GOD JUL – Merry Christmas 2016

I would like to wish all my readers: GOD JUL I made some new wreaths this season, all very easy with tinsel, cheap ornaments, bells and my glue gun 🙂 With my youngest daughter Torunn I made Chocolate Christmas Houses . The house to the right is made with milk chocolate and the house to…

Norwegian Glædelig Jul iPhone 6 & 6S Covers

I also have a second set of iPhone 6 and 6S Covers, this one with Norwegian Glædelig Jul imagery: Maybe you can use these to craft a last minute gift to someone with an iPhone? All you need is one of the clear cases/skins to go with it 🙂 Don't you have an iPhone? I'm…

Snow Cherub iPhone 6 & 6S Covers

This December I have dressed up my iPhone 6 in vintage Snow Cherubs: I thought you might enjoy these as a Seasonal bonus treat, or maybe to craft a last minute gift to someone with an iPhone? All you need is one of the clear cases/skins to go with it 🙂 Don't you have an…

Christmas Carols Tape

I had fun creating these sheets of Christmas Carols Tape: Here is the Norwegian version: I tried to pick mostly carols which I think they would have sung 100 years ago. Norwegian has to written forms, and these are made with the form called Nynorsk (literally 'new Norwegian'), invented by Ivar Aasen in the mid 19th…

Norwegian Nisse Milk Cartons & Tags

Since the early 1990ies, the Norwegian milk cartons from our main dairy company Tine has been decorated with Nisse illustrations (or 'Fjøsnisse' as they are also called). I realize this does not qualify neither as "vintage" nor as "retro" but it has still become a dear tradition for us. From late November until the New Year, the…

Vintage Milk Glass Jar Gift Bags

The last post with the Vintage Milk Glass Jar patterns is a set of little Gift Bags: The main pattern: The lid pattern:The lid border: Here are the 4 different Gift Bags for you to print and enjoy: Print sheets of tape and circle seals onto sticker paper, and use them to close the bags:…

Vintage Milk Glass Jar Wraps

I also used the pattern elements from yesterday to create two versions of wraps, for cans or jars: The main pattern: The lid pattern:The lid border: Wrap a few cans and insert baked treats or sweets wrapped in a little cellofane or other gifts wrapped in tissue paper, for small teacher gifts, or maybe for…

Vintage Milk Glass Jar Gift Wrap

I had fun "lifting" the various patterns from one of my Vintage Milk Glass Jars, and using them to design Vintage Folklore Gift Wrapping: The main pattern: The lid pattern:The lid border: I turned the 3 elements into a set of Milk Glas Jar Gift Wrapping! First there is 4 different wrapping papers, all in…

Vintage Milk Glass Jar Advent Calendar

Every time I've visited the local thrift stores over the last 3 years, I have been looking to score these vintage milk glass jars: The jars were originally sold in Norway in the 70ies, containing powdered bouillon. The quality resembles Pyrex; the red Norwegian Folklore decor is burned onto the glass, and they keep amazingly well! The…

Christmas Ladies 1902 – Frances Brundage Tags

The lovely 1902 Christmas Ladies I used for these tags are believed to be painted by Frances Brundage: I hope these will be added to some of your gifts this season 🙂 INSTRUCTIONS: Print the tag sheet on cardstock, I use Canon Matte photopaper (170g). Attach the tag sheet to thin cardboard with spray glue, I save…