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Pepparkakor (Gingerbread Biscuits) Decorated with Royal Icing
Pepparkakor is a traditional Swedish recipe. These Scandinavian spicy biscuits are traditionally served on St Lucia Day, which is a celebration of light on the longest night of the year. St Lucia Day is one of the biggest Christmas-time celebrations in Sweden and is held on the 13th December. This date was unknown […]
Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Festive and Celebrations, Icings and Fillings
5-Pointed Origami Star Gift-Tags or Decorations with Christmas Washi Tape
I love working with washi tape and found a great use for my Christmas-themed tapes by adding them to plain white paper origami stars. I decorated the stars with a variety of bold patterns and in a colour theme of red, green, and white. I played around with this idea for washi tape […]
Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Craft, Festive and Celebrations, Paper Crafts
Christmas-Themed 5-Pointed Origami Stars
I really love the look of the 5-pointed origami star and I have made these so many times I can make these with no instructions at all. The base shape to start with is a pentagon, which is folded and unfolded many times to create the final star – follow the links for […]
Posted in Christmas, Craft, Festive and Celebrations, Paper Crafts
Washi Tape Christmas Cards
CARD 1 – Washi tape ‘Christmas Present’ card – this card was Mum’s idea, so we collaborated on this design: CARD 2 – Washi tape Christmas card with stripes of red and green: These two cards are fun to make, and it is always nice to give, (and receive) hand-made cards. Below […]
Posted in Christmas, Craft, Festive and Celebrations, Paper Crafts
Washi Tape Covered Wooden ‘Christmas Pegs’
I have written in an earlier article about Mum’s wooden pegs*, which have become a family in-joke (search for ‘pegs’ on my website), and this time, as a bit of fun, I decided to surprise her with an array of ‘Christmas Pegs’ to brighten up her peg basket. These washi tape pegs can also […]
Posted in Christmas, Craft, Festive and Celebrations
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