Often the person who takes care of keeping the hallways and the front flowerbeds neat and tidy and helps out other tenants with minor issues is someone living right in the building!

I just loved it and it made that Christmas just a little extra special for me that year.. Fast-forward 20 years or so later and that advent calendar is still on my mind.How could I not do the same thing for my own little Christmas elf?.

I did one last year and of course it was an instant hit.Here’s what I put together this year!.Of course, the one my gramma made for me was all nicely wrapped in pretty colorful papers, but this version suits us just fine this year.. Paper lunch bags, folded over and clipped with clothes pins and a little red and green ribbon for cuteness!.

I expected a cheeky remark or two about the plainness of the packaging, but I knew Kennedy wouldn’t care one bit once she got to start finding out what was inside..But you know what?

Not a cheeky remark was heard the day I brought these baskets down and put them out for Kennedy to see.

All I got was some twinkling of the eyes and some excited jumping up and down.. And of course questions about which bag held the silly putty.The Creek Line House.

Clean and Scentsible.This Little EstateWe’re getting really really close to being able to say that we’re mostly done with our little kitchen update!

For now, at least!We always have big plans/dreams for the future, but some of these smaller projects that we do really help us to enjoy our home so much even when we don’t have the time or the budget to do the bigger renovations right away..