Christmas Colouring Pages

Every year it happens that between the second and the third Advent Sunday I realize that Christmas is actually quite near, and I begin to think Christmas cards and all the gifts I would like to sew or draw or paint. And I always end up doing something that I didn't plan. This time I ended up drawing Christmas colouring pages. (And now it is actually too late for posting any gifts and cards, so... Well. My family is used to get their Christmas presents at Midsummer - or later!)

Anyway. I thought it would be nice to share these colouring pages here in my blog. I know that there is already about twenty-three thousand wonderful Christmas colouring pages on this planet, but perhaps not yet any with a grumpy St. Lucia squirrel and a reindeer who is wrapping himself with wrapping paper. And I think there is always need for a grumpy St. Lucia squirrel. (Today is St. Lucia's day, by the way!) So here you are, my tiny Advent time gift for you!

Christmas Tree

Reindeer, owl and a squirrel are preparing for Christmas with my cat Astrid. One of the Three Wise Men has lost his way. A link to a PDF-file of this colouring page: HERE (link not available anymore)

Aurora Borealis

Some dwellers of the forest are having a Christmas Eve's prayer. A link to a PDF-file of this colouring page: HERE (link not available anymore)

Mister Vilhelmi Fox

"Mr Fox is writing his Christmas sermon." So says the text in the drawing. I left the pages of the books blank, so that you can decide what he is doing! (Because if you don't know any Finnish, the text under the picture is kind of irrelevant. Ok, you do know now what is written there. But you can still decide that he is Dumledore making his notes of whatever.)  A link to a PDF-file of this colouring page: HERE (link not available anymore)

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These colouring pages are all scaled for A4 size. Notice that Aurora Borealis and Mr Fox need horizontal printing! I have scanned these drawings at a resolution of 600 dpi. My print tests look ok, so I hope you will got satisfying printing results, too!

Of course you know all those nice things how you use other's art in Internet, but I still remind you: Please, print the picture only for your own use. Share only coloured versions of the picture in social media. And finally, please, mention the origin of the picture (Elina Järvinen @sinihanhi_colours in Instagram), if you share a picture of your coloured version in social media. Thank you! And happy colouring! And, of course, happy Christmas!

Little Fox's Rain Dance coloring picture

It's already cold outside (actually a little bit in inside too, at least in this apartment) and autumn colors are at their best. There has been some lovely and cosy rainy days, and soon there will be so many more rainy days, that many of us not feel them lovely anymore. For the moment when autumn rain begins to feel annoying, you can print this Little Fox's Rain Dance coloring page from here (link not available anymore). You can stay inside and just color and sip your tea or coffee or hot chocolate and let a little fox to get wet instead of you. Fox's name is Po Kettu, and he is very fluffy, very young and very happy.

EDIT... Or, if you want to colour something a little bit melancholic, you can print a picture of Rebekka Kettu from here (link not available anymore). Rebekka Kettu ('kettu' is 'a fox' in Finnish) is Po's sister and she is a very dreamy young lady.

'Lokakuu' is 'October' in Finnish. (Don't print this - use the link above.)

Of course you know all those nice things how you use other's works in Internet, but I still remind you: Please, print the picture only for your own use. Share only colored versions of the picture in social media. And finally, please, mention the origin of the picture (Elina Järvinen @sinihanhi in Instagram), if you share a picture of your colored version in social media. Thank you! And happy coloring!

Renaissance Inspired Cinderella Gown for a doll, part 4: The Drama Queen

The first three posts of this gown you'll find under the label Disney Style Renaissance Inspired Cinderella Gown. The first post was about sewing the dress, the second was about the shift and in the third was photos of finished gown without a doll. This post is maybe a bit more about Flavia The Drama Queen than about the gown itself.

 She is such a theatrical girl! (Sleeves with organza ribbon.)

Ok, Flavia, this is maybe a bit too much.

 I'm happy that I finally got silk ribbon for the sleeves.

Now that Flavia has done so much theatrical posing she feels that she is able to do some neutral poses to present the gown.

And here we are again. Although this is quite moderate theatricality. (She is quoting Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet, I guess.)

 P. S. Did I tell you why it's a Cinderella gown? Well, of course because it's blue.

Renaissance Inspired Cinderella Gown for a doll, part 3: finished gown

(This post is about making the gown, this post is about the chemise of the outfit.)

Huge sleeves and a tiny-tiny train. Well, it's more like an overlong hem in the back. Well, aren't overlong hems called trains? Or is there a particular measurement that defines when it is a train and when it is an overlong hem?

I replaced the light blue organza ribbons of the sleeves with cream-yellow silk ribbons. And I took photos with the silk ribbons. But I can't find those photos...

The front part of the skirt is made from silk taffeta. All hems (and many seams) of this costume are hand stitched. Hand stitches are not as even as machine stitches (at leas my hand stitches are not), but I like the overall image of hand stitched (period) doll clothes. The image is kind of soft.

The front piece of the skirt is lined.

There is quite a lot of fabric in the back.

Synthetic velvet is not easy to handle (at least for me), but its softness is a good thing when you are sewing doll clothes. As you can see, it drapes beautifully.

I say this hook and eye closing is quite invisible! Yay!

The bodice part of the dress is lined with cotton.

Here you can almost see that the sleeves are lined also. Because of lining, the sleeves are very puff, not flat.

Tiny rings on shoulders and sleeves are for attaching sleeves to the bodice.

Next I'll post photos of my drama queen doll, Flavia, with this dress!

Very Cute Bridesmaids for The Royal Wedding

My dear doll girls wanted to be bridesmaids today. They forced me to give my best laces to them and then they began to ice themselves with Stuff:

Wow. I say this is something!

At this point I had to tell them that I don't have enough lace for everyone if they continue this way. They are wise girls, and after a short discussion they let me help with their decorations.

(This photo is here because it's romantic.) 

So. Here you are! Some bridesmaids for the royal wedding! (They were totally definite that bridesmaids do need veils.)

 Sigrid's style is very simple and aristocratic.

 Anna didn't want to give away her lace topping. It was ok.

Ester wanted to have a bertha like queen Victoria did have in her wedding.

 Something glamorous for Roísín. Like always.

And something delicate for Evangeline.

(This photo is here because I wanted to put it here.)

And finally group photos:

 I must say that this glamorous group of bridesmaids overruns the glamour of the Windsors!