Welcome to the 11th day of Christmas — it’s the 3rd Advent! It is time to light the third candle on the Advent wreath. It’s not long until Christmas, I hope you’re not putting everything off to the last minute like I am. For today’s freebie you can download a set of 9 slightly Christmas themed colors. Download the pattern set here I hope you enjoy this post and the freebie …
Welcome to day 8 on the 24 Days of Christmas! Today is about a childhood crafting memory. When I was small we always made window pictures from black card stock and colorful transparent papers. So for today I decided to play this up a bit and create a template to build a tealight house. Download the .PDF template here You can print the instructions on any kind of card stock …
Welcome to day 7 on the 24 Days of Christmas! Today it’s all about gift wraps! Some colorful papers and ribbons make a bunch of them even more enjoyable. Today I am offering wallpapers and one pattern from my newest Creative Market release. Download the pattern here Download the wallpaper in the size you want: 2880×1800 2560×1440 1920×1200 1680×1050 1440×900 iPad iPhone Check out the full product “4 Seamless Vector …
Welcome to day 6, December 6th and St. Nikolaus Day, on the 24 Days of Christmas! St. Nikolaus is another German Christmas tradition that happens each year on December 6th. Kids (and grown up) spend the evening of the 5th scrubbing and cleaning their boots to be filled with gifts by St. Nikolaus during his nightly visit. Or with coals, if they had been bad children and St. Nikolaus’ buddy …
Welcome to the 5th day of Christmas! Today is all about snowflakes and to be more precise about Art Deco snowflakes. I felt like the usual kind of snowflake would be a little lame for a special illustration, so I did some research and created some Art Deco inspired snowflakes with straight geometric lines, varying fills and all kinds of shapes. Since snowflakes come in all shapes and forms it may …
Welcome to the 4th day of Christmas — 2nd Advent! It is time to light the second candle on your Advent wreath. This is also scary cos that means it is less than 3 weeks until Christmas! Lots of preparations to do. The advent wreath is traditionally a German Lutheran celebration of Jesus’ arrival. Opposed to the Advent calendar, there are no gifts for each candle that is lit. While you will …
Welcome to the 3rd day of Christmas! Today’s theme are nutcrackers. We’ve always had some around at home, perfect to crunch walnuts and hazelnuts. I just love in how many different sizes and outfits these come. I had a lot of fun creating these three fellows and I thought I had so much fun doing them, maybe other will have, too. So I decided to offer them as coloring pages …
Welcome to the 2nd day of Christmas! Today’s theme are candy canes and the freebie is a 5×7 in greeting card in color and outlines, to color yourself. All you have to do to access the file is share the URL and pay with a tweet or facebook post. The button to do so is right here and after you share, you will be forwarded to the download link: And …
Welcome to the first day of Christmas! I am starting this off with an illustration of a traditional Adventcalendar. Every day until Christmas Eve you open one door with a special something inside. Usually chocolate. It’s a great way to start the day by nibbling on Christmas candy while consuming that first cup of glorious coffee. To start off the giveaways I will share with you one of my Merry …
Today is the 1st Advent aka the 4th Sunday before Christmas and I want to take this day as a chance to announce my 24 Days of Christmas event! Just like people celebrate the 4 Sundays before Christmas, especially in Germany, we also celebrate with Christmas Calendars that have one door for every day of December until the 24th. Following that tradition I will be posting daily Christmas illustrations and accompanying gifts …
