The owls say Merry Christmas!

I made this card (for Dad to give to Mum) based on the wonderful zakka-style owl pennant by Moonstitches. Mum had made some owls from Moonstitches tutowlrial, so I knew she would like these!

Owl tags

I based these owl gift tags on the owl pennant by Moonstitches.

Olympic snowballers

This is my main Christmas card design for this year, inspired by the cuddly Olympic mascots I bought on holiday in China. I made four individual handmade cards for my family, each with one of the mascots on it, and had the rest of the cards printed by Moo from my collage showing all the mascots. I'm really impressed with the print quality of the Moo cards, and when I had a tiny problem with damage to one of the first set of cards they had sent, they printed me off a new set for nothing!

Totoro in the snow

I can post these two cards now that they have made their way to their recipients!

Christmas "stamps"

Just a little something to decorate the envelopes that are not being sent through the post.

Christmas transformation

These are the shelves in my living room before I put up my decorations:

And here's what they look like now, with my sleigh scene, nativity scene collection, and Christmas roombox:

Chinese tree

I decorated my Christmas tree today using some of my souvenirs from China: the Olympic mascots and some cloisonne bells.

An artist's Christmas tree

Inspired by this tree made from a tripod, I made my own version using a tiny easel.

Molymod Christmas tree

Hmmm... are you detecting a bit of a theme with my posts lately? I'll have to try to think of some other Christmas tree related ideas to keep the theme going!

My new Ikea tree reminded me of the molymod tree I made back when I was at university. Unfortunately I hadn't taken any photos of it, and couldn't remember how I had made it, so I came up with this design which I think must be similar.

Christmas tree earrings

I made these earrings today from the tutorial on Fusion Beads. I hadn't heard of the site until it was mentioned on Craftzine. There are lots of great tutorials there.