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Christmas Countdown #25envelopes/12 : Gingerbread House


 12 December Christmas Countdown #25envelopes - today is National Gingerbread House Day.

 From  National Day Calendar : Gingerbread House Day on December 12th recognizes a family tradition for many around the country. 

We can thank the Brothers’ Grimm for a gingerbread house ... . Through their tale of Hansel and Gretel, they introduce an evil witch who lives in a house made of gingerbread. It didn’t take long for the German gingerbread guilds to pick up the idea. Soon, they put gingerbread houses to a more festive use making snowy cottages made from the spicy-sweet treat.

I didn’t realise until this morning that there was even such a day ! It was then obvious that today’s envelope had to relate to gingerbread - one of our family’s favourite Christmas treats. This wasn’t as easy to interpret this in fabric and paper as I thought it would be ... I used free motion stitching , lace , ricrac braid and coloured pencil to represent the traditional white icing. Fortunately I had a little gingerbread button which seems to bring this collage together. All I can say about the postage stamp is that somehow it is appropriate !



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