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… Continue reading GOD JUL – Merry Christmas 2016
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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… Continue reading Norwegian Glædelig Jul iPhone 6 & 6S Covers
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… Continue reading Snow Cherub iPhone 6 & 6S Covers
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… Continue reading Christmas Carols Tape
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… Continue reading Norwegian Nisse Milk Cartons & Tags
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:… Continue reading Vintage Milk Glass Jar Gift 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… Continue reading Vintage Milk Glass Jar Wraps
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… Continue reading Vintage Milk Glass Jar Gift Wrap
DIY Vintage Wrapping No 4: Square and Simple
I printed several of the pages from the Vintage Digital Christmas Collage series in A3, for individualized wrapping paper: Even the backsides of these gifts are cute and interesting 😀 I also have my thinking cap on for using these collage sheets for other Seasonal purposes. Since I printed them large, they can be used… Continue reading DIY Vintage Wrapping No 4: Square and Simple
DIY Vintage Wrapping No 3: Christmas Crackers
Another way to use my Digital Christmas Collages for wrapping, is to make Vintage Christmas Crackers: Did I tell you I'm gifting only cash this year (as usual!)? Well, I like to wrap my cash with a little candy, and I like to vary how I present the gifts, so everyone will not get the… Continue reading DIY Vintage Wrapping No 3: Christmas Crackers