Fairytale Christmas Workshop Review

Hello everyone! It's me, Andrea, here today, and I want to share with you all a quick little review of our Fairytale Christmas Workshop that we had in December. It was so wonderful and magical and just filled with so much fun and creativity! I had such a wonderful time and I was so pleased to hear from the ladies that attended the workshop that they really, really enjoyed themselves as well!

So for those of you who don't know, whenever we can, we try, here at the Fairytale Club, to host fun events and classes for our awesome Fairytale Club Customers. We have done events at Disneyland in the past and we have done springtime events and Halloween events...but this time we thought we would try to do things a little bit differently and we decided to host a Christmas Workshop in Diamond Bar, CA and have a couple of classes with a couple of really awesome papercrafting projects for our guests to work on while they enjoyed a Fairytale themed Christmas party with yummy food, lots of prizes, a photobooth, and of course, an awesome Disney Christmas kit that was made especially for the event!

The kit that I designed for this event, as a specialty kit/collection, is called "Christmas-land" and is all about Disneyland at Christmastime! It is so beautiful and filled with so many fun Disney-Christmas goodies like cute pics of Mickey and Minnie under the mistletoe, a Holiday version of Small World, and Santa with a Mickey Mouse hat on!

Each person at the Christmas Workshop received this very special kit with all the pretty 12x12 patterned papers and 6x8 decorative pages, and the cute embellishments like the ephemera pack and the variety pack and decorative paperclips! In addition to all those goodies, they also each received some chipboard covers and binder rings to build their Disney Christmas mini-album with (the first class project we worked on during the Workshop), and a white chipboard memorydex box (which was for the second class project).

We all had the greatest time in both of the super fun Christmas classes that I and Carolee taught for the Workshop! We worked on my Mini-Album class first and then we moved on to Carolee's Memorydex class. In our classes we showed the ladies some fun and different ways to document the Holiday season! And we gave them some great tips and tricks to creating and decorating their mini-albums and memorydex boxes for Christmastime!

During the Workshop, while we crafted, we chatted and we ate and played Disney trivia and gave away prizes! It was such a fantastic time! Everyone walked away with at least one prize, if not more (and there were so many cool prizes -- disney prizes, scrapbook prizes, planner prizes, decorative prizes). And the Disney trivia game that we played to give the prizes out was so much fun and so funny -- some girls thought the questions were hard, other Disney experts in the group thought it was easy, but everyone got the answers right (with a little help here and there sometimes from friends :-) ) and everyone laughed and had a great time and everyone was a winner! Which is the best kind of game -- one where everyone wins!

Oh, and I have to talk to you about the photobooth!

Our photobooth that we set up for the event was absolutely fantastic! It was our Fairytale Club Lemonade stand and we filled it with lots of pretty Christmas decorations! And we also had some really adorable decorative enlargements of some of our Disney Christmas pieces from our "Christmas-land" kit (like the Snow-Mouse and the Gingerbread-Mouse)!

The decor for the booth, and really the whole party, was vintage and Disney and Christmas themed and it was all so beautiful! There were trees and wreaths and garlands everywhere and cute little touches like little vintage reindeer and vintage Mickey Mouses here and there! It was all very, very cute and oh so magical!!! It was truly a Fairytale Christmas workshop!!!

Alright, well I hope you have enjoyed this fun review of our Fairytale Christmas Workshop that we had in December. It was such a fun event with such cool classes and projects and such a lovely group of people that attended too! It was just wonderful!

Thank you to everyone who came to our Workshop and tomorrow we will be sharing some more up-close pictures of the magical Disney Christmas projects that we worked on in the classes so stay tuned for that too! And stay tuned for more of our Fairytale Club Christmas wrap up this week!

Huuuugs everyone!

Andrea Bethke

Founder/Owner/Designer

The Fairytale Club

Aimee's "Christmas-land" Mini Tag Album

Hey Fairytale Club Fans, this week our Design Team Members will be sharing some of their favorite projects they created this season using our 2 Christmas Kits “December Dreams” & “Christmas-land”!

First off we have Aimee with a Mini Tag Album using “Christmas-land”.

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Hi there, Aimee here!

Have you all seen the Christmas-land kit? You know the one Andrea and Carolee did a workshop with.

Well it’s even better in person. Like way better! It’s so awesome, I made my husband take me to Disneyland on Christmas Day, just to take pictures so I could use the christmas-land kit and make this Album TRUE STORY!

