OMG, it's DECEMBER 1!!! How did that happen? I don't just feel like I misplaced November, I can't remember where I put October! My last focused memory was at SHareCon…

But here we are! Less than 24 shopping days from Christmas, and I'm still not over Thanksgiving. But who cares about Christmas shopping when we've got presents already! Door #1 of ( Read more... )

Here's hoping everyone in the US had a happy turkey day, with or without turkey. I'm just grateful no one decided to have flamingos for Thanksgiving.

Here's hoping you had Friday off to work on your Advent Calendar gift! The Advent Calendar draws closer and the elves are getting twitchy. No one wants to deal with twitchy elves! If you're still ( Read more... )

If you are working on something for the Advent Calendar, but are  afraid you won't make the Nov 25 deadline, please drop us a note at advent@starskyhutcharchive.net. We don't want you to stop working on your gift. Please let us know how your  project is going and if you will need extra time. We want your  wonderful gifts!

Here it is, the final door of the Advent Calendar. We have five fabulous gifts to finish out the calendar thanks to Elves Keri T, m.butterfly, T.M.Productions, Mortmere, and Suzan.

It's been an amazing Calendar. My rough count says we enjoyed 27 stories, 13 pieces of art, 1 craft, 6 puzzles, 3 poems, 5 vids, and 2 story lists, and we have all of you ( Read more... )

Fortunately, the technical difficulties we experienced earlier have been corrected, and the Advent Calendar is open for business. Good thing, too, since we are so close to Christmas I can hear the reindeer bells jingling. I know it's almost Christmas because our brandy new Christmas tree is standing, perfectly straight, in my living room bay window ( Read more... )

It's not you, it's us. We're working on it. Thanks for your patience.

This close to Christmas, everyone's juggling: shopping with wrapping, lists upon lists, groceries for holiday meals, shopping and cooking for everyday meals. Invariably, we spend the week before Christmas doing carryout because there isn't time for anything else. I'm sure many of the elves of the Advent Calendar are just as busy and yet they keep ( Read more... )

Four. More. Days. We are truly in the homestretch now. And on this day 21 of the Advent Calendar, we have four different gifts for you from our hard-working, talented elves. We can thank Elves SHaron, Verlaine, Chocolate Egg, and a very special collective group of Elves. Now that's a cluster of talent to get any SH fan excited. Enjoy!

The Advent Calendar has just gone over 750 comments, folks!!! Pat yourselves on the back. I know all the creative elves really appreciate it and those of us putting the Advent Calendar together do too. Today we have four lovely gifts thanks to Elves Wightfaerie, Dawnwind, Garrideb, and uh... me. I know you'll just love them.

I also want to take this ( Read more... )

Our elves have been so busy this year! Today we have four special gifts on the Advent Calendar thanks to Elves Verlaine, ksstarfire, jat_sapphire, and Monica, Jen, and Rachel. Drooling, aren't you? And what could be better after a hard day of Christmas shopping than four delicious morsels just for you? Only 5 more days! Enjoy them!