It might be watery Elmer's Glue, but Mod Podge sounds so cool. Courtesy of PlaidOnline.com

Have you heard of this stuff? It’s great. You smear it on a surface (like wood, glass, metal), then on a flat object (fabric, photographs, stickers, etc) you want to stick onto the surface, and then you smear some more Mod Podge on, and then you smear some more, and suddenly you have a festive advent calendar of sorts.

(It’s a bit more complicated than that, but if you have anything you want to decorate and protect from sticky fingers or spilled hot chocolate, Mod Podge is for you).

This is what I made at my first-ever Super Saturday (Church Lady Craft Day) in Seagull Fountain. Mine is rather plain as I declined to add half of the recommended ribbons, rivets, and other assorted curliques.

Sally is already quite obsessive about changing the numbers before school. Dick keeps asking if we can use it to bake cookies when we’re done with it. I reminded him (very patiently) that Christmas comes every year, so this will be bringing us joy and merriment for decades to come.

I also “made” a nativity scene. I say “made,” because all I had to do was paint the wood and use a drill to screw the metal thingie to the said painted wood. Oh, and I tied one of the bows too.

So, crafty church ladies, Mod Podge (I just love saying that), and counting down to Christmas (wheee!) work for me.

Jane.