And this mini tag album came out WAY better than I could have ever dreamed! For this album I used 2 of the 12x12 papers from the kit “Christmas at the Park” and “All I want for Christmas is a castle!” and some bookmark tags from my stash.

I printed all the photos I wanted to use with my Instax share printer. I cut up the 12x12 papers into the 3x4 journaling cards. I also used a few of the tags too.

I then placed the 3x4 cards with the bookmark tags and photos. Once I was happy with which tag went with what photo and what card, choose die cuts from the die cut pack that went with each pile of cards. When everything was placed, I adhered the photos to the bookmark tags. You can find a video of this on my YOU TUBE Channel.

I then stamped each photo with a different sentiment form a roller stamp. I also embellished each card/tag with puffy stickers and stickles to give them some added depth. Once I was happy with all of the embellishments, I punched a hole in the top of each card/tag.

I choose the “all I want for Christmas…” Journaling card as my cover for this album.

I attached a decorative pom pom paper clip to the top. I then placed all the cards on to a large binder ring and this created the album.

To create the bell dangle, I used a tassel from my stash along with some jump rings. I added 1 or 2 bells from the Christmas-land Variety pack to each jump ring and continued until I had used all the bells. I just love this addition to my album.

I also made some shaker tags (with my fuse tool and all the goodies from the Christmas-land Variety pack). OMG I love these. I think by far this was the best addition to my mini. This was the first time making this type of tag, and I think it turned out so AWESOME. I just traced the bookmark tag with a sharpie, I then ran my fuse tool (against a ruler to keep my lines straight) on the inside of the sharpie, I fused 4 sides before adding all the goodies, and then sealed the tag from the top. To make the hole (so it would be closed and the glitter wouldn’t come out) I burned a hole through the sleeve with a rounded tip.

Do you enjoy making Mini Albums?

XOXO Aimee

Fairytale Christmas Workshop Special Event Kit, "Christmas-land," Full Reveal!!!

Hello there everyone! It’s Andrea here, and today I want to share with you the full reveal of our beautiful new specialty kit “Christmas-land,” which we have made special for our Fairytale Christmas Workshop to be held this Friday, the 21st (tickets still available)! It is such an amazing kit and just filled with the cutest, vintage-retro, Disney Christmas designs! I don’t know about you, but I love Disney, especially Disney at Christmas-time!!! There is so much Christmas-y goodness in this collection, and I can’t wait to show it all to you!

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First, let’s talk about what the kit was inspired by and what it is all about. Whenever we have a special event, we do a special kit that is specifically made and themed for the event and the projects that goes with that event/class. In the past we have held our events at Disneyland, and, focusing on a particular Disney theme, they are always filled with Disney magic! For example, the theme for our most recent event was “The Wonderful World of Disney,” which was about vintage Disney and the opening of Disneyland in 1955. While this event isn’t happening at Disneyland, it is all about Disney at Christmas-time, and is therefore chock-full of that Disney magic! You’ll find loads of Christmas imagery but with a Disney spin, like our Mickey ears-wearing Santa, the Mickey ears wreath, our gingerbread mouse, and our festive Small World facade, just to name a few! For more examples, just below you can see a quick overview of the awesome embellishments in the kit (we’ll take a closer look later on)!

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But first, let's take a look at all of the beautiful patterned papers in the kit. As you can see, the color scheme for this collection is composed of traditional Christmas reds and greens, combined with lovely pinks and blues, which reflects the colors you’ll actually see in the parks this time of year. This color scheme helps evoke the vintage-retro feeling I always get when I think about Disney, especially at Christmas-time.

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This vintage-retro vibe especially comes through in the types of patterns in the collection, not just the colors. I love how the patterns came out in this collection. They are super duper cute! And oh so vintage Disney! Let’s talk about my favorites (it’s all of them). To start us off, we have the paper below, appropriately called, “Christmas-land." If you look closely on the front side, you’ll see the tops of the towers of the castle are covered in snow! I love that little detail! And on the back is an awesomely retro, geometric, tear-drop kind of pattern.

The next paper, cheekily titled “Do Ya Wanna Build a Snowmouse?”, is also one of my favorites (as I said earlier). Our little snowmouse on the front is so cute, don’t you think? And on the back is a Christmas stripe, perfect to use as a background for any of your Christmas projects.

