Check it out – our first new column of the year right out of the gate!
My favorite desktop wallpaper always includes a calendar, the more minimal and modern the better. Last year I never really found one that I loved, so this year I decided it was time to design one of my own instead. Each month will bring a new desktop calendar download with a fresh color scheme.
Like I’ve mentioned, I’m way behind on just about everything this holiday. Between election madness, the state of the world, and 2016 as a whole I’m just not really feeling the holiday spirit quite like I normally do. I have yet to wrap any gifts other than the ones that have been sent off to faraway friends, zero cookies have been baked, and I still have no clue what to get my 92-year-old Grandma. If you’ve run out of some wrapping supplies or you just like free stuff, download these 24 holiday printables and remember that the season is all about love and togetherness, and it’s the thought that always counts most.
Patterned Gift Wrap + Gift Tags from The Beauty Dojo
HOHOXO Gift Tags from The Sweetest Occasion
Cards + Gift Tags from Free People
Gift Tags from Today’s Creative Life
Marbled Wrap from The Lovely Drawer
Gift Wrap from Craftberry Bush
Gift Tags for Handmades from Small + Friendly
Gift Tags from The Merrythought
Holiday Stickers from The Merrythought
Gift Tags + Stickers from Jessica Keala
Gift Wrap from Almost Makes Perfect
Gift Tags from The Beauty Dojo
Thank You Cards + Envelopes from Melissa Esplin
Posted In christmas, downloads, holidays, living, round up, series
This holiday we’ve teamed up with surface pattern designer Vivian Kvitka, aka the Good Viv, to bring you a gorgeously illustrated printable! Vivian created art full of wintery holiday windows, constellations, and stars that was turned into gift wrap and tags for you to print and cover your gifts with. The mustard and indigo lend themselves to all December holidays, whichever you celebrate, and can be used all winter long. The download includes colored as well as black and white versions of the gift tags, letter-sized sheets, and 11 x 17″ sheets. Enjoy!
Download Winter Nights Gift Wrap + Tags HERE
Halloween was always played up as the best holiday at my house as a kid, which is probably why it remains my favorite to this day. I love the childhood innocence involved, as well as the more macabre side you learn about a few years later. My house is all decorated – maybe you’ve already seen it on social media – and I’ll be sharing more about that tomorrow. But for now here are four dozen All Hallows’ Eve treats I think you’ll love!
1/ 2-Ingredient Ghost Chocolate Cups 2/ Caramel Apple Sangria 3/ Screaming Face Print
4/ DIY Ghost Tassels 5/ Hand Painted Floral Pumpkin 6/ DIY No-Sew Monster Trick-or-Treat Bags
7/ DIY Paper Leaf Fall Garland 8/ Double Double Toil and Trouble Print 9/ Halloween Devotional Candles
10/ DIY Ghost Pinatas 11/ Moon Garland 12/ Printable Fang Treat Bags
13/ Printable Spooky Treat Bags 14/ S’mores Caramel Apple 15/ Skull Placemats
16/ Surprise Bloody Cake 17/ 3-Ingredient Hatchet Cookies 18/ Creepy Chocolate Chip Cookies
19/ DIY Bloody Baubles 20/ DIY Gilded Insect Faux Taxidermy 21/ DIY Marbled Candles
22/ DIY Optical Illusion Pumpkins 23/ DIY Skull Cake Plate 24/ Glow in the Dark Skull Pillow
25/ Skull Wall Decal 26/ Kitchen Sink Halloween Chocolate Bark 27/ Black Crow Doormat
28/ Printable Halloween Art 29/ Printable Spell Book Covers 30/ Sanderson Sister Black Sangria
31/ Sophisticated-Spooky Chalk Poster Set 32/ Vulture Print 33/ Beyond is All Abyss Necklace
34/ Creepy Eyeball Lollipops 35/ DIY Fornasetti Trays 36/ DIY Halloween Silhouette Plates
37/ DIY Marbled Indigo Pumpkins 38/ DIY Paint Pen Pattern Pumpkins 39/ DIY Sun Dyed Treat Bags
40/ Halloween Banner 41/ Hand Pillow 42/ Ladies Mannequin Hands
43/ Paper Bats Wreath 44/ Printable Spooky Candy Poppers 45/ Halloween Ornament Set
46/ Skull Chart 47/ Spooky Swirled Meringue Cookies 48/ DIY Wax Dipped Flowers
This year Easter is going to be exceptionally low-key in my family. One person will be out of town at the NCAA basketball tournament, a few people just moved into a new house and are still getting settled, and yet a few others have to work. Some holidays are just like that, and this is one of them. I’ll still be dyeing eggs Saturday as usual and maybe even making a batch of hot cross buns for the first time ever! Love these twenty ideas for fun DIYs and egg decorating below.
ROW 1: Chocolate Dipped Cadbury Mini Egg Blondies // DIY Bunny Boxes ROW 2: DIY Copper Wire Easter Baskets // DIY Easter Bunny Cactus Planter // Crazy Peep Milkshakes ROW 3: DIY Faceted Easter Egg Place Card Holders // Foliage Easter Eggs // DIY Giant Origami Bunnies ROW 4: Painterly Pink and Gold Easter Eggs // DIY Woven Paper Basket // Tropical Leaf Easter Eggs ROW 5: Marbled Indigo Eggs // Easter Bread // Easter Egg Cream ROW 6: Giant Knit Bunny // Marbled Easter Eggs Using Food Coloring // Miffy Chocolate Cookies ROW 7: Paint Splattered Easter Eggs // Printable Easter Cones // Wood Grain Fold Art Flower Easter Eggs
Posted In downloads, easter, entertaining, food, holidays, kids, living, make it, recipes, round up, seriesLately I feel like I’m being pulled in about ten different directions, and it’s really become the norm. Aside from needing to work on my work/life balance and learning to say no more often, I’ve also come to value what little free time I have. With that thought in mind and the idealisms of the holidays nearly upon us, I’ve tracked down twelve DIY advent calendars and twelve to buy. Because it’s really all about picking and choosing our battles, right?
