Not because we've run out of ideas, I hasten to add! but because the city is such a rich source of Christmassy inspiration, we couldn't resist another visit. Since then we've travelled to the seaside, to the Cotswold hills, to a Christmas Market in an unnamed European city, to Edinburgh, to the Nordic countries and the Alps (twice) and we've travelled in time too, to Victorian London and a posh Edwardian country house and each time we've had fun exploring the Christmas traditions, culture and music of these places and periods.Īnd now, ten years later, we're returning home to London. While the first Advent Calendar was based in a fictional Christmassy village, for our second effort in 2011 we decided on a real-life location, and we chose the bright lights and sights of our capital city London.
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Not wishing to disappoint the founder, we all knuckled down to several months of hard work, and happily, the resulting product was an immediate hit and ensured the start of an annual tradition. Way back in 2010 it was Jacquie herself who had the bright idea of making an animated Advent Calendar. A nice selection of music by Grieg was added as accompaniment et voilà!Īlthough we called it Christmas Cutout (JL fans will be familiar with our alliteration addiction) it actually makes an attractive card for any general wintry greetings, not just for Christmas. Once all these pieces of paper had been cut out and scanned, it was David's job to bring them to life and create a pretty wintry scene. Apparently she was trailing tiny paper offcuts around her house and garden for days afterwards! And having come up with a rough design, Bev then spent hour after hour after hour with sheets of paper and a tiny pair of scissors, cutting out an entire forest of trees, not to mention the animals and undergrowth and everything else that went into the card.
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The inspiration for our Christmas Cutout card originated (as so often) with a paper equivalent: 3D pop-up cards. Following on from my equally alliterative Paper Posies post below, it seems that ideas for new cards, and for new ways of making them, just keep on coming.