More Christmas Bunting!

Its been a busy few weeks at Free Spirit Designs HQ with lots of custom orders to complete - i do love feeling like one of santa's elves though, it definitely helps to get me into the Christmas spirit!

In my last post i mentioned that i had a couple more new styles of festive bunting to share with you so here they are...

Christmas Snowflake Bunting

I have done two simple snowflake designs, one Christmas red and white and the other ice blue and white.

I think sometimes its nice to have something simple that nods to Christmas without screaming it... hopefully these will have that effect!

They are available as a string of six flags for £9 from my Etsy shop and i'm also happy to make longer lengths as a custom order.

And that's it from me for this week! I shall get back to my Elf duties :) I hope you're all having a lovely time preparing for Christmas - i look forward to seeing what you've been creating when i pop over to Handmade Monday later on x

Winter Wonderland Christmas Designs Part Two

Hi all :) Another busy week getting prepped for Christmas, is it me or does time actually accelerate on the downhill slope towards the end of the year!

Picking up where i left off last week i've got a few more of my Winter Wonderland designs to show you as well as a peak at some of the things i've been making with them...

Winter Wonderland Snowflakes

I wanted to make a simple design that could be used alongside the Winter Wonderland snow scenes is showed you last week. Snowflakes seemed the obvious choice so i had fun drawing a collection of different ones by hand before putting them together to create the final design.

Its available in two different print sizes (pop along to my Spoonflower shop for more details).

There are also four different colourways to choose from - the two white and pale blue options above (the pale blue is the same one used in the snow scene designs) and two red and white options.

I'm pleased with how they've turned out. As always, i look forward to hearing what you think of them!

Winter Wonderland Printable Craft Papers

I have also made my Winter Wonderland designs available to buy as printable craft papers, available from my Print and Paper shop on Etsy.

At £3.50 i hope the price is pretty reasonable, especially as Christmas is such a popular time for hand-making cards and things. Once you have downloaded them you can print them off as many times as you like for personal use or for making items to sell on a small scale.

Winter Wonderland Gift Tags

Now, here's a peak at what i've been making with the fabrics, first up, rustic gift tags. They come in sets of three - here are the animal ones.

They have a central layer of hessian which creates a pretty frayed trim and also adds a nice sense of substance. On the reverse side of the tags is a panel of brown paper ready for writing your message.

I think that adding a nice tag makes a gift much more special and these are a great way to add rustic style and interest to brown paper gift wrap.

Here is the other set.

I hope you can make out the lovely texture of the linen/cotton blend fabric from the pictures, they are wonderfully tactile.

Both sets of tags are available now from my website and Etsy shop priced £4.50.

I think that's enough for one blog post so i'll save the rest for another day... meanwhile, i'm off over to Handmade Harbour to find out what you've been up to, see you there :) x

Winter Wonderland Fabric For Handmade Monday Part One

If you're not ready to think about Christmas yet then look away now (although i'd much rather you carried on looking as i would love to hear your thoughts on my new 'Winter Wonderland' designs!)

I know most of my fellow crafters will be starting to think about Christmas makes, so it feels like the right time to share but i do apologise to those who are happily enjoying autumn and want nothing less than to think about winter, i feel your pain!

Winter Wonderland Christmas Fabric Collection

As some of you may remember, last year i launched this range of six hand painted ceramic baubles.

They proved to be popular, so this year i decided to make them the inspiration for a new set of digital designs - for use as fabrics, craft papers etc.

Winter Wonderland Animal Designs

There are three animal inspired designs. As always i started with hand drawing the component parts, like this little robin, before loading them up onto the computer to add some colour.

I then assembled the parts to complete the finished design - here's what the robins look like on a 21x18 inch piece of fabric.

I hope you can make out the design okay - if you'd like a closer look you can pop along to my Spoonflower shop where you can view different size options.

Animal design number two features deer like this little fellow.

I know its hard to see here but in the finished designs there is snow falling from the sky (as in the images at the top of this post) as well as on the ground.

Here's a 21 x 18 inch swatch of the deer.

The third animal design features foxes amongst snow covered fir trees.

Here's a look at the complete design.

I'm pleased with the natural feel of them and i'm hoping they'll work well for some rustic festive makes. They look lovely printed onto fabric - look out for some pics next week!

Winter Wonderland Spirit Of Christmas Designs

The other three designs are inspired by the spirit of Christmas back in the human world :) First is a post inspired design featuring post boxes like this one, along with assorted mail.

Here's the full design on an 21x18 inch fabric swatch.

The second of the spirit of Christmas designs features a collection of little houses like this one.

Here they all are together in the finished design.

Last but not least are the snowman, each with its own quirky character.

Here they all are together, enjoying the snow!

There are actually more designs in this collection and there's the craft papers to let you know about too but i think i've said more than enough for today so i'll save the rest for next week's post. If you're eager though you can visit my Spoonflower shop where all the fabrics are ready to purchase, or my Print and Paper shop on Etsy where the craft papers are available for instant download in A4 size.

I'm really looking forward to hearing what you think of these new designs and which are your favourites. I wonder if anyone else over at Handmade Harbour is getting Chriastmassy yet... i'm off to find out, thank for stopping by! x