The next paper, called “Holly Jolly,” features rows of cute, snow-covered houses, which, I have to say, look extremely cozy and inviting on the inside. And on the back is a familiar, festive script with a Disney twist, reading “have a holly jolly Disney.” I just love it!

This next paper really is one of my favorite favorites! It’s aptly titled “Gingerbread Mouse,” and it features the absolutely cutest gingerbread creation you’ll ever see, flanked, of course, by delicious candy canes. And on the back is a simple black bow pattern, with a lovely soft blue background.

The next paper, called “Christmas Mouse Club,” is obviously another one of my top picks, and you know this is true because we brought back a pattern from our last Disney collection and gave it a Christmas colors update. I love how the whole thing pops now! And on the back is a really neat, retro, circle pattern.

We’ve had a bit of fun with the name for the next paper: “Under the Mouseletoe.” ;-) Our retro Minnie and Mickey are poised and ready to smooch under that famous little plant. And on the back we have a clean and simple mistletoe and Christmas bells pattern, very much like the kind of cute wrapping paper you’d find back in the day.

“Holiday Cheer” is the name of our next paper, and it features a cute, Mickey head ornament on the front. The back though, has to be one of my absolute favorite patterns from this collection. Those two, cute reindeer in pink and blue are obviously smitten with each other (you can tell by the heart hovering between them).

To wrap up our review of the papers in this collection, let’s take a look at the cut-aparts. There is the first one, called “Christmas at the Park,” and the second one, called “All I Want for Christmas is a Castle!” They are filled with fabulous vintage Christmas images like my cute, ginger, Mouseketeer girl, the Christmas tree with the mickey head ornaments, the Sleeping Beauty castle with the snow-covered towers, the Disney Christmas stocking, Small World for Christmas, and vintage-retro Mickey and Minnie of course! And they each have some really pretty vintage-retro patterns on the back of them as well!

Alright, now that we have looked at the pretty patterned papers in the collection, let’s take a look at the embellishments in “Christmas-land,” as promised earlier. This collection has a few really cute embellishments in it. one of which is the ephemera pack. It has some really amazing bits and pieces in it, like my cute little Mickey ears hats, Disney Christmas stockings, and cool script words like “santa” and “Merry Christmas.” And that’s just to name a few!

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These decorative pom-pom paperclips are an embellishment we’ve started including in the past few kits. This pack is slightly different, though (I think for the better!), in that these pom poms are 1” instead of 1.5”, and you get six instead of four. They are great to use as a statement piece on your project or layout and absolutely perfect for planners, mini albums, and December daily’s to highlight or mark your spot on specific pages. I love how the pom pom colors work perfectly with the rest of the collection, and the gold paperclips are a very elegant finishing touch.

Here we have our final embellishment pack for this collection! It’s another one we started including in our kits very recently. The response was very positive, so we decided to do it again, especially since this kind of variety pack works well for the workshop this collection was designed for. But honestly, the bits and pieces you’re getting in this pack will work really well in any Christmas project you happen to be working on. You get six buttons, three glitter star stickers, ten bells in various sizes, and a very healthy amount of awesome Christmas sequins. Not to mention the library card and holder back there! I really love how this variety pack turned out!

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And finally, let’s return to paper and talk about the gorgeous planner divider pages that come in “Christmas-land!” In addition to featuring many of the amazing graphics we’ve talked about already, there are three pages with one side dedicated to taking notes/making lists for Christmas and one page with a side containing a cute, December calendar!

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Let’s take a look at each planner divider individually. We begin with one of my favorites, my cute snowmouse! He looks so dapper in that red and blue scarf! And I love the expression at the top, “It’s a marshmallow world in the winter!” And on the back is a lined page perfect for writing down your favorite memories from this holiday season.

On this next planner page, we return to the Small World facade design originally feature in “The Wonderful World of Disney” collection, only it’s been given a “paint job,” if you will, for the Christmas season! And there’s another lined page on the back for writing down your holiday traditions. Perfect!

To finish up the series of lined note-taking dividers, we have this one meant to write down all your favorite things about this time of year. And on the front is that super-cute design of vintage Minnie and Mickey about to kiss under the mouseletoe, wishing you a “Merry Christmas!”

We continue with a divider featuring the Mickey ears Christmas wreath and a “Joy to the World” sentiment on the front, and that incredibly cute, blue reindeer design on the back. I just can’t get over the cuteness!

