It is Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

With these chilly days and December on the horizon it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas! This is one of my favourite Christmas card designs this year and I am happy that it is proving a favourite with other people too. 

I hope you're having a good week!

Katie

Christmas Elves

I suppose this card was inspired by those Christmas films where Father Christmas' workshop is piled high with presents, where there is wrapping paper strewn all around, and where there is a hive of activity as the elves make and wrap the toys.

The red and the green? That's easy. For me these are the colours that will always be synonymous with Christmas. The green spruce tree and Father Christmas' red suit. Holly and Berries. Ivy and Poinsettias. I could go on. I am happy to get on board with silver and gold themes, blues, even the odd purple but I reckon in years to come - five, ten, thirty years - I will always go back to these more traditional colours for decorating at Christmas time.

This little elf with his stack of presents is just one of the Christmas cards that will be on sale at the events I will be attending this November. I will be sharing more of my creations soon but if you'd like to see the full range/ join in the Christmas fun why not pop along to one of the Christmas markets I have booked. :)

Have a good afternoon and a lovely evening!

Katie

Christmas Fairs and Markets

For the last few months, I've been knee deep in Christmas and all that it brings. One night I ended up at the pub with glitter on my face! I've been caught up making and preparing and as a result I haven't shared that many of my greetings cards in recent weeks. In fact I haven't written on this blog about much at all. It is my hope, now that the nights are darker earlier, that I will find some time, and a cosy nook, to write and share some winter thoughts and creations. 

For now, with Christmas well and truly on our minds, I wanted to share a full list of events that I will be attending this November and December. Look out for my handcrafted greetings cards and gifts galore from lots of talented makers at any of the craft fairs or markets below. I am looking forward to each one one and really love the atmosphere at these events - Christmas spirit is usually rife!

Saturday 12^th November

Bourne End Community and Craft Market

10am – 1pm

Bourne End Library, Wakeman Road, Bourne End, SL8 5SX

Sunday 13^th November

Wyevale World’s End Christmas Craft Market

10am - 4.30pm

Aylesbury Road, Wendover, Bucks, HP22 6BD

Wednesday 16^th November

Wyevale World’s End Christmas Craft Market

9am - 4.30pm

Aylesbury Road, Wendover, Bucks, HP22 6BD

Saturday 19^th November

Downley Makers’ Christmas Market

10am - 2pm

Downley Memorial Hall, High Street, Downley, Bucks, HP13 5XJ

Saturday 19^th and Sunday 20^th November

Goring Craft Fair

10am – 4pm

Goring Village Hall, High Street, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG8 9AG

Thursday 24^th November

Wyevale World’s End Christmas Craft Market

9am – 8pm

Aylesbury Road, Wendover, Bucks, HP22 6BD

Saturday 26^th November

Hughenden Valley Village Hall Bazaar

Afternoon

Hughenden Valley Village Hall, Coombe Lane, Hughenden Valley, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP14 4NX

Sunday 27^th November

Wyevale World’s End Christmas Craft Market

10am - 4.30pm

Aylesbury Road, Wendover, Bucks, HP22 6BD

Friday 16^th December

CubFest – The Wildest Promise Party Ever

From 6pm

PACCAR Scout Camp Chalfont Heights, Denham Lane, Chalfont St Peter, SL9 0QL

Have a lovely day!

Katie