Saturday, December 29, 1973

Advent Calendar 2011 - Colors, Words, and Sources

For each of the 29 drawings in my Advent Calendar 2011, here are the Copic colors (and any other materials) that I used, the words, and the sources for quoted words. Unless noted otherwise, everything is drawn and written with black Copic multiliners, generally 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3.

Sun 11/27/2011 Words: We are leaving ordinary time
Source: In the church year, Advent is preceded by a long stretch of “ordinary time,” the summer and fall months after Pentecost. I used the same words to begin my 2010 Advent Calendar, my 2009 Advent Calendar and my 2008 Advent Calendar.
Colors: Custom colors YYR2000 and B2000, V20,25, RV66, Y06, YR21, YG21,61, G17, B45
Mon 11/28/2011 Words: Make straight in the desert a highway for our God
Source: Isaiah 40:3
Colors: B000,21,32, BG70,93, E41,43,81; cobalt and olive multiliners
Tues 11/29/11 Word: Joy
Colors: BV20, G28, YG63, B45,66, R02,24, E44
Wed 11/30/11 Words: A light shines
Source: Isaiah 9:2
Colors: Y21, YR30, BG10, B14,24,26,29
Thurs 12/1/11 Word: Veni
Source: Advent hymn "Veni Emmanuel" (O Come, O Come Emmanuel). For the complete words and hymn tune, click here.
Colors: V000,17,20,25, B000,21,63, BG53, RV95
Fri 12/2/11 Word: Await
Colors: YG61, G17,28, RV17,19,55
Sat 12/3/11 Words: The time is near
Colors: BG10,32, C1,3,5, E21,23,25,33,71; Sepia and cool gray copic multiliners; Micron brown

Sun 12/4/11 Word: Alleluia
Colors: Custom colors B2000 and YG6000, B26,45,63, V04,25, E95, YR30, R24,29,59, YG05,21, G07,17,21,28,29; Cobalt, purple, and cool gray Copic multiliners; Micron brown
Mon 12/5/11 Word: Hope
Colors: Custom color R290, BV04, B01,24,66, BG45, YG05, V000, YR07, Y19
Tues 12/6/11 (no word)
Colors: B41, Y11,21,26, YR21,30, R02, RV91, E000,11,15,37
Wed 12/7/11 Word: Behold
Source: See Wed 12/14
Colors: B45, Y26, YR30
Thurs 12/8/11 (no word)
Colors: B41, Y11,21,26, YR21,30, R02, RV91, E000,09,11,25
Fri 12/9/11 Words: Wake, watch
Colors: Custom color YYR2000, V17, BG72, E25,29
Sat 12/10/11 Word: Peace
Colors: G07, YG05,23, RV06,55

Sun 12/11/11 Words: Cast away the works of darkness, O ye children of the day.
Source: Advent hymn, "Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding" - verse 1. For the complete words and hymn tune, click here
Colors: R02, Y11, B26, RV34, BV31, E11,53,81,87
Mon 12/12/11 Words: Restore us, O God of hosts
Source: Psalm 80:7, a Psalm associated with Advent, beginning "Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock"
Colors: G28, B21, V000,20,25, BG53, RV95
Tues 12/13/11 (no word)
Colors: B41,45, RV95, Y11,21, YR21,30
Wed 12/14/11 Words: A great joy
Source: Luke 2:10 "Behold, I bring you good news of a great joy..."
Colors: B45, Y26, YR30
Thurs 12/15/11 (no word)
Colors: B41,45, RV95, Y11,21, YR21,30
Fri 12/16/11 Words: Gloria in excelsis
Source: Luke 2:14 "Glory to God in the highest ..."
Colors: Y15, YG63, R000,02,24,35
Sat 12/17/11 Word: Prepare
Colors: E15,41; Sepia, pink, red, and orange Copic multiliners; Micron brown

