I hope you had a wonderful Christmas Day! As it ends (only 20 minutes left!) I finally finished this Collage I worked on when I could! But since Christmas is technically 12 days, I hope you will all continue to enjoy this beautiful season! Looks like Kirk left the Holiday storage compartment open!
I’ve always liked vintage Christmas cards from around the mid-century, and I had noticed that a lot of them have a pink theme to them, making them extra cheery and even soothing. I wondered, was this a creative ploy to attract women to Christmas cards to go along with their pink stoves and refrigerators? How did pink sneak into the palette of overwhelming Red and Green of the season? According to Kate Smith, a color expert,consultant and designer :
“Pink has been definitively linked to toning down aggression, and its use in holding cells for violent criminals has been quite effective…Pink symbolizes youth, good health, and playfulness. It’s the flush of first love and stands for nurturing femininity. It’s used as the symbolic color of the movement to support breast cancer research, and we think of pink as an innocent, cheerful color.”
“As a color of advent, pink or rose is used during Gaudete Sunday, or the third Sunday of Advent in the Catholic Church. The color pink doesn’t just represent love and joy, but also reveal the shift of the season from repentance towards celebration. The candle of joy or the Shepherd candle, which happens to be the third Advent wreath candle is pink in color.”
Of course Red and Green represent the sacrifice and birth of Jesus, but pink reminds us innocence and love, and that Christmas is coming (sometimes too soon!) It’s a time to celebrate. The pink-infused Christmas greetings of the past mid-century surely instill a sense of calm. It is a soft color of tenderness and affection. Yet pink creeped into our Christmas pallet long before then. In some Victorian images, Father Christmas was portrayed in pink. Maybe pink recalls sunrise or sunset on the sparkling snow. But I think over all that the idea of a ‘Pink Christmas” just came about because it’s so darn pretty! It’s a happy candy-colored fantasy, and truly makes for a joyful statement.
All these pink images peppered my imagination with ideas of a Pink Christmas Wonderland Collage, and here was the result. I gotta get my tree up! Have a safe and beautiful Christmastime everyone and may all your Christmases have some Pink!
Hi Everyone, Today is the last day of Hanukkah, and the 5th day of Christmas. Sorry I didn’t get this out sooner, but I was working on my most recent Trek Holiday collage and it took longer than I thought it would be! (Lots of digital cut and paste) I also made a simpler holiday post earlier, with Spock playing his lyre! And of course just yesterday was Nichelle Nichols 87th birthday, and I made a little poster for her too! <3 . Be sure to scroll down to see all of them! Thank you my readers for checking out my blog now and then. And I