Silver And Blue Dresden Snowflakes From Germany

It may be July, but snowflakes are in abundance around these parts! If you like to make your own ornaments or cards for Christmas, these heavy foil Dresden snowflakes from Germany may be just the ticket.

They're sturdy enough to build on in layers, have heavily embossed detailing and are intricately die cut.

They range in size from 2" to 4.5" and are available now on our website and in our Etsy store.

Favorite Advent Calendars From Our Shop

We love Christmas advent calendars! We choose which styles to stock in February and March and they start arriving right after Easter. Needless to say, we happily have Christmas on our minds all year.

Here are a few of the styles we chose, and they're all listed in our web store.

We have over 100 styles of advent calendars, in many shapes and sizes and this year we've added a wider selection of advent cards, as well.

Victorian Christmas Advent Calendar From Germany

Here's another of our new advent calendars from Germany, rendered in a traditional, lavish Victorian style with highly detailed glittered accents. Children (all all ages!) delight in opening one little window per day in the month of December, leading up to Christmas. These, and over 100 other designs, are available on our website.

Vintage Mercury Glass Beads From The Czech Republic

German papers aren't the only things new to the shop! We've received lots of new colors and styles of hand made mercury glass Christmas garland beads from the Czech Republic. These beads are blown into 100 year old molds and the same techniques for silvering and coloring are still used to make these.

Nothing adds Victorian charm to your Christmas tree like a hand strung mercury glass bead garland! You can see all the shapes, sizes and colors of beads we offer on our website or in our Etsy shop, accessible on the sidebar to the right. Have questions? We'd love to hear from you!

Below, a mix of traditional colored beads in specialty shapes.

And a group of brightly colored drop beads.

And round beads in three sizes...

Fancy silver beads... always a favorite!

We're also stocking a selection of bumped beads, bumped sticks, tube beads and caps for finishing garlands and ornaments.

Traditional Red Mushroom Paper From Germany

Mushrooms are a traditional German Christmas decoration, but this paper so has many applications beyond just Christmas crafts. It's perfect for lining envelopes or drawers, making birthday or greeting cards, wrapping gifts, scrapbooking, journals - so many projects! You can see other views of it in our Etsy shop, over on the right sidebar. Stay turned for our new glittered Victorian Christmas cards from Germany, printed in German and French, which we're just getting sorted and ready to show you!

Red, Blue And Green Santas From Germany

All three of these colorful Santa Clauses are on the same sheet of German craft paper, so you have a lot of options for ornaments, gift tags and cards.

You can see more views of this paper, and over 100 other designs, in our Etsy store, which you can access over on the right sidebar.

Sweet Victorian Vignettes For Christmas Crafts

These are two of the sweetest papers for Christmas card and gift tag making! Made in Germany with highly detailed, traditional Victorian scenes. They're both available now in our Etsy shop.

Victorian Santa Paper From Germany

Christmas may seem a way off, but if you're like we are, you're already thinking about what you'll be making and gathering your supplies now! Here are a few more of our new Christmas papers from Germany. You can cover a box, line a shelf or just wrap a gift with them. The Victorian Santas are charming! You can see more Germany and Italian holiday papers in our Etsy shop.

More Paper From Germany

These craft papers from Germany are such a joy to work with! Whether you enjoy making cards, journals, scrapbooking or making ornaments, these can be easily adapted to your project. The images are perfect for Valentine's Day, Easter or Christmas! If you want to see more views of this paper, you can click on our Etsy shop in the right sidebar. And if you have any questions, need more than one sheet, or we can help, we're always happy to hear from you!

New Craft Papers From Germany

We're stocking some beautiful new craft papers, made in Germany. They aren't listed on the website yet, but they are available in our Etsy shop. We'll post a couple papers a day for you to see.

Christmas Angels Advent Cards

We were delighted to find these sweet angels and woodland creatures advent cards from Germany to add to our website.

We've got several more designs to choose from.

From vintage cars and trains to angels traveling by stagecoach...

...Each one is as adorable as the next!

Old Fashioned Millinery Forget Me Nots

We love old fashioned millinery flocked paper forget me not flowers! They're perfect for holiday craft projects or any time of the year and can be used to embellish invitations, for scrapbooking, hat making, everlasting bouquets for brides or just around the house... We have more than a dozen colors available on our website or in our Etsy shop.

If I see you in the Garden...

 ... I will abandon my post at the birdbath...

 ...smile...

...and run up to you for attention.

Happy Easter!

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter! 

This large fellow is Daruis.

For the Birds

Our bird embroidery makes an appearance on a poster for birds.  Remember this pattern from Geninne?