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Feeling festive

A couple of holiday videos and images: Here’s my holiday design with watercolor trees and best wishes (printable / art print): Don’t they look great? In case you are wondering what these tin boxes are… they are my cookie boxes! I make homemade sweets and cookies often and need them stored while hidden from plain…

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O holy night

This holiday printable is a classic from my shop. Find it in blursbyaishop as printable file or in my society6 store as an art print (and more). If you opt for the printable version, know that this design is printer friendly (it requires only black ink) and it makes a great last minute gift for…

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Printable gifts (1)

Printable files are fantastic as last-minute gift ideas! Just choose your printable design, place your order, edit it (if it’s editable, like these) download your files and have them printed locally (photo lab, Costco, Staples…). What about a set of neutral world map and US maps? These are 20×16″, to be printed on paper:

Bringing holiday printables to life!

This is an easy way to add real sparkle to a printable 😄😄. It all starts with this watercolor tree artwork, ModgePodge and some glitter.

Turrón de chocolate recipe

Here’s an easy Spanish holiday recipe: you only need chocolate (250 g), chocolate rice puffs (30 g), vanilla (a tablespoon) and butter (35 g). Melt the chocolate and butter in the microwave (450w, 30 second intervals). My chocolate is Nestle’s milk chocolate. Add the vanilla and mix them together: Add 30 g rice puffs (mine…

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Throwback Thursday: the time I painted a dining table

Back in 2004, my father asked me to paint one of the tables that he had built. I found some pictures of the process today: There are holly, hawthorn, ash tree and hazelnut branches, and apple and pear tree leaves. And they are painted with oils. As soon as I find the picture of the…

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