ROW 1: DIY Advent Calendar // Printable Mountain Advent Calendar // Printable Advent Calendar Christmas Countdown ROW 2: Printable Winter Village Advent Calendar // Last Minute DIY Advent Calendar // Printable Advent Calendar ROW 3: DIY Paint Dipped Advent Calendar Bottles // DIY Lattice Advent Calendar // DIY Advent Calendar ROW 4: DIY Geo Advent Calendar // DIY Copper Advent Calendar // DIY Christmas Countdown Candle
ROW 1: 3D Advent Village Calendar // Chocolate Truffle Advent Calendar // Advent Calendar Box Set ROW 2: Advent Calendar Display Box // Advent Calendar Set with 24 Bags // Advent Calendar ROW 3: Advent Eraser Kit // Candy Countdown // Graphic Advent Calendar with Stickers ROW 4: Modern Craft Advent Calendar Kit // Scandinavian Advent Calendar // Wooden Activity Advent Calendar
Posted In christmas, downloads, holidays, living, make it, round up, series
Last month I shared the bright summer desktop wallpaper I created with HP’s Sprout all-in-one desktop and its revolutionary scanning capabilities (check out #GoMakeThings to see how others are getting super creative!). Now they’ve released a 3D capture stage, a brand new accessory that allows you to scan objects in full 3D to print or use however you wish.
The stage easily plugs into a USB port on the Sprout and shows you exactly where to position the device. I had a lot of fun scanning random things – an air plant, a binder clip, etc – as I tried to test the devices limits and strengths. Organic shaped objects scan best, and things that are shiny or transparent aren’t going to do well.
This teakwood hand has been in my possession for a few years and I absolutely love its shape and detail. Creating a print with it captured from different perspectives seemed really interesting to me and just the sort of job that the 3D capture stage would be perfect for.
The capture stage scanned my hand in several different positions, instructing me as it went. I loved that I could do as many scans as necessary (at least three are recommended) to stitch together the object, and it was so rad to watch it become more complete with each pass.
I used the touchscreen to flip the newly scanned hand every which way to inspect for any holes and found none. At this point I was finished scanning and it was time to edit the end result. After messing around with color and texture I settled on four organic looks, then saved 2D images of the hand from each side as well as from the front and back. These are what I would use to create my print.
I created a new project and with the flick of a finger moved the files from the image library to the touchpad. I scaled down all of the hand views and arranged them just like I wanted the end print to look. I sent it straight to the printer, popped it in a frame, and voila! – new mantel art.
Download your own copy by clicking on the image below.
For personal use only.
This post sponsored by HP. All words and opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that help keep Design Crush create fresh content!
Posted In behind the scenes, create, downloads, paper goods, prints, series, sponsored post
I have two things on the brain lately: summer and the color pink. In my mind the two just go together in a no brainer sort of way. I had the chance to team up the two when HP kindly asked me to try out their latest innovative product, Sprout.
Sprout is a touch-screen Windows PC that has a touch-sensitive mat and projection surface where you’d expect to see a keyboard. The interface is surprisingly simple. The mat and the monitor act like two screens, and you can seamlessly drag objects between the two to create. The hood that extends over the screen is called the Illuminator and includes a scanner, depth sensor, camera, and projector. It’s responsible for projecting that second screen onto the mat, but users can also photograph objects and make 3D scans with its help. Total magic. Don’t feel like using the touchscreen? That’s cool, just unsnap the pad and use the keyboard that comes with Sprout.
I’d recently squirreled away a pack of ombre tissue paper and knew it would be perfect for the creation I had in mind. The first thing I did was lay out a piece on the pad and scan it with a single touch of my finger on the screen. Then I cut out letters to spell out SUMMER and arranged them on the pad beneath the Illuminator. Another touch of that blue camera icon on the screen and we were in business.
After pulling both images that I’d just scanned from the monitor to the projected screen on the pad, and just a little manipulation, I’d created a fun and bright desktop wallpaper design. It took a total of about 15 minutes and I loved getting to use my hands in conjunction with Sprout. Nearly all of my design work take place on a machine these days, and I can’t tell you how good it felt to create something more analog once again.
Download the SUMMER desktop wallpaper here
This post is sponsored by Sprout by HP. As always all words and opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that support Design Crush
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02/ HOT TEA transformed a pool on Roosevelt Island with technicolor.
03/ Intense rope masks by BertJan Pot.
04/ The Ecocapsule is solar-powered, allowing you to live off the grid anywhere you please.
05/ Loving this shadow creating You Are Here umbrella by Nadiah Alsagoff.
06/ Check out the world’s first hanging “zome” – Kodama Zome.
07/ Kickstart this! Vinyl Moon would release mixtape on vinyl! (And they’re pretty!)
08/ Update your phone background with these patterns from Cotton & Flax.
09/ SoAwkward pulls together the most awkward moments from Twitter in one app.
10/ The credit card-sized Light Phone does just one thing – make calls!
This week on Design Crush:
Feeling inspired by Michela Picchi‘s saturated work.
A photo story behind the inspiration of Pine & Boon‘s product development.
Three cheers for caftans!
We previewed a new series – PGH Maker Profile: Redraven Studios.
Good sound is key to summer, check out these 8 portable speakers.
Kristin Martsincic’s Pool Series is utterly refreshing to view.
The Food for Though Book Collection is pure brilliance.
I worked some magic to create a welcoming front porch.
