I have a soft spot for small, cute things, especially when they are made from felt. When I saw this adorable Felt Mouse Caroler Christmas Ornament, I was enthralled. Yes, felt-struck! The small details of this mouse (and the many others in this Etsy shop) are amazing! There are many different mice: a knitter, a baker, a golfer, a football player, just to name a few.
If you followed the Elf Blog last holiday season, you know that we love Etsy so much that we like to feature an Etsy Item of the Day to highlight the awesome handmade goodies other folks are making. So, may I present to you the first 2013 Etsy Item of the Day… A set of Christmas cards featuring an original watercolour of a jolly basset hound running through the snow. I simply can’t resist his wrinkly legs and the way his ears are flapping in the wind as he dashes across the scene! And, if that wasn’t enough, he’s wearing a scarf—love it!
Less than 2 months. 7 weeks. 51 days. However you want to phrase it, the fact remains that Christmas will be here before we know it.
This is an especially busy time here at northpole.com, just as I’m sure it’s a busy time for you. I do hope you and your family will come visit us here regularly during the holiday season. Besides all of the great stuff elsewhere on the site, such as the personalized stories and yummy recipes, we will be bringing you brand new, fun, festive content here on the Elf Blog every single day between now and Christmas.
If you love holiday crafts, are searching for gift ideas, or simply need a daily dose of Christmas joy, the Elf Blog has you covered. We look forward to spending the holiday season with you and yours!
Christmas is drawing closer, and with each passing day the elves are busy preparing for the big day. There are only 2 months until Christmas, and there is still so much work to do! While the elves are working as fast as they can, Raymond is getting excited. Oh, yes, even more excited than usual. 🙂
This is the beginning of the happiest time of the year at the North Pole. There’s a buzz in the workshop from the sound of hammers tinkering, swooshing paintbrushes, scissors shearing, ribbons being snipped and curled, and the elves whistling as they work.
In the kitchen, Mrs. Claus is busy baking and trying out new recipes. Baking brings her so much joy; she seems to effortlessly whirl around the kitchen as she measures each ingredient precisely and decorates each cookie. The sweet smell of sugar and cinnamon drifts out of the kitchen throughout the village, stirring the appetites of Santa and the elves.
Elsewhere, the crisp aroma of evergreens freshens the air wherever wreaths and garlands are hung. Tonight, the elves will gather together to sip hot cocoa and try out Mrs. Claus’ new cookies, whilst deciding how to decorate the various trees around the village this season.
Are you as excited as we are? How will you prepare for Christmas this year?
We elves love most everything creative. Be it an inventive cookie recipe, a new sewing technique, or music that mashes up various genres, we get excited over new ideas. If you’re like us and would enjoying checking out some imaginative and sometimes unusual ideas, head on over to Kickstarter, a website whose mission is “to help bring creative projects to life.”
Kickstarter is a platform for creators to announce and explain their projects to the world and for other folks to donate money to help make these projects become a reality. The site includes all different categories of projects, such as music, food, technology, design, and more, and the projects can range from $700 needed to print a run of t-shirts to $1,000,000 needed to create a telescope [a publicly accessible space telescope, actually—how awesome is that?!].
Since there are only 3 months until Christmas [yowza!], I thought it would be fun to highlight a few of my favourite festive Kickstarter projects, so without further ado…
The singer & project creator, Ximena Borges, describes this album as “infusing holiday music with a breath of fresh air! All one voice, one body, no snow required—must hear twice to believe!!” Just watch the video, and you’ll hear was Ximena is talking about!
I know you’re tapping your toes now, so help fund Ximena’s album here.
This documentary by Brad Rothschild and Jon Reiner about men who spend a month selling Christmas trees on the sidewalks of New York City each year sounds like it will give viewers an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the commercial side of the holiday season.
Donate to the Tree Man documentary here.
Baker-creator Marlo Gertz says, “I’ve taken my Grandmother’s Old World recipe for unique, twice-baked cookies and made them contemporary and even more delicious.” The cookies in the video look fabulous—mmm!
The rewards for backing Marlo’s project are cookies, so how could you not donate to her project? 😉
I love anything with dogs, so even the adorable Kickstarter video for this film by Nancy Ogden was tugging at my heart strings.
Help Stetson the pup continue his acting career by backing this Kickstarter project.
This art installation by Chelsea Hrynick Browne will consist of hundreds of hand-cut origami snowflakes, and the project sounds fun, interesting, and beautiful.
Let Chelsea bring some beauty to NYC this holiday season by backing her art installation project.