Sun 12/18/11 Words: Be still
Colors: B14,41, BG45, RV55, Y15, BV20; cobalt 0.5 Copic multiliner; drops of "0" colorless blender
Mon 12/19/11 Words: Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
Source: Christmas hymn, "Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming from tender stem hath sprung"
Colors: Custom color R290, R00,29,32,35, RV10,17,19,34, G40, YG05,63, Y15, YR15, BG70
Tues 12/20/11 Word: Fulfill
Colors: BG05,45, B05, E41,43,44
Wed 12/21/11 Word: Maranatha
Source: Maranatha is Aramaic for “Come O Lord” 1 Corinthians 16:22
Colors: YG03,05,21,23, V000,12,15,17; purple Copic multiliner
Thurs 12/22/11 Words: Let each heart prepare a home
Source: Advent hymn "On Jordan's bank." There are various translations of the lyrics. My hymnal reads, "Let each heart prepare a home where such a mighty Guest may come."
Colors: Custom color YG6000, YG05,63, Y15, 26,28, YR07, R08,29,59, BG05, E23, G17,24,28
Fri 12/23/11 Word: Follow
Colors: BV08; silver Sanford Uni-Ball gel impact pen
Sat 12/24/11 Words: If in your heart you make a manger for His birth ...
Source: The next line is "then God will once again become a child on earth." Angelus Silesius (1624-1677), tr. by Stephen Mitchell
Colors: Custom color B2000, BG000,53, BV20, R59, W1,3, E23,25,41,81, Y26, YG61

Sun 12/25/11 Words: Christmas Day
Colors: Custom color B2000, B14,41, BG53,70,93, W0,3, G21, YG61, Y26, YR30, E000,00,11,23,41,43,44,53, R00,35, RV32,91,95

Paper: Neenah, 8.5 x 11"

Advent Calendar 2010 - Colors, Words, and Sources

For each of the 28 drawings in my Advent Calendar 2010, here are the Copic colors (and any other materials) that I used, the words, and the sources for quoted words. Unless noted otherwise, everything is drawn and written with black Copic multiliners, generally 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3.

Sun 11/28/2010 Words: We are leaving ordinary time
Source: In the church year, Advent is preceded by a long stretch of “ordinary time,” the summer and fall months after Pentecost. I used the same words to begin my 2009 Advent Calendar and my 2008 Advent Calendar.
Colors: B41,45, BV08, E00,29, Y21,25,28, Sanford Uni-ball gold gel pen
Mon 11/29/2010 Words: Make ye straight what long was crooked
Source: A favorite Advent hymn "Comfort, comfort ye" based on Isaiah 40. The hymn's third verse begins "Make ye straight what long was crooked, make the rougher places plain." For the full words and hymn tune, click here.
Colors: BV000, V04, BG10,45, YR07,20, E000
Tues 11/30/2010 Words: Draw near
Colors: BV04, B21,63,66, Y15; purple and sky blue Copic multiliners
Wed 12/1/2010 Word: Hope
Colors: Custom color YYR2000, BV20, R32,35,59, YG03,63, G12
Thurs 12/2/2010 Words: In God's promise, we rejoice!
Source: Hymn "We walk by faith and not by sight." It's an Easter season hymn, but the line also fits with the Advent season, which is filled with the promise of salvation.
Colors: BV20+Custom color B2000, R08, YR07, Y19, YG05, B01, B66, V04. The colors are a reminder of God's promise, the sign of the rainbow, to Noah after the flood.
Fri 12/3/2010 Word: Prepare
Colors: Custom color YG6000, RV17,32,34, R59; wine multiliner
Sat 12/4/2010
Word: Joy
Colors: B000,01,24,26,41,45, BG05,32,45; cobalt and turquoise multiliners

Sun 12/5/2010 Word: Alleluia
Colors: R32, RV000,29,34, BG93, B24,26, Y15,26, G000, YG63, E000,04,21
Mon 12/6/2010 Words: Joy of every longing heart
Source: Advent hymn “Come, thou long-expected Jesus” - for the full words and hymn tune, click here.
Colors: Custom color B2000, B01,32, BV04, RV91,95, RV13,14, G24; pink multiliner
Tues 12/7/2010 Words: Come, Lord Jesus - Maranatha
Source: Maranatha is Aramaic for “Come O Lord” 1 Corinthians 16:22
Colors: Y21, R02, V04,15,17; purple and orange multiliners
Wed 12/8/2010 Words: Then on earth the Word appears, gracing his created spheres
Source: Advent hymn "Savior of the nations, come" - click here to hear the tune and read the words. I'm quoting from a verse that is in my hymnal but is not shown on line.
Colors: E000,04,25,33,95, W0, G000, BG10,72,93, YR20; sepia multiliner
Thurs 12/9/2010 Words: For us and for our salvation, He came down from heaven
Source: Nicene Creed
Colors: G000, B000, V000, R000; pink, orange, turquoise, and sky blue multiliners
Fri 12/10/2010 Words: Watch in expectation
Colors: YR04,21, B21,24, G28, R29; cobalt and olive multiliners
Sat 12/11/2010 Words: Rejoice and exult with all your heart
Source: Zephaniah 3:14
Colors: V000,04, G07,40, YG05, RV13,17,91, Y15; pink, olive, and purple multiliners

