Advents 21st Door: Free printable Art

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After our recent move and building renovations some of our walls are still missing artwork, and I wonder If I could perhaps gift the house this Christmas by finally framing some pictures. I’ve been saving a few ideas and the my favourites I’ve gathered here. 

I have hinted for John Derian’s incredibly beautiful picture book as a gift. Its full of the most wonderful images and wonderful for a gallery wall. 

I think any of these collections would make very beautiful Christmas gifts. Printed onto a good weight paper, or framed. A collection would make such a pretty gift, a personalised picture such a wonderful addition to any child's bedroom or playroom, and gosh what incredible wrapping paper for little gifts.

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Such prettiness deserves to be gifted

xx

Photo: Stephen Johnson, Courtesy of Artisan/Workman via vogue

Advents 18th Door: Must Try Chocolate Orange Truffles

If you’re looking for a delicious treat to make for a party or take to party these delicious truffles are perfectly divine. Utterly scrumptious, easy to make and only ten minutes to prepare you’ll need to keep some chocolate powder dust smudges on your cheek as evidence you’ve been busy making them.

The kids love making these too. It's as simple as throwing all the ingredients into a mixer and then rolling the mix into bite sized balls before rolling in cacao powder to finish. It's a sticky finger heaven (though a bit of coconut oil on the hands helps it getting too messy)!

We think they'd make great gifts too, wrapped in a little cardboard box and tied with ribbon.  Made even more delicious when paired with the ingredients and the recipe. 

Give them a try following the recipe here from Ella Woodward aka DeliciouslyElla  

xx

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Advents 17th Door: Glitter Filled Baubles

I spied these glitter filled baubles over on the Vault files a little while ago and fell in love with their fun and sparkle. I think they would make great decorations around the house or to add to garlands and wreaths for some festive fun.

I’m hoping to make some for a New Years Eve party, adding a bit of a sparkly fun feel to the home decor, turning the house from Christmas to new year with a bit of shimmer with strings of effervescent bubbles hung across the room .

I simply love their versatility too. Don’t you think they would make great invitations to a party with a beautifully written invite rolled up inside or even written with a bright marker on the outside, or a great alternative to a gift card - placing the gift voucher inside amongst the glitter and sparkle, or perhaps numbered clues leading to a gift like a treasure hunt. 

We might write New Years wishes and dreams on them and create a garland we can add to each year, a fun tradition   creating a times capsule when a new year begins, celebrating a chapter and starting a new. It would be so fun for the kids to look back and see what their 7 year old self wished or hoped for. Fun to give them to guests and ask them to write their wishes inside for them to take home and keep.  A sparkly promise in a bauble. 

Effervescent fun in little bubbles and so many pretty ways to use them. Such a simple idea with magical effect. We love love love them and can’t wait to fill them. 

Head over to the Vault Files for the tutorial. 

xx

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Advents 16th Door: Wreath Making

A Christmas wreath is so pretty hung on the front door,  a symbol of welcome and a deep connectivity with nature and home. I find it so beautiful that in a season (especially here in London) when the dark nights settle in and the cold weather has us all heading for indoors and cosines that we tend to bring the outside in. 

The wreath gathers the season’s colours, scents and joy and celebrates the season with a spirit of tradition regardless of their style; modern or classic. The wreath represents the strength of life overcoming the forces of winter. I simply adore them. I do, admittedly, tend to buy my wreath but with so much inspiration to make one of my own I feel the urge and, perhaps, the need to make one this year. To gather my favourite colours and smells of the season and adventure to find the foliage with the kids. Leaves, fruits, herbs from our window boxes, eucalyptus, evergreens and fresh  anemones and cream roses, dusty pinks and red ranunculus. 

The image’s here are my inspiration and this beautiful blog has all the steps to help you create your own. 

xx

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Advents 15th Door : Let it Snow

Every year the one thing that is always on the top of my Christmas wish list is snow. To wake up on Christmas morning and see a blanket of fresh white snow out of the window and as far as the eye can see. Though each year we say it really could happen, I know that sometimes we need to create the magic in other ways. 

Perhaps I can fill the kitchen with hundreds of whimsical white snowflakes cut from paper like the one’s here found in Vogue. But with my to-do list getting longer by the day and the numbers of days until Christmas decreasing. Its unlikely to happen to such an effect. 

However,  several above the table or a few at the windows look simply beautiful and they’re so fun to make. 

Sometimes, I fall into the danger of being so busy I forget to be in the present, I’m planning so far ahead I forget to sit still and just be. An afternoon of making paper snowflakes would be so much fun. Opening up each one to reveal each little unique pattern. 

We’ve discovered the best selection of tutorials and diy’s over on apartment therapy here. Whilst this pretty blog has a great visual to show you the cut style and the finish.  A great idea to draw the design  on top of your fold and then cut them out. 

Stop over and take a look and be inspired, whether for topping presents,  decorating an entire room or just a few touches here and there of whimsical white flutters. It will make a magical white Christmas feel

xx

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Advents 14th Door: DIY Gift Boxes

Currently obsessing about my wrapping obsession and had to share these pretty gift boxes. How beautiful an idea and so many ways to have fun and be playful with the designs, With different patterns or pictures, magazine collages and hand drawn images behind the windows and doors. Using pictures of friends and family or scenes of family photo’s. Endless ideas and each one personalised. Beautiful. 

