.
I then covered a tall (non H) box with orange paper and glued the bone shapes on each side of the box.
This was pretty easy. I already had a bone pattern I had drawn previously, so I just cut it down to fit within the dimensions of the bag. I had the paper bones laminated at a art supply store. Gluing it all together was a bit tricky because super glue doesn’t allow me to adjust the pieces but I managed to get them on evenly. Done in one day...yay!
I broke one of my dishes 
finding a way to fix it now.
finding a way to fix it now.
....that’s a real bummer! I hope you can fix it.....
I know how to fix it. I just bought the white clay air dry block. Will do it when my mood is up
This can count as a project though.
After the clay is hardened, it needs to be smoothed and repaint to match the original color then apply the glazed top.
This will take up to 2 days from start to finish. And it will be turned into a jewelry dish holder.
Thanks for the tip - I am filing this away - the next time I break a dish I will give it a try.I know how to fix it. I just bought the white clay air dry block. Will do it when my mood is up
This can count as a project though.
After the clay is hardened, it needs to be smoothed and repaint to match the original color then apply the glazed top.
This will take up to 2 days from start to finish. And it will be turned into a jewelry dish holder.
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