Sun 12/12/2010 Words: Wait for the Lord
Source: Psalm 27:14
Colors: Custom color YG6000, YG63, G000,28,29, BG96, Y28, YR21, BV20, B39,45, RV17,91, R59; cobalt and olive multiliners
Mon 12/13/2010 Word: Light
Colors: Y000,15, Custom color YYR2000, BV00,04,23, B45,63,66; cobalt multiliner
Tues 12/14/2010 Words: Be strong - do not fear!
Source: Isaiah 35:4
Colors: YR04,14,20, Y38, BV31, E41, B41,45
Wed 12/15/2010 Words: Blessings of the season
Colors: B01,21,24, RV17,29,32,34, G12,21,24,28, YG63, BG96; wine, olive, and cool gray multiliners
Thurs 12/16/2010 Word: Mercy
Colors: V000,15, B000, Y000, BG000,32,45,72; purple, pink and cobalt multiliners; silver Sanford Uni-Ball gel pen
Fri 12/17/2010 Words: Be patient, beloved, until the coming of the Lord.
Source: James 5:7
Colors: Y13, BG05, E25, G14
Sat 12/18/2010 Words: This is the Lord for whom we have waited.
Source: Isaiah 25:9
Colors: BV04,23, B41,63,66

Sun 12/19/2010 Word: Veni
Source: Advent hymn "Veni Emmanuel" (O Come, O Come Emmanuel). For the complete words and hymn tune, click here.
Colors: BV20,23, YR07, R08,32,35, B01,05,24, BG32,45,49
Mon 12/20/2010 Words: Arise, shine, for your Light has come.
Source: Isaiah 60:1
Colors: Y13, G14, B01, BG05
Tues 12/21/2010 Word: Peace
Colors: Custom color B2000, B24,45, BV31, V000, 04,17
Wed 12/22/2010 Words: O come, thou Wisdom from on high
Source: Advent hymn "O come, O come, Emmanuel." For the complete words and hymn tune, click here.
Colors: Custom color YYR2000, YR21, B41; sky blue multiliner
Thurs 12/23/2010 Words: We wait for light
Source: Isaiah 59:9
Colors: BV04, B01,14, Y21,38, G28, YG21, R29, RV91, W1,3, E21,25,33,53
Fri 12/24/2010 Christmas Eve Words: Glory to God!
Source: Luke 2:14
Colors: Y11,15,19,21,24,38, B45; orange, sepia, and cobalt multiliners
Sat 12/25/2010 Christmas Day Words: Christ the Savior is born
Source: Christmas carol "Silent Night"
Colors: R000,32, G21,40, B000,01, BG000,45,49,72,75, E000,11

Paper: X-Press It Blending Card, 8.5 x 11"

Thursday, December 27, 1973

Advent Calendar 2009 - Colors, Words, and Sources

First posted on Nov. 29, 2009, and updated daily through December 24 as I added drawings to the calendar.

For each of the 27 drawings in my Advent Calendar 2009, here are the Copic colors (and any other materials) that I used; the words; and sources of quoted words. Everything is drawn or written with black Copic multiliners, generally 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3, unless noted.

Sun 11/29/2009 Words: We are leaving ordinary time.
Source: Advent is the beginning of the church year. It is preceded by a long stretch of “ordinary time,” the summer and fall months after Pentecost.
Note: I used the same words to begin my 2008 Advent calendar.
Colors: V12,15, G40, YG03,63, Y15,24, custom color B2000 mottled with colorless blender "0"
Mon 11/30/2009 Words: Take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Source: Not an Advent hymn, but as I looked ahead at the empty squares on my Advent calendar, I found myself singing it. It's the second line of a hymn "Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee." The words are sung with several different tunes, including Hollingside, my favorite. Click here to hear it and to see the rest of the words.
Colors: BG10,32,45,72; Turquoise and Cobalt Multiliners
Tues 12/1/2009 Word: Joy
Colors: R02,24,29,32; Y11,13
Wed 12/2/2009 Words: Lead me in your truth, Your steadfast love.
Source: A few words from Psalm 25, verses 5-6.
Colors: B41,45, E53
Thurs 12/3/2009 Words: To give light to those who sit in darkness
Source: Luke 1:79 (The Song of Zechariah, Luke 1:68-79) Zechariah was the father of John the Baptist.
Colors: Y11,13, V09, BV00, G12,17,28, W1, Olive and Purple Multiliners
Fri 12/4/2009 Words: Your redemption is drawing near.
Source: Luke 21:28
Colors: V000,09, B000,26, G17
Sat 12/5/2009 Word: Watch
Colors: B01,06,26,39, C1,3,5,7, RV13,14,32