I love this phrase divider with the snow-covered Sleeping Beauty castle on the front. The sentiment on the back is a perfect encapsulation of what Christmas (especially a Disney Christmas) means to me.

Here we finally get to see the gingerbread mouse in all his glory! He’s just SO happy to see you! (Don’t tell him he’s about to get eaten all up!) And on the back is a collection of adorable, Christmas-themed Minnie ears. Speaking of which, don’t forget to order your Fairytale ears today (not just for Halloween or Christmas)!

This next planner divider is great because the sentiment on the back, “I love Disney at Christmas-time,” is pretty much the inspiration for the whole collection in one, simple sentence. And how cute is my redhead mouseketeer on the front? She’s so ready for Christmas!

Last but not least we have the planner page I mentioned earlier with the December calendar on the back. It’s great because it’s not pre-filled with any dates or years, so you can use it now, or you can save it for next year or the next or the next or…you get it. And of course, on the front we have my super-cute, psyched-for-Disney-Christmas Santa, sporting his mouseketeer hat on top of his Santa hat!!! Makes you wonder, is that hat just a part of his head at this point?

Alright, so that’s it for this reveal of the new “Christmas-land” collection. I hope you enjoyed it and are as excited about it and in love with it as I am! Of course we would love to see you at the class on Friday (you can still get tickets!), which includes this kit, but even if you can’t make it, you can still join the fun - the collection is up for sale now! Talk to you later everyone!

Hugs! — Andrea

Special Event, Disney Christmas Collection, "Christmas-land," Sneak Peek

Hello there everyone! It is Andrea here, and today I am so excited to share with you a sneak peek at our brand new, Disney Christmas collection, "Christmas-land!” It is a special event collection that I have created just for our new Fairytale Christmas Workshop that is happening this December on the 21st in southern California (click here for more information about this workshop/class and to purchase a ticket). This specialty collection is inspired by Disneyland at Christmas-time. I don't know about you, but I absolutely love Disneyland at Christmas! They always decorate the park so beautifully for the holidays, and it just seems so perfect and magical! For that reason I wanted to create for you a very whimsical and wonderful collection based on that Disney holiday magic!

As per usual, along with the fairytale whimsy that I like to bring to all of my collections, there is also a lot of vintage inspiration, and you will see both of those things in the patterns and the embellishments of "Christmas-land." There is also a whole lot of classic Christmas iconography, but with a very Disney, mousey flavor...if you will. ;-)

I am so excited about this collection! If you are a Disney lover, I think that you will find it perfect for all of your Christmas-time papercrafting projects, whether that is decorating in your planner for Christmas-time, doing some handmade Christmas-time decorations, making a Christmas scrapbook or mini album, working on your December Daily, or documenting a special, Christmas trip to a Disney theme park!

So get ready to purchase your "Christmas-land" kit! The kit will be available for purchase after the full reveal, which is coming real soon...so stay tuned!

For those of you coming to the Fairytale Christmas Workshop, congratulations, this is a sneak peek of the kit you will be getting/working with! Yay!!!

I hope you have enjoyed this sneak peek, and please stay tuned to see all that our special event collection, "Christmas-land," has to offer to help make all your Disney dreams come true!

Hugs everyone and Happy Holidays!!!

Michelle's "December Dreams" Christmas Cards

Hey there, crafty friends and welcome to the most wonderful time of the year! I’m back with another craft, this time using the December Dreams kit from The Fairytale Club. I love the recent trend of using pastel colors for all things Christmas, and so this kit was just perfect for all my crafting needs! First up, I need to knock out Christmas cards.

I think sending cards at the holidays is such a fun way for me to be crafty, and also send someone a little mail to remind them that I’m thinking of them. The first item that caught my eye was the sparkly silver snowflake ornament, of course! Then as I dug into my kit more, I came across the die cuts where I found the tree cup, cupcake, and the sugar plum fairy! I used foam squares to add height and dimension to it, and the first one was finished.

For the next card, I knew that I wanted to use a lot of red. The pink and red polka dot paper made the perfect base! From there, I mounted the red bow paper on to a piece of craft paper, and used red tinsel around that! I love how sparkly the tinsel is. It also reminds me of vintage christmas decorations, which matched perfectly with the Nutcracker die cut piece! Finally, I finished it off with a tag.

