The original photograph is a marvellous shot of the Art Nouveau building designed by Paul Hankar for a late 19th century florists in Brussels. I downloaded it a couple of years ago from Wikimedia. I’d always wanted to do something with it but the resolution was low. I looked for it again recently, having lost the image during the computer saga of this time last year, and downloaded it once more. I resized it with Perfect Photo Suite and while it would not have passed muster on its own, I knew that a duplicate in Overlay mode, would enable me to transform it into a high-resolution Christmas treat.
Everything Christmassy that has been added, such as the angel and baby top left, the Father Christmas bottom right, the holly over the door, the ‘Compliments of the Season’ etching top right and so forth, is from The Graphics Fairy, apart from a painting by Eloise Harriet Stannard (1829–1915) called Christmas Still Life, also from Wikimedia, which is bottom right behind Santa. The eagle-eyed will realise it’s the same still life I used a detail from to create the most recent book cover makeover.
A goose never voted for an early Christmas. Irish Saying
At Christmas play and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
Thomas Tusser “The Farmer’s Daily Diet”
Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. Charles Schulz
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder
“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?”
― Bob Hope
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Take care and keep laughing!
First Night Design 
I particularly like this as a Christmas design….it speaks of a time when the season was not commercialised in the way it is today….Beautiful. Have a lovely day and keep smiling my friend:) xx
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Bless you!
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What a glorious picture. The feel of Christmas from every corner.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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Thanks so much, David!
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Gorgeous retro design Sarah, as Janet says harks back to a less c commercialised era of Christmas – says she, busy stocking her boutique to the gunnels in hopes of some excessive Christmas spending, ah well, we have to make a living!
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Stock away and here’s to a record-breaking season! Delighted you like my design.
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I cross my fingers and send you my thanks Sarah!
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Fabulous design Sarah – particularly like the idea of the gift bag – nice! 🙂
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It’s a bit neat, the gift bag, isn’t it! Thanks so much.
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Beautiful and very classy. And it works perfectly in most objects. 🙂
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Bless you, Olga!
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This reminded me of the delightful small shops in Burlington Arcade, and your seasonal additions worked very well indeed. It makes a great festive cushion too!
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Oh, yes! Good old Burlington Arcade. Would that all shops still looked like they used to. Sighs.
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Gorgeous.
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Thanks so much, Gigi.
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Amazing Christmas theme and design Sarah – love seeing it on the wide-variety of items. Reminds me of the old days when store-front windows were elegantly decorated for the season. This is another favorite.
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Bless you, Mary!
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So creative! Very nice!
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Much thanks, Syd!
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