I told you before: I grew up on a farm in Western Norway. My sister is running the farm today, with a large production of pigs. In the Victorian era, pigs were used as a symbol of prosperity and good fortune. Often times on postcards used for Christmas or New Year’s greetings. I wanted to use vintage pigs to create Christmas bunting for my sister, and here is her garland to share with all of you:
I hung her garland with bakers twine, and no extra embellishment. If you prefer a more decorated look, you may of course embellish yours with glitter or ribbon or beads, or whatever else you can think of 🙂
Pig symbols are still a common part of the Norwegian (and I believe the Scandinavian) Christmas tradition. If you are looking to create a Scandinavian Christmas, this garland is a MUST 😀 Here are the digital elements I created:
Download high quality individual large bunting flags, small bunting flag collage sheets and digital elements here:
I also included a blank flag (no lettering) in the folder, so you can easily create your own message. These files are free for your personal use and enjoyment 🙂
I used the following elements for these designs:
Vintage Pig – Portfolio of Bolky
Cherub Wings – The Graphics Fairy
Christmas Star – Suzee Que on Flickr
French Postcard Texture – Wings of Whimsy
PS! If you would like to see more vintage pigs, please click below to visit my Pinterest board DIY Vintage Pigs:
Wings of Whimsy 
Thank you so much for sharing these, I really like pigs and will use these for something fun! =)
Hugs, Elenro
Tusen takk Ellis 🙂
Eg trur at grisar til jul er ein gammal europeisk tradisjon, som vi fortsatt brukar i Skandinavia, men som ikkje er så vanleg andre stadar 😛
Veldig kjekt at fleire likar julegrisar 😀
Takk for besøk og kommentar, og riktig God Jul!
xoxoxo
Thank u. My fav, Pig with wings. “When Pigs Fly”
Aww! I want to make everything fly, this is a winged blog, after all… 😀 I hope you will make a Flying Pigs garland of your own, lots of possibilities for personalizing it 🙂 You can use the blank flag to spell out any message, like a name or “When Pigs Fly” 😀 xoxoxo
Gunnvor, I am enjoying your piggy page, esp. since it’s in English! This is Sharon Hellman, your 4th cousin, mailing from Bloomington, Illinois, U.S.A. I met Oddfrid this Summer in Hornindal. I would like to be in touch with you about our family history, and how you got my Mom’s (Louise) and mine on yours history. You can reach me on FB or e-mail – mayo.mom2@gmail.com. Thank you, and happy holidays!
Hello Sharon 🙂 I am very pleased that you like my site, and I also enjoy “meeting” you! I have a genealogy site on MyHeritage and I will send you an invitation there, so you can read what information is already up on the Bakke family. I work on the genealogy site periodically, since I have both a full time job and spend a lot of my free time on my creative projects. However my interest in vintage imagery, and more specifically imagery from Bakke lead me to start the genealogy site, and it is far from “completed” – I doubt that it ever will be. I’m sorry to say that I will not be able to work on it much in the foreseeable future, but I would love if you would take time to record your part of the Bakke family, so we can all learn some more 🙂 xoxoxo