Christmas

At Christmas, I love to have a tree full of interesting ornaments. I especially love handmade Christmas ornaments, like these DIY picture jar lid ornaments. I’m always looking for new …

Before you know it, it’ll be Christmas. For some of my festive crafts and decorations, I have curated a collection of lovely Holly illustrations. Along with ivy, mistletoe and poinsettia, …

Here I have curated some wonderful vintage illustrations of these Scandinavian gnomes.  Almost every home I walk into has a Scandinavian gnome amongst their Christmas decorations, even though they don’t …

This embroidered map Christmas ornament is so quick and easy to make, and it can be personalized by using maps special to you. It would make a lovely gift or …

Besides pine trees, the holy, and the ivy, there are other plants one associates with Christmas.  Here I’ve curated some vintage Christmas flower illustrations including  poinsettia drawings Poinsettias are probably …

The reason I started this blog is due to my love of vintage maps and natural history images. I used to spend many hours as a child pouring over pictorial …

Jenny Nystrom was a Swedish artist born in 1854. She was known as the woman who created the Scandinavian image of Christmas, with her numerous Scandinavian Christmas cards and magazine …

I’ve already used some of the wonderful vintage images on this site to make some upcycled dictionary Christmas baubles for my tree. When I came across a pile of old …