Buttons!
I love buttons. I have a collection of them - must be hundreds, maybe even thousands - but they are all in boxes and containers, tucked away in a corner of my bedroom to prevent them gathering dust. So I never get to see my lovely, colourful buttons and I never do anything with them because I forget they're there. But then I recently saw shops selling jars of buttons for ridiculous prices and I thought 'I could do that'. The jars used to hold olives, I think, and the buttons are from a box of mixed colours that I've had for years - the beads too - so they didn't cost me a thing. And now I can see buttons and beads every day!
The books behind, however, are all James'. He loves US history, particularly anything to do with presidents.
This is the advent calendar that my mother made for us from a kit, years ago. I've put chocolates in it for me and James. I think it's so much nicer than buying a generic advent calendar. I can't get it on to the wall without making lots of holes in the plaster, so it's hanging on the back of a chair.
I made my cottage pie for dinner and it was yummy. I've been listening to Dolly Parton's album 'Home for Christmas' which is awesome. I love her versions of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Jingle Bells so I've been singing along in the kitchen.
Now we're watching O, Brother Where Art Thou?. I might attempt some button crafts while we watch, as my collection is all around me in boxes.