Crafting

It's been a couple of weeks of crafting and all sorts of little things, in preparation for Christmas.

These are last week's fruits of my labour:

Hearts, 

birds 

and stars, wooden shapes covered in fabric (birds), paper and glitter: Ready to hang.

This is how I started off yesterday:

These bits of tissue paper became

flowers:

 and then were attached to a wire frame:

 which in turn was covered in at least 40 but more like 50 flowers to hang as a wreath on my door. :-)

These little fellows and their fellow bambi wooden shapes were first fixed up with some brooch pins and little hangers (or in the case of the bambis relieved of their bits of string),

 then covered in a couple of coats of paint:

before they were painted individually, little owls

 and little foxes

and bambi had a coat of glitter applied:

They all still need a coat of varnish, then they can go off into the world, except for the bambis, the first lot of ornaments and the wreath, those are this year's Christmas decorations. :-) If you want a little owl or fox (pendant or brooch, colours available are brown, white and black), give me a shout, otherwise they'll go in my Etsy shop soon.

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A different season altogether

Each year I try and design a Christmas card and I spend a lot of time thinking of something that is a little different and that works for those who believe in Santa and those who don't.

This time I went back to the roots of Christmas - beginning with Herne and the wild hunt and the 12 days of Christmas to the invention of Christmas as we know it in Victorian times (with cards and a tree) and then I threw in a little Alice in Wonderland for good measure and because it's fun. 

If that is not your cup of tea (literally) there's always the text (mostly) card with nothing but good (vintage_ wishes for the coming seasons.

All images © Sybille Sterk

Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission.

Mostly bought resources, some free and some my own. 

Take your pick. :-)

On Society6:

Christmas is coming. Be prepared...

... and stock up on cards.

Something for everyone on Society6, just click on the images and they'll take you straight to the designs on the two websites. There's something for everyone - from the card for a special someone to a card for a small (or big) business to cards for the traditionalist to cards for kids and cards for quirky people to cards for people who do not celebrate Christmas but shouldn't be forgotten. :-)

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Pretty and sparkly

Something more traditional

Snowy Winter Landscapes

Winter Flora

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More pretty flora

 

Mixed Media and Painted Traditional 

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