Merry December!

This year my longing for Christmas is greater than ever. I’ve never been totally in love with any holiday, and even though Christmas is great I don’t ever want to become like my parents: clean the entire house like manics, cook too much (fattening) food, buy presents for all the people I know and then rush through all the fun in one single day!

I’m too much lay backed and slow going for the Christmas stress.

But last Christmas I spent on an island of sun, so this year my longing for a real wintery Christmas is great. I hung up the stars in the beginning of November and now I have the entire house decorated with glitter and candles. I’m planing to bake a lot, drink glögg and not produce even one little gnome (I don’t like Christmas fabric or Christmas crafts) but once again, enjoy the company of the people I love on Christmas eve. It’ll be great fun!

I will dearly enjoy:

• the exaggeratedly long wait
• the sparkle in the children’s eyes, which glow in mine too
• the greatness of giving and receiving

and now, (when first of advent have passed unnoticed) and only +three weeks to go, it’s the start of:

• Penelope’s online Advent calendar! [an advent calendar that is no longer online]
• Tjejringens julsidor [tjejringen.com]
• Claire of Loobylu reveling what was created for November softies [was at loobylu.com]
• Barnens bibliotek calendar [Swedish library that made an advent calendar that is no longer online]

Happy December everyone!

Sign up for the Studio iHanna Newsletter here

Books on art, crafts & creativity

Stitch with love online workshop with iHanna