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December 18, 2020

2020 Free Holiday Printables

Hello, hello!

I am, as ever, a creature of habit: the annual Advent calendar (this year’s is my absolute favorite to date, by the way), the monthly blog posts, and all the other various habits I’ve cultivated over the years that I uphold with a Pit Bull determination. For the month of December, I created some cute holiday tags and print-at-home goodness for my Patreon members and then remembered that I normally offer up free printables here on the blog during this season.

So I started to play around with a more simplified set of tags and wrapping paper designs and things got a little out of hand.

I created 16 tags:

…and 10 wrapping paper designs (ideal for wrapping very small gifts):

The tags and wrapping paper can be easily printed on 8 x 11.5″ (or A4) paper. I always recommend thicker paper for the tags like this one. I’ve finally figured out how to make seamless repeat patterns, which has been a major learning curve for me. Surface pattern design is SO fun. Most of these were created using Photoshop, but some were done in Adobe Illustrator. I’ve also learned how to use Procreate to make patterns, but I’ve had the best luck with Photoshop so far, especially since I like to use my watercolor illustrations which often don’t vectorize nicely in Illustrator

I hope these come in handy! I may dip my toes into printing some Spoonflower fabrics with a few of my designs in 2021. My mind is now spinning with ideas!

Anyway, since combining all the files into one PDF created a giant document, I had to split them up. Please click on the images below to download the PDF files:

 


 


 

 


 

Let me know if you have any issues!

Alright my friends, I’m wishing you all a festive end of the year! I’m looking forward to posting in January — a fresh new start is exactly what I need. I don’t want to put too much pressure on 2021, but I’ve got high hopes! Cheers!

 

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  1. Greet says

    December 19, 2020 at 12:27 am

    Thank you!

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    • sanae says

      December 26, 2020 at 8:11 am

      💕💕💕💙💙💙💙

      Reply
  2. Jean S. says

    December 19, 2020 at 5:41 am

    I love these illustrations, especially that sweet octopus! I hope you do offer them through Spoonflower. Thank you for sharing them.

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    • sanae says

      December 26, 2020 at 8:11 am

      The octopus has been popular! I’m excited to try Spoonflower!

      Reply
  3. Kim says

    December 19, 2020 at 3:15 pm

    Thank you! These are lovely.

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    • sanae says

      December 26, 2020 at 8:10 am

      You’re very welcome! I loved making these!

      Reply
  4. Tammy says

    January 9, 2021 at 2:34 pm

    Awe, thanks!
    Are you planning to host a SVE 2021 to provide some joy this year?

    Reply
    • sanae says

      January 14, 2021 at 10:03 am

      Hi Tammy! Unfortunately, it’s looking like I’ll have to postpone again since my sewing book publication has been pushed out to 2022 and I’m still working on it along with a few other books. So bummed :(. Thanks for asking!!

      Reply
      • Tammy says

        January 14, 2021 at 5:49 pm

        Such is life 🙂

        Reply

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