Creative Advent 2014 was a great success! On it's first day it had over 150 fans on Facebook. To date, the page has had 382 likes and 96 tweets! As far as I know, it reached from Sydney all the way around to New York.
I had so much lovely feedback! One person told me they looked at it every day whilst they had their breakfast. I had a few emails from complete strangers thanking me for it.
I would love this to gain in popularity in 2015. You can help by following the facebook page here: www.facebook.com/CreativeAdvent or by following this blog.
If you would like to submit a piece in the 2015 advent calendar, please comment on this post and I will contact you with more details towards the end of September 2015.
See the whole advent calendar here: www.charlottevogel.com/advent2014
Seasons Greetings and Good Cheer
By Karl Newson in Norwich, England
A little something to wish you well and keep the good cheer rolling!
See more from Karl Newson: karlnewson.co.uk
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Peace
By Frazer Jones in Norwich, England
Highlighting the importance of not giving up on seeking out peace
in an increasingly fractured and materialistically driven world.
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Message in the Snow
By Emma Chiplin in London, England
Music by Lullatone
A short animation of a crafted little snowman and his family.
See more from Emma: emmachiplin.com
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A Forest
By Leo Nickolls, England
Quite often in my job my favourite sketches won't get picked and I'll often sit and wonder what the finished result would look like. This is one of those roughs that I re-opened and finished! Originally this was for a book called 'Gone are the Leaves', a modern fairytale, but actually may end up on a different book cover next year...
See more from Leo:
leonickolls.co.uk
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Robin
By Kerry Dawn Illustration in Lincoln, England
The Robin is hand drawn with coloured biros. Kerry's work is influenced by her memories of growing up in Derbyshire and time spent with her family.
Robins are significant for Kerry, especially since her beloved Grandad passed away. Through out the year, whenever Kerry has a sighting of a Robin, she feels her Grandad and is reminded of him. Christmas was a much loved family celebration with Kerry's Grandparents, and a Robin's presence feels especially poignant and significant this time of year.
See more from Kerry:kerrydawnillustration.com
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8th December
By Marcel M. from Stuttgart in Germany
Find out more about Marcel by looking for him in the Bonnie & Clyde pub in Stuttgart.
Helping hands and minds:
Anne J. – advice, encouragement, voice
Henning L. – technical support
Manuel M. – all audio; mocca-studios.de
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Flores de Noche Buena
By Deborah Ballinger Illustrations in Nottingham, England
'Flores de Noche Buena', or 'Flowers of the Holy Night' is inspired by the old Mexican legend of how the Poinsettia flower came to be. The story goes that a poor Mexican girl, on her way to Christmas Eve services, felt sad at having nothing to give to baby Jesus. Reminded that any gift is a treasure, she plucks a bunch of weeds into a bouquet, and as she presents them at the nativity scene beautiful bright red stars fall to earth, transforming her weed bouquet into a beautiful bunch of red flowers. Even to this day, the shape of the Poinsettia flower represents the star of Bethlehem and the red leaves of the blood of Christ.
Download the poster here and print it out to re-tell this story, or to remind yourself of the importance of giving this Christmas season.
See more from Deborah Ballinger Illustrations: deborahballinger.co.uk
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