I’ve recently become obsessed with Scandinavian folk art, and something about it just screams CHRISTMAS to me. I’ve been experimenting with linoleum block printing on the Vandercook lately, so I decided to do a set of Scandinavian folk art inspired ornaments (available in my Etsy shop). I drew my inspiration from Scandinavian Stitches: 21 Playful Projects with Seasonal Flair and Scandinavian Needlecraft: 35 Step-by-step Projects to Create the Scandinavian Home. Of course, I had to have a Dala horse and a bird, and to that I added a tree, heart, star, and snowflake. They’re printed on nice, toothy paper that doesn’t take large blocks of ink very well, so it took a bit of trial and error to get the color coverage I wanted. It’s amazing what soaking the paper and adding ink extender will do to improve how the paper takes the ink.
I had neither space nor money for a real Christmas tree this year, so I crocheted a little garland and taped it to the wall with double-sided tape and strips of Christmasy paper. What do you think? Ghetto, or nicely minimal?
I vote nicely minimalist. You have too many books around to be truly ghetto. Besides, if your garland looks half as good as your ornaments, it’s too classy to be ghetto, period.
Thanks, Ki. I feel like less of a loser not giving R a proper tree.
Sarah Mottaghinejad