Lastly, I knew that with all the sweets and candies in this kit, I just had to do one with that theme! The blue paper with candy designs was just perfect! This card was a bit easier since the pattern on the paper was so cute! Next I fussy cut the candy cane out of one of the pages and added a bit of shimmer with iridescent embossing powder! Then I finished it up with the gingerbread house and a couple die cuts, and there you have a sweet Christmas card!

I love this kit from The Fairytale Club so much, and I can’t wait to work with it some more! Hope you all have a happy and crafty holiday season!

-Michelle

"December Dreams" Collection Full Reveal!!!

Hello there everyone! It is Andrea here and today I am super excited to share with you the full reveal of our newest collection, "December Dreams"! This beautiful Christmas collection is inspired by the new The Nutcracker and the Four Realms movie by Disney, as well as the classic The Nutcracker fairytale ballet! The Nutcracker is a classic Christmas tale that is filled with magic and wonder! Subsequently, I just had to create a collection for you that was filled with that same kind of magic and wonder! To accomplish this, I worked to design patterns and images that I hoped would convey not only the central story of The Nutcracker but also images and patterns that reflect the main characters and, of course, the magical and imaginative lands that can be found in the fairytale. In "December Dreams" you will find fantastic, whimsical beings like the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Nutcracker, of course! You will also find lots of sweet goodies in this collection, like gingerbread men and houses, lollipops, peppermints, etc, which are all indicative of one of the four realms, the Land of Sweets! The other magical lands, or realms, in The Nutcracker are also included in the collection in various ways. For example, you will find lots of snowflakes in patterns as well as embellishments to represent the Land of Snowflakes. I really want "December Dreams" to feel like that same kind of winter wonderland that can be found in The Nutcracker...something so incredible that it must be from a dream! I am so happy to be able to share this collection with you! I think you are going to love it! I know I do!

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Alright, now that I have talked a tiny bit about the inspiration for this collection, I want to go over the patterned paper that comes in "December Dreams" with you. First, let's look at the color scheme that is in the papers/collection. The colors in this collection include the classic Christmas colors of red and green, but I have also added in some other very pretty and happy colors like light pinks, some light and dark aquas, and even a little bit of lavender...all to create a cool, retro vibe.

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The patterned papers in “December Dreams” are really beautiful and magical, and they tell the classic story of The Nutcracker. And, as I go over each patterned paper with you, you’ll probably be able to see how the story comes to life in this collection and why I love it so much. So, for this first pattern, entitled “Land of Snowflakes,” we have a bold aqua on white snowflake pattern on the front and a lovely and large red scallop on the back. Both have a “modern meets retro” feel about them, and they express the happy and whimsical nature of the Land of Snowflakes.

This next paper is called “Clara” after the main character in The Nutcracker ballet. She is a young and beautiful girl who embarks on a dreamlike adventure in a new and amazing world at Christmas time. With this paper I wanted to convey the elegance and sweet innocence of the young lady that is Clara. For the front I created a beautiful black and white pattern of two swans. Both the black and white swans are princesses, wear lovely crowns, and are symbolic of royalty. Since Clara is the rightful ruler of the four realms (as her mother created the realms in Disney’s new version of the story), I thought this would be appropriate. On the back you will find a simple but elegant and pretty pink on pink geometric pattern that I also feel fits well with the girlishness of Clara.

Our next patterned paper is “O Christmas Tree.” On the front of this paper we have a super cute Christmas tree pattern. The tree itself is trimmed with lots of pretty ornaments and other decorations such as candy canes, with of course the traditional star atop it. I chose to do this Christmas tree pattern to represent the large tree that grows at the beginning of the traditional Nutcracker ballet. On the back of the paper I chose to do a sweet, little reindeer pattern. I love and collect deer (especially vintage ones, and especially at Christmas time), and I just felt that the addition of some deer in this Christmas collection was a necessity. I mean, who doesn’t like deer?!

For this next paper, which I have named "The Nutcracker" (for fairly obvious reasons), we have a plethora of Nutcrackers standing at attention in a row, all lined up and ready to serve their duty in the fight against the Rat King...or Mother Ginger as the case may be...depending on which version of The Nutcracker you are watching, the classic, or Disney's new retelling. Either way, this pattern has a whole lot of handsome Nutcrackers all in a row! I love the look of them! And on the back there is a cool, retro looking blue on blue pattern, which is very versatile and useful.