I simply love this idea. If you can’t find the right size boxes use the same idea to and create the same effect by using two layers of wrapping paper, layering the cut out on top and the patterned or coloured paper underneath. I can’t wait to give these a try with the kids.

 Pop along to get the full step by step tutorial here and whilst your there be inspired. 

Discover more of our favourite wrapping ideas here 

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xx

Advents 13th Door: Printable Wrapping

I love the beauty in the simplicity of this wrapping paper. I wonder if it’s something that  might inspire Father Christmas’s gift wrapping for the stocking this year, tied with red or green twine. Adding a few springs of herbs and green foliage will make it even more exciting. 

Gift wrapping is a little bit of an obsession of mine and a well a wrapped gift sends my heart a flutter. Giving a gift feels so much more special when you’ve put as much thought in the wrapping as you have the gift and this gift paper though simple in style is ample in love.  It has certainly inspired us to have a go at creating our own. 

You can see find the inspiration as well as the free printable for this wrapping paper on this rather beautiful blog homeyohmy here. Let it inspire you to create your own; even as a simple scan and reprint process a hand drawn pattern or picture would make such a personal touch to a family gift.

Amy’s (creator of homeyohmy) blog is full of inspiration for that perfectly paired back simplicity alongside beautiful tutorials and projects to try.

Discover the free printable here and do have a go at your own.

xx

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Advents 12th Door : Marshmallow Pops

School term is nearly at an end and the kids are looking for a treat to take in for all there friends. They wanted to make something colourful, edible and delicious. So, we’ve grabbed bags of giant marshmallows, white and milk chocolate ready to melt and various sprinkles ready to sprinkle. We’ve got little sticks to push into the marshmallows to make them like lollipops and little cellophane bags and pretty ties to package each one into.

This is where we found our inspiration here and here and here. We opted for star sprinkles, hundreds and thousands and confetti style sprinkles for fun. Such fun to make, and very quick and easy to make. Great for parties treats too. I think we may have found a new festive tradition!

Discover your favourite version here and here and here.

xx

Advents 11th Door : Glitter Ornaments

Its a tradition that each year each of us choose a new decoration for the tree, but its also become tradition for us to make some decorations for the house too. Glittery salt dough garlands, paper wreathes and Christmas villages have been previous favourites. We’ve put together lots of Christmas craft ideas and printables here on the blog over the past years so make sure you take a look at more great ideas alongside free printables here. 

These fun glitter ornaments are such a great idea and quite simple for little hands to make and bigger hands to help hang. Make them for the tree, attach them to a wreath or make a fun fruity garland. 

hop along to Brit + Co here for your fun DIY tutorial

xx

Adevnts 8th Door: Giant Baubles DIY

This is perhaps my favourite DIY of the tutorials and inspiration from studio DIY and are simple and fun to make. I love the Alice in Wonderland-esque play with size and their easy yet glamorous aesthetic.

You don’t need much (extra large balloons, card, scissors, glue and pipe cleaners) , and everything you need is easily available so it really is a perfect weekend craft.

Head over to Studio DIY for the tutorial and more inspiration. But be careful, Kelly’s blog is infectiously fun and you may never want to leave! 

xx

Advent's 7th Door: Photo Booth Silliness

To Accompany our printable advent we’ve been on the look out for some more fun free Photo Booth props for you to print and make. We’ve found two more we the kids love. 

They’re so simple to make and we the kids never grow tired of them.

We’ve accumulated quite a collection - remember these! 

In this blog we collated our favourite 10 ….. just in case you 

The Father Christmas alongside his elf, reindeer and much more can be found here 

The Snapchat cuties discovered here

Have fun

xx

Advents 6th Door : A Christmas Village

I am both inspired and amazed by the amount of talent and creativity I see by so many crafters, makers and mothers. All who share there creativity and talent with us, using blogs and social media as a platform from which to soar into the world of creativity and the arts whilst staying close to their nest. Its beautiful and makes so many inspired connections around the world. 

Thoughts From Alice is a beautiful blog written by a beautiful soul. Artist by heart, Alice created this illustrated Christmas Village. There are nine pieces in the set; a church, a decorated tree, carollers, cars carrying away their freshly cut Christmas trees, a snowman and pretty buildings. Perfect for the mantle or window sill and so pretty lit up with fairy lights draped around and behind. 

Its here to download, print off and pretty your home. 

xx

Advents 2nd Door: Free Festive Charades Printable

The countdown to Christmas has begun and there's so much excitement in the air. The shop elves have been busy sending Christmas parcels and gifts to be wrapped to people all over the globe. Home is already in full festive spirit with the advent hung and full of surprises, mince pies in the making and Christmas cards a colouring. 

Now with the afternoons feeling a little grey here in London we've taken to playing some silly indoor games. We've been scribbling down our own silly version of charades with a little festive theme. The kids have loved it so much we wanted to share it and have created it as a printable for everyone to play.

There's something quite nostalgic about charades. Or is it just me? I remember watching the grown ups play when I was a child and they'd all have fits of laughter. We'd play too, making teams if the cousins were all around. I remember how the big cousins were so clever and quick I thought they must be mind readers (or perhaps they cheated) ! 

Print your game of charades here

xx

images: Grace Kelly playing charades aboard the SS Constitution

Photographed by Howell Conant for Life Magazine 

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