Sun 12/6/2009
Words: Come, thou long expected Jesus.
Source: Hymn "Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus." Click here to hear its tune "Stuttgart" and see all the words.
Colors: BV00,04,08, G24,28, Y11,26, E25,29; Gold Sanford Uniball Gel Impact pen
Mon 12/7/2009 Words: The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the Lord..."
Source: Luke 3:4, which quotes from Isaiah 40:3
Colors: B41,45, BV20,23, W0,1,3,5, YG91, E41,43,71
Tues 12/8/2009 Word: Hope
Source: For me, the central theme of the Advent season is hope.
Colors: YG03,05,21, Y11,15; Olive and Orange Multiliners
Wed 12/9/2009 Words: God with us... Emmanuel
Source: Matthew 1:23
Colors: RV91,95, G21, E43, dabbed lightly with colorless blender (0) on terry cloth for the uneven coloring effect
Thurs 12/10/2009 Words: With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation
Source: Isaiah 12:3
Colors: Custom color B2000, B01,24,32,45, BG32,72
Fri 12/11/2009 Word: Promise
Source: A theme of Advent is that God's promise of salvation is fulfilled.
Colors: RV17,29, R24, Y11, YG21,23,95, G29
Sat 12/12/2009 Word: Veni
Source: An ancient Advent hymn, Veni Emmanuel (Latin), or “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”
Colors: Y000, RV06, R29, BG32, B24, V04; Pink, Purple, Sky Blue, Turquoise, and Olive Multiliners.

Sun 12/13/2009 Words: Surely it is God who saves me ... I will trust and not be afraid.
Source: Isaiah 12:2
Colors: Custom color B2000, B01,05,21,24, V04,15, BV08, Y38, YR07,21
Mon 12/14/2009 Words: Bear fruits worthy of repentance.
Source: Luke 3:8
Colors: B000, Y000, R59, RV29, E04,43, W3, YG63,91, G17, G21+YG91 (meaning YG91 colored on top of G21 to make a new color, seen at the bottom of the drawing.)
Tues 12/15/2009 Words: From our fears and sins release us.
Source: Hymn "Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus." (Same source as 12/6.) Click here to hear its tune "Stuttgart" and see all the words.
Colors: C1,3,5,7, RV06,13,32, BG10,32, B01
Wed 12/16/2009 Words: Rejoice and exult with all your heart. Rejoice in the Lord always.
Source: Zephaniah 3:14, Philippians 4:4
Colors: R32, E000
Thurs 12/17/2009 Words: Speedily help and deliver us.
Source: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the 3rd Sunday of Advent (click to open the link, then scroll down)
Colors: G07,40, YG05,21, V04,12, BV04, RV06
Fri 12/18/2009 Words: Sing aloud
Source: Zephaniah 3:14
Colors: YR20,21, R08,29, RV14
Sat 12/19/2009 Words: Stir up your power, O Lord...
Source: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for the 3rd Sunday of Advent (click to open the link, then scroll down) (same source as 12/17.)
Colors: YR20, Y000,19, Custom color B2000, B000,01,26,41,45, BG05, Cobalt Multiliner

Sun 12/20/2009
Words: Sleepers, wake!
Source: The hymn "Sleepers, wake!" Click here to see all the words and to hear its tune, "Wachet auf," written by J.S. Bach.
Colors: G000,12,14, B01, BG05,10, Y15,26, RV000,17,32
Mon 12/21/2009 Word: Joy
Colors: RV10,13, G07, V04, B14,29, Pink Multiliner
Tues 12/22/2009 Words: Blessed is she who believed.
Source: Luke 1:45
Colors: R08, RV59, G12, YG21,63,91,95, custom color B2000, Sepia Multiliner
Wed 12/23/2009 Words: Angels bending near the earth.
Source: Christmas hymn "It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old." Click here to hear its tune "Carol" and see all the words.
Colors: B01,41,45,63, BG000, BV000, V000, RV02, R24, Y000,26, C0, W5, G14,40, E000,11,15,33,71, Turquoise Multiliner
Thurs 12/24/2009 Christmas Eve Word: Expectation
Colors: Y000,26, B32, G21, R02,08, RV29, E000,33,44,53, W1,3
Fri 12/25/2009 Christmas Day Words: O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
Source: Christmas hymn "O come, all ye faithful." Click here to hear its tune "Adeste Fideles" and see all the words.
Colors: B39,41,45, R02, YG91,95, BG93,95, BV20, Y000,26, YR20, W1,5, C0,1, E000,00,25,41,43,44

Paper: Neenah, 8.5x11"

Wednesday, December 26, 1973

Advent Calendar 2008 - What I Learned

Written in late December 2008

Advent 2008 daily calendar drawing - What I learned from doing it
(see calendar post at 12/26/08)
For colors used, words, and sources, click here.

• At first I was apprehensive with all those little boxes on the blank calendar. How would I fill them all up? Would I run out of things to draw? Would I ruin it halfway through week 3? But something emerged every day. And I didn’t ruin it.
• The boxes seemed very small (1 3/8 x 1 5/8 inches), but they were very spacious. My note cards (4 x 6-ish) now seem enormous.
• The words and the drawings illuminated each other – Not “illustrating a word” or “labeling a picture,” as I would have predicted. The spaces have become icon-like for me, windows into someplace else. “We are leaving ordinary time” became true of the calendar.
• I loved seeing the themes and color patterns emerge. Candles for Sundays, blue and beige/yellow for Saturdays, large words to decorate, purple/red/pink, purple and blue, red and green, and brown making a comeback in week 3. The pictures are all very different from each other, but they go together somehow.
• Some days the words came first, and other days the drawing came first. Either way, choosing the words took me deeper into the Advent messages. I spent as much time there as on the drawings, reflecting on the words and the hymns, prayers, or scriptures they came from. Music is embedded too, because of the words.
• The drawing was right-brain, and the word choices were left-brain. Now they are fused together.
• I tried a lot of different techniques, some of them new, like the lace for the 3rd Sunday. The small size encouraged me to try it in a finished picture, even if I might not want it for a larger scale.
• They are all my favorites, and there’s not a single one that I want to do over. This probably ties back to the icon aspect of it. I didn’t expect that. I assumed some would turn out ugly. At the very least, I expected some would be nicer than others.
• I drew things I never thought I could draw – the pressed glass candlestick for the 2nd Sunday, the Nativity scene. And other things I never would have consciously decided to draw – “the Lord is near” with neon glow in week 4, the landscape in week 2, the “way” in week 1.
• Without the Copic markers, I wouldn’t have kept it going. I needed the reinforcement of how beautiful it looked. In the same way, I seem to need the beauty of words, music, liturgy, and space in worship. From my upbringing, I feel I shouldn’t need that so much, but I do.
• I did a lot of pencil layouts and sketching. But the drawings still look free. That makes me happy.
• I loved being able to scan & share with Sybil weekly as I went along. Never thought the scanner on the printer would get so much use.
• It was very soul-satisfying. Just the right pace. I am so glad I tried it.
• When I finished the Nativity drawing, I could feel the weight of 25 days of advent hopes and longings, all resting in that one scene. “The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.”

Advent Calendar 2008 - Colors, Words, and Sources

Updated July 2009

For each of the 26 drawings in the Advent Calendar 2008, here are the Copic colors (and any other materials) that I used; the words; and sources of quoted words. Everything is drawn or written with black Copic multiliners, generally 0.1 and 0.3, unless noted.

Sun 11/30/2008 Words: We are leaving ordinary time.
Source: Advent is the beginning of the church year. It is preceded by a long stretch of “ordinary time,” the summer and fall months after Pentecost.
Colors: B41, B45, Y26, YR21, C13, BV31
Mon 12/1/2008 Words: Maranatha – Come Lord Jesus
Source: Maranatha is Aramaic for “Come O Lord” 1 Corinthians 16:22
Colors: BG000, V04, V12, RV14, RV32
Tues 12/2/2008 Words: await, anticipate
Colors: Y15, Y19, B01, B05
Wed 12/3/2008 Words: Prepare the way
Source: Isaiah 40:3
Colors: E00, E04, YG63, streaked with 0 (colorless blender)
Thurs 12/4/2008 Words: Joy
Colors: G40, YG63, Y15, RV32, RV14, R59
Fri 12/5/2008 Words: Hope is a virtue
Source: Hope is one of the themes of Advent. “Hope is a virtue” is a reminder to myself that I need sometimes.
Colors: Wine Multiliner, RV14, G07, YG03, V04, RV29, Y38, BG05, BV00
Sat 12/6/2008 Words: Alleluia!
Colors: Cobalt Multiliner, Y26, YR21, B01, B05, B32, B41, B45
Sun 12/7/2008 Words: We wait for new heavens and a new earth.
Source: 2 Peter 3:13
Colors: Cool Gray Multiliner, B32, Y11, Y19, YR21, C1, W1, Copic Opaque White, white colored pencil
Mon 12/8/2008 Words: Faith, Rejoice
Colors: Wine Multiliner, BG000, B05, B39, V04, V09, V12, V15, with streaks and dots of 0 (colorless blender)
Tues 12/9/2008 Words: Veni
Source: An ancient Advent hymn, Veni Emmanuel (Latin), or “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”
Colors: RV14, RV32, RV29, RV59, G21, G28, YG03
Wed 12/10/08 Words: Love
Colors: Cobalt Multiliner, Y11, Y13, Y15, V04, V12, RV14, RV32
Thurs 12/11/2008 Words: Lift up your voice! Lift it up – do not fear!
Source: Isaiah 40:9
Colors: R00, BG000, BG72, all “painted” with 0 Sketch brush tip
Fri 12/12/2008 Words: Awake
Colors: C1, YG63, G28, G07, R59, Y15, Y38, RV32, RV14
Sat 12/13/2008 Words: Comfort, comfort ye, my people…
Source: Isaiah 40:1
Colors: E41, B41, B45
Sun 12/14/2008 Words: My spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
Source: Luke 1:47 (the Magnificat)
Colors: Sepia Multiliner, Y26,YR24, Y38, B01, B06, RV32, RV14, E00, R24, E09, E25, white Sakura Gelly Roll pen
Mon 12/15/2008 Words: Watch
Drawing Concept: Dec. 2008 tutorial in Marianne Walker’s blog, on coloring pine branches
Colors: YG23, G07, G28, B32, Copic Opaque White
Tues 12/16/2008 Words: Angels in our midst
Colors: Copic Multiliners in purple, pink, and sky blue; gold Sanford Uniball Gel Impact pen; Y11, Y15, BG00, BV00, BG32, G40, G21
Wed 12/17/2008 Words: adore, alight, aware
Colors: Y38, YR21, B01, B05, YR14, E21
Thurs 12/18/2008 Words: Rejoice
Colors: Olive Multiliner, G07, G12, G40, G17, G21, YG23, YG95, YG03, YG63, R59, R24, R29, R08
Fri 12/19/2008 Words: Emmanuel, God with us
Source: Matthew 1:23
Colors: Cobalt and Purple Multiliners; BG72, BG75, Y11, Y15, V04, V09, V15
Sat 12/20/2008 Words: Marvel now, both heaven and earth, that the Lord chose such a birth.
Source: Hymn “Savior of the Nations Come
Colors: E41, YR21, Y26, BG72, BG75, BG00, B01, B05, B41, B45, dots of 0, dots and arcs of Cobalt and Sky Blue Multiliners
Sun 12/21/2008 Words: Joy of every longing heart.
Source: Hymn “Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Colors: G40, G21, G28, YG63, YR21, Y26, B14, RV11, RV29
Mon 12/22/2008 Words: The Lord is near.
Source: Philippians 4:5
Colors: Cool Gray Multiliner, C1, C3, R00, R02, R08, R32, B01, BG72, BG75, BG000, BG05, BG45, dots and streaks of 0
Tues 12/23/2008 Words: 1. Let every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song. 2. Purify our conscience
Sources: 1. Hymn “Hark the Glad Sound, the Savior Comes” (but I prefer this tune for it)
2. Collect for the 4th Sunday of Advent, Book of Common Prayer
Colors: E00,E04, B41, V15, R59, RV14, RV29, RV32; gold Sanford Uniball Gel Impact pen; loops of Purple and Pink Multiliners
Wed 12/24/2008 Christmas Eve Words: Behold
Source: “Behold, I bring you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people” Luke 2:10
Colors: Cobalt, Olive, and Yellow Multiliners; G28, YG63, Y13, YG99, B29, YR26, YR21, Y15; Gold Sanford Uniball Gel Impact pen
Thurs 12/25/2008 Christmas Day Words: Unto us a child is born…
Source: Isaiah 9:6
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Friday, December 21, 1973

Advent Calendar Update 26

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Advent Calendar 2009 Updates 1-25

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Thursday, December 20, 1973

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Advent Calendar Update 1

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