Some tasty gingerbread treats by my sis!
Today my sister made gingerbread men for some Christmas nibbles over the festive period. Take a look below and these little fellas.
Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’
18/12/2011
On the 18th day of Christmas my true love gave to me….
A selection of festive badges from Jenny Arnott Textiles
I first saw Jenny’s work back in March this year. I loved her embroidery badges and cards and decided to blog about her work. You can read the full post here. After the post, I’ve keep up to date with her latest creations on her Facebook page and “Not on the Highstreet.com“.
It was this week that I spotted her delightful festive badges created using appliqué and patterned fabric. I think Jenny’s Christmas pudding and stocking badge designs are my favourites!
You can see more of Jenny’s work on:
http://www.jennyarnott.co.uk
http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/jennya…
http://www.folksy.com/shops/jennyarnott
http://www.jennyarnott.blogspot.com
http://www.twitter.com/jenny_arnott
(All images from Jenny Arnott Textiles Not on the Highstreet.com shop)
16/12/2011
On the 16th day of Christmas my true love gave to me….
A “Holiday Nutcracker” print by Melanie Mikecz
Melanie Mikecz is a freelance illustrator based in San Francisco. She specialises in mixed media illustration using techniques such as sketching, painting, drawing, scanning, and “Photoshopping”.
Here illustrations have lots of colour and textures and include great characterisations! Here are some of my favourite festive illustrations that Melanie has produced.
All Melanie’s prints are available to buy on her Etsy shop. As well as illustrations she also produces abstract art too.
(All images taken from Melanie Mikecz’s Etsy page)
15/12/2011
On the 15th day of Christmas my true love gave to me….
A unicorn tree decoration by Royal Mint
Check our these cute unicorn tree decorations made by full time artist Sabina Gibson. I know they’d look great handing from my Christmas tree!
Royal Mint has a studio based in Montreal, Quebec where Sabina creates miniature sets and models. Each character is careful crafted and has its own personality. Her work includes character such as “bad ass alley cat“, “mr badger” and “frosty mint goat“.
If you would like to find out more about Royal Mint please check out Esty’s featured artist section.
Have a peek below at these wonderful tree trimmings!
(All images taken from Royal Mint Etsy shop)
13/12/2011
On the 13th day of Christmas my true love gave to me….
A beautiful embellished paper wreath by Mrs Sparkle’s Boutique
Well I’m over half way now, only another 12 days to go until the big day!
My 13th posts is dedicated to these unique paper wreathes I spotted by Mrs Sparkle’s Boutique.
Mrs Sparkle’ Boutique sells a fantastic collection of paper wreaths, soft furnishings, stationery and much more. Their wreaths are on sale all year round and would make perfect party decorations, as well as Christmas trimmings.
The wreathes remind me of paper chains decorations we used to make at Primary School. They are brimming with colour and each loop is carefully placed to give a sumptuous appearance.
Here are more pictures of their work:
Colourful and patterned paper strips used to make the paper wreathes.
(All images taken from Mrs Sparkle’s Boutique Facebook fan page)
12/12/2011
Images of my final 12 Days of Christmas cards
Here are a few more pictures of my cards in the making…
And here they are once all folded up and ready to write.
12/12/2011
On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me….
A Christmas card design by yours truly
This year I decided to explore the theme of ”The 12 Days of Christmas”. Before I even started on this series of blog posts I had designed my 2011 Christmas cards inspired by the rhyme.
Here are the 3 small illustrations that make up the final card. I especially liked the idea of illustrating the birds including the partridge in a pair tree, 2 turtle doves and 3 French hens.
Hope you like them!
And here’s the final artwork for the card…
08/12/2011
On the 8th day of Christmas my true love gave to me….
An array of cute Christmassy gifts by A Spoonful of Sugar
At the weekend I was browsing the internet (as you do), looking for some inspiration for my “12 days of Christmas” posts. Then I came across A Spoonful of Sugar’s website.
Lisa and Sarah are mother and daughter and love all things creative! They create their own projects and share these and tutorials with their followers online. They work using all kinds of techniques such as embroidery, quilting, card making, knitting and so much more.
Here are a few of their Christmas creations that I really like. Check out their website for more ideas and tutorials.
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(All images taken from A Spoonful of Sugar website)
06/12/2011
On the 6th day of Christmas my true love gave to me….
A tin of festive Biscuiteers treats
Check out these delicious Christmas biscuits from Biscuiteers! They’re fun and colourful with lashings of icing and Christmassy shapes. They’d make perfect stocking fillers or presents for friends and family.
I really like these mini reindeer biscuits below. Each is packaged in their own illustrated box.
As well as tins of biscuits, they also sell a cool cloth Advent Calendar. Each day has an different biscuit treat in its numbered pockets.
To see Biscuiteers full list of Christmas products click here. They also bake biscuits for all occasions. Visit their website for full details.
(All images kindly provided by Biscuiteers)
05/12/2011
On the 5th day of Christmas my true love gave to me….
5 Christmas markets in London - a blog post by London Microguides
I was on Twitter this weekend and I had a tweet from the lovely Magaret Webster at London Microguides. She told me about her latest blog post, “Christmas Markets in London“. Both Margaret and I thought it would make a great addition to my “12 days of Christmas” posts I’ve been doing over the past few days.
In the post, Margaret talks about 5 festive markets that have popped up around London. She goes in to details about what stalls, crafts and goodies can be found there. You can also find the address, dates/times and information about admission fees (if any).
Have a read of the full blog post here.
London Microguides
London Microguides is a guidebook that helps Londoners and visitors enjoy their Christmas and New Year in the city.
Margaret Webster, author of the guide came up with the idea after reading a Polish guidebook whilst on her holidays. She in many ways wished that the guidebook included hyperlinks to more information about hotels and attractions. It was at this point that she thought about writing her first e-guidebook with hyperlinks about London.
Her e-book “London for Christmas and New Year 2011″ is available to preview and buy on Amazon.
Keep an eye on the London Microguides site and blog for more fun things to do this Christmas and New Year in London.
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