“Land of Sweets” is our next patterned paper, and it’s one of my favorites in this collection! I love all the cute little gingerbread men! In addition to the gingerbread men, there are lollipops and peppermints, and this fun and happy pattern just perfectly conveys the silly and whimsical feeling that can be found in the land of sweets. On the back is a super useful ledger that is perfect for any Christmas time journaling that you might want to do.

This next patterned paper is called “Sugar Plum Fairy.” It’s an explosion of candy and confetti and color, and it is meant to represent the ethereal exuberance of one of my favorite characters in The Nutcracker, the Sugar Plum Fairy herself. On the back we have a retro diamond pattern in a pink, red, and purple color scheme, which is also reminiscent of the Sugar Plum Fairy - her sweetness, her effervescence, and her bold but ladylike demeanor.

Here we have “December Dreams,” named for the collection. I wanted to do a patterned paper that was a December calendar for several reasons. A calendar like this is so incredibly useful and versatile because you can use it for so many Christmas-time crafts! It is perfect to use to make an advent calendar (to countdown the days to Christmas), perfect to use for your December planner (to mark your plans for the holidays), and also, of course, perfect to use for your December Daily (to document the days of December in a special, keepsake scrapbook). Whether you cut the paper up into squares, or leave it all in one piece, this patterned paper is so cute and so perfect to create with! I have also included a few fun little squares with images from the lands of sweets and snowflakes on them, as well as a christmas message. Plus, as a fun and special added detail to this December calendar paper, each calendar day square has a little word at the bottom, all of which are words of the season! On the back of the paper you will find a fun, retro, mid-century modern diamond pattern in aqua. I love the aqua blue and white color-scheme and the light and airy feeling that it has to it. It kind of reminds me of snow falling.

This next patterned paper is called "Land of Flowers," and it is a very pretty and sweet little vintage floral print on the front and a cute and simple little pink on red, vintage pattern on the back. Both sides are very girly and feel like patterns that you might find on some old, vintage, fat-quarter fabric that your grandma would use to make a comfy quilt. Or, at least, that is what they remind me of! Either that or maybe some fabric your grandma used to make you a sweet little dress? The point is, they have a very lovely, vintage fabric feel to them, something you might find among grandma's fabric collection, and I absolutely love that about this paper! This patterned paper is simple, but oh so versatile, and definitely one of my faves!

Now let’s look at the cutapart sheets. Our first cutapart is called “The Fourth Realm.” In this cutapart, we have several different sizes of cute, cutapart goodies. We have several 3x4 cards, several 2x2 cards, some awesome tags and labels, plus more! There’s so much to love about this cutapart sheet, but some of my favorite pieces are the sweet, little, gingerbread man, my beautiful and magical Sugar Plum Fairy, the elegant swan, the mysterious owl, and the adorable gingerbread house. On the back of the cutapart sheet we have a pretty red on white bow pattern that I am in love with as well.

The next cutapart is called, “Key to the Kingdom,” and it has mainly 3x4 cards on it. There are lots of cool, decorative 3x4 cards on this cutapart sheet, such as the “Merry Christmas” card, the sweet, little cupcake, my adorable “tree-cup,” and my check list for the season. However, this paper is named for the pattern on the back, which has the golden key to the Four Realms on it. So cool!

Alright, now that we have looked at all of the beautiful, patterned papers in this collection, let’s now talk about the awesome embellishments that come in "December Dreams." First, let's start with our ephemera pack. We always do an ephemera pack for our collections/kits because I absolutely love ephemera, and obviously so do all of you because our ephemera packs are super popular and our best sellers...yay! And I think our ephemera packs are so loved because they just always have so many super cute and useful pieces inside them. We fill our packs with as many die cut pieces as possible. We really have fun creating these ephemera packs for you and creating lots of adorable little pieces that you can use to embellish your paper crafting projects, and so of course this time was no different. I filled the ephemera pack for “December Dreams” up with lots of beautiful imagery from The Nutcracker that I thought helped to convey the magic of not just that fairytale, but of Christmas itself. There are a lot of really cute and, of course, vintage inspired and whimsical pieces in this pack. Some of my favorites include my Sugar Plum Fairy ballerina, my various sweets and gingerbread men, my Merry sign with the wreath around it, the gingerbread house, the Nutcracker and Nutcracker poster, and so many more pieces!

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Now let’s talk about one of my other favorite embellishments in this collection. Once again we decided to do flair. I always love doing flair in our collections/kits because they are so cute, and they add dimension to your papercrafting projects. The flair in “December Dreams” are all way cute, but I think my favorites are the snowflake and the “Joy!”

This next embellishment in our “December Dreams” collection is our decorative paperclips. These paperclips are fuzzy and adorable, and they come in a few different Christmas colors that match perfectly with the colors in our collection. They are great to use as a statement piece on your project or layout and absolutely perfect for planners, mini albums, and December daily’s to highlight or mark your spot on specific pages.

Now I want to talk to you about a really fun new embellishment that we’ve decided to do for our “December Dreams” collection. I wanted to try something different, so I decided to create our “variety pack.” I had the idea to put together a grouping of various items that I thought helped to convey the fairytale story that the collection was inspired by. In the case of “December Dreams,” I put together very specific and iconic pieces for The Nutcracker inspiration. So, included in this pack you will find things such as various snowflakes and Clara’s golden key to the Four Realms, as well as other goodies. I’m so excited about our new “variety pack.” The concept is really fun and cool, the pieces in the pack add a lot of dimension and texture to your papercrafting projects, and I’m excited to do different ones in the future that will depend on what the collection is.

Alright, now that we have looked at all the amazing embellishments and patterned papers in "December Dreams," let's now look at our glorious Planner pages! I love these Planner pages, they are sooooo cute! And they are perfect for so many papercrafting projects...in addition to of course being perfect as your planner dividers! These pages come in both 6x8 and 4x7 sizes and they work great not only for ringed planners and Traveler's Notebooks, but also for other papercrafting things like cards, banners, and mini-albums, and they are great for framing and decorating with, too! Plus, if you are creating a December Daily this year, or any such December/Christmas documented album, these pages are absolutely ideal! I myself like to create what I refer to as a "Holidaily" each year at this time to document each day of the holiday season, and I love using our decorative 6x8 planner pages for that project because they are perfect for it!

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Let’s now take a look at each of the planner pages individually. First we have our Christmas tree planner page. This cute, retro tree has a bit of a shabby chic look to it, and it’s so pretty, with all the little peppermints and lollipops on it!

This planner page has our gorgeous Sugar Plum Fairy on it. As you can see, I was inspired by the Sugar Plum Fairy in the new Disney version, played by Keira Knightley. I love her big, pink cotton candy hair, and her multi-ruffled dress. I did take some liberties though, adding in ballet shoes and, of course, wings…’cause what is a fairy without her wings!?!?

This next planner page has our majestic Nutcracker on it. He is the hero of the classic Nutcracker ballet story, and so I had to include him as a main staple of our collection, and to feature him on one of our planner pages. Doesn’t he look so handsome!?!

This planner page is one of my favorites. I absolutely love this super adorable gingerbread house. It is too cute for words, with its blue icing and pink doors. I just want to eat it up!

This swan planner page is also a big favorite of mine. These two swans are just too pretty, and I love the border with the crossed keys, too.

This Christmas quote planner page is a good reminder of what this season is all about.

Here we have our gingerbread man planner page! I love this one, too! I love his cute, little face, and his bow tie, and his hearts that he has on his hands and feet. I’m not sure whether to eat him or to give him a big hug!

This “Merry and Bright” quote on this planner page is in a lovely, cursive, brush script, and it just makes me smile.

This next planner page has my sweet, little deer on it. She’s super cute with her blue eyes and her pink bow!

And this last planner page is in the classic red and white for Christmas time, and it just says “DEC” on it, for December. It would be the perfect front dashboard for your December planner, or it would also be perfect for the front page for your December Daily/December Documented mini-album.

And, finally, we have our transparency for this collection. We decided to do a cool, double-sided, metallic-foiled transparency for “December Dreams.” On the front you have a elegant, golden foil on our key to the Four Realms, and on the back, a traditional, Christmas red. Yay!!

Ok! I hope you have enjoyed our full reveal of “December Dreams.” I have so enjoyed sharing with all of you the beautiful, one of a kind, and oh so magical pieces in this collection. You can purchase your kit today - just click here! Don’t miss out, because this collection is super duper beautiful, and definitely perfect for all your magical needs this holiday season. I think you will find that “December Dreams” will help make all your holiday crafty dreams come true!

Hugs everyone and Happy Holidays!!!