I think I like wrapping gifts as much as I like shopping for them.
Every year there is the question of "what to buy the teachers". This year I kept it simple with gift cards inserted into my digitally made xmas cards - but of course I still had to make the envelopes pretty:
A little closer
Ahhhh - much shopping still to be done but I must say most of it is complete.!!!
The tree is trimmed, the mantle is done and tonite we wrap the gifts (for Santa of course) because he told us he doesn't have enough time so we said we would help him out.
The next few days will be busy too but I wanted to leave you with some holiday cheer for the weekend.
Cathy
It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas ... la de dah dah dah
I have been so inspired creating Christmas cards, and tags, and lists and so let me indulge myself a little here to show you some of my new creations.
First I have made oodles of cards:
And here are some separate photos of my favorites:
This was one of my pictures from Paris that I photoshoped with some Christmas overlays
The above is a picture of some of the many I made
And here below - since I couldn't stop myself - are some gift tags I made - I came up with a design and then printed them on avery business card paper and they turned out great:
And then finally I created this wonderful little list pad - it didn't come out so well in the photos but if you look at each frame you'll see that each of my lists are bound in a beautiful cover and each list covers things like: "Groceries and Goodies", "Notes to Self", "Just Because", "My Wishes" and other fun stuff like that. I am going to try and take some better shots and put them in my shop. I know I'll be giving them as gifts!!
Fa la la la la ... la la la la .......
I decided to take a break from my holiday shopping guide and get back to my card making using photoshop.
I created this card using the background music sheet as well as the two lovely girls from Karen's Graphicsfairy Site which you can find here. I also used some digital pieces like the christmas balls and the text overlay from Designer Digitals where they have beautiful little pieces you can purchase to make digital art.
But as usual - my real inspiration came from Karen's site where she so kindly offers up all these beautiful images for free.
So 'nuf said, here's the card I created:
The card measures 7 x 5 and I have left the inside blank so that you can add your own text.
Enjoy and thanks again Karen for all the beautiful images
Hello Hello, hope you enjoyed the first part of my holiday gift guide.
As we get closer to the Christmas season here are some additional ideas:
For the Sewer on your list:
These are available here
To accompany your gifts - or for gift giving - some digital photography in Christmas Cards:
These are available here as well
For the everything art lover on your list - for storage, for packaging, or just because:
Some of these are available here as well and you can inquire about them here in the comments section if you don't see the one you like ; )
Enjoy enjoy
I know that it's getting very very close to that time where we are all thinking about Christmas and what to get our favorite people on our list.
If you are reading this blog chances are you like unique, beautiful and creative things. I know that since I have entered the blog and the etsy world I really love to support artists in "this" world and so I really try to purchase from small shops and individual artists at Christmas and other gift giving times.
People really really appreciate the uniqueness of the gifts I have been able to find throughout the blogoshpere. So to help us all out I will be posting a daily
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE for the people on your list.
Yes, yes I will be promoting myself too but you know - I think I have a lot of nice things to offer as gifts - shhhh I know my friends and family WILL be getting a lot of my handmade work and you know what ... they have come to expect that so it's really fun to come up with new things every year. Don't worry - you don't have to come up with anything new - just browse through the pics over the next week or so for great ideas.
As I said, many of these are from my shop but I will also be promoting other artists in the days to come.
SO HERE WE GO ... HAPPY SHOPPING!
FOR THE JOURNAL LOVER ON YOUR LIST
These are available here and here and here.
FOR THE "LIST" LOVER ON YOUR LIST
These are availabe here
FOR THE STATIONARY LOVER ON YOUR LIST
All of these available here
Come by tomorrow for more great finds
Cathy
Well I have been away in Paris - no less as many of you know. And so I had to make a tin as hommage to this wonderful wonderful city.
And some closer looks
And closer
And closer
The background paper and the Paris piece are of course from Karen's site over at graphicsfairy.com !!!!
A bientot
Today I wanted to show you some of the "finds" I found in Paris - just a few.
I am a sucker for notebooks and paper ...
Also now a sucker for La Duree - we had "des macarons" at La Duree on Champs d'Elysee - this is the most beautiful tea house I have ever seen. These boxes are filled with macarons, tea and des "dragees" - mints!
Some old book and I also purchased some old papers - but I may part with these and make some of them available on my etsy site
A bientot
The "balconies" and the windows in the buildings in Paris are art in themselves.
Covered with flowers or wrought iron they sit in the pretty buildings:
November in Paris and for someone from Canada who is used to so much snow and cold this time of year it's a wonder to see flowers everywhere!
The first picture is what I saw every day when I set out from my hotel
