DIY Vintage Wrapping No 1: Norwegian Spisspose

Did you wonder what I've been using all those Digital Christmas Collages for? Well for starters I wrapped some of my Christmas gifts as traditional Norwegian "Spisspose": Spisspose (roughly translated into "pointed bag") is really super easy to make, but creates a fun, triangular shape gift, suitable for small items or candy! It's pretty much a…

DIY Upcycled Christmas Crafting

The cards have been delivered, the tags and embellishments ripped off the gifts, and paper is torn off every present. For a creative crafter, this is resource-HEAVEN! I always pay attention to every package my family has opened and ask to save the best pieces instead of them going in the trash. So I'm going…

12 Days of Christmas Cones – DAY 12 – free printables

I just could not make a set of 12 Victorian Christmas Cones, without little birdies! So here is the the last cone for Day 12, with seasonal robins, framed in gorgeous vintage lace 🙂 If you like the robins in their lace frame, you can also download my PNG file (transparent background) for your own…

12 Days of Christmas Cones – DAY 11 – free printables

Some of my favorite Victorian Christmas Ephemera features roses, so I simply had to include roses with this series of Christmas Cones 🙂 I love the result just "as is", but you can of course embellish yours more if you please 🙂  Grab a high quality copy of the printable for this cone: These files…

12 Days of Christmas Cones – DAY 10 – free printables

For Day 10 of the Victorian Christmas Cones, I'm offering the Girl Cherub with a different sheet of Boston Toy Emporium Typography, making the two cones from yesterday and today a lovely pair 🙂 If you want to gift someone a pair, or make a pair for your Christmas tree, these two are adorable together:…

12 Days of Christmas Cones – DAY 9 – free printables

Already it is December 9th, I can't belive how quickly this month is going! At least I have most of my Christmas decorations ready 😉 For the Christmas Cone of Day 9, I have used Karen's wonderful Boston Toy Emporium typography together with a cute boy cherub scrap: I have worked with the colors on…

12 Days of Christmas Cones – DAY 8 – free printables

I have used another pretty vintage scrap for today's Christmas Cone. Two wreaths of Holly, tied together with a large pink bow! I have layered the scrap on top of a gorgeous Christmas Sheet Music cover page: The original scrap is a "to and from" tag, so I have altered the graphics a little and…

12 Days of Christmas Cones – DAY 7 – free printables

Next to Postcards, I think vintage scraps are my second favorite source for wonderful cherub imagery. So for Day 7 of Victorian style Christmas Cones, I have used a beautiful musical Christmas cherubs in a star with Karen's fabulous Christmas typography 🙂 Can you tell  how much I love combining my most favorite ephemera into…

12 Days of Christmas Cones – DAY 6 – free printables

For Day 6 of Victorian style Christmas Cones, I have used Gilded Cherub sisters postcard I posted last week 🙂   The download folder below has both the printable for this cone, and the high quality scan of the postcard I used for this design: These files are free for your personal use and enjoyment…

12 Days of Christmas Cones – DAY 5 – free printables

For Day 5 of Victorian style Christmas Cones, I have used the last of the single Gilded Cherub postcards I posted last week 🙂   The download folder below has both the printable for this cone, and the high quality scan of the postcard I used for this design: These files are free for your…