Holidays
A diy Valentine’s day
Here is our diy Valenine’s day round-up to get your creative juices flowing.
Calligraphy Valentine’s day card (on the righ):
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If you are talented and patient, Im sure you could recreate this or at least something similar fairly easily but with stunning effects.
Sweet treats for your sweetie:
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Seed Valentines:
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Love, love, love the idea of giving seeds in handmade [...]
Merry Christmas!
Wishing you a happy Christmas! May you all be able to enjoy time with those you love. We will be back in a couple of days.
DIY Christmas Decorations
Felted snowball garland:
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Paper garland:
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Felt gingerbread family:
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Branch stocking hanger:
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Bauble garland:
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Pretty Christmas Garland
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Loving the vintage feel of this garland, and it seems to be easily diyed!
Christmas Tree Inspiration
Our tree is not up yet. Since we always get a real tree, we usually don’t put it up until a couple of days before Christmas. So, until we can show off pics of our tree this year, here is some inspirational eye candy from around the internets.
Cute red and white tree:
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Felt tree:
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Edible decorations:
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Felt deer [...]
Wrapping Christmas presents: 2008
I am seriously behind with my Christmas presents this year, which is very out of the ordinary for me. So, instead of sharing how I’m wrapping my presents this year, here’s what I did last year:
For the deocrations I used moss, fake mushrooms, some felt shapes, as well as a ceramic deer and some simple [...]
Perchtenlauf
We already told you about the Austrian Nikolaus and Krampus tradition here. There is another similar tradition for adults: the Perchtenlauf. A Perchtenlauf is a parade of people dressed up as Perchten, which look very similar to Krampuses. The masks people wear are usually carved from wood and are majorly impressive. Every bigger town hosts [...]
Wrapping Christmas Presents
I love wrapping presents, and I do appreciate the package that a gift comes in almost as much as the gift itself. So, naturally every year before Christmas, I turn to the internets in search of creative and pretty wrapping ideas. Here’s what I find inspiring this year:
Beautiful simplicity:
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Pom poms:
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Rustic brown paper:
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Doilies:
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Garlands:
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Birch bark:
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What is inspiring [...]
St. Nikolaus
Every 6th of December Austrian children get equally nervous and excited. It is the day of Saint Nikolaus. According to tradition, Nikolaus was a beneficiary of children, and today adults dress up as Nikolaus in a red bishop’s coat and a white wig and beard with a mitra and a crook (Nikolaus looks a lot [...]
Handmade Christmas Gifts
We are always trying to diy at least some of our Christmas gifts. We feel like homemade gifts are a great way to give something unique with a lot of meaning. Handmade gifts are also great for those people, who are notriously hard to shop for (I’m talking about you Dad!), and for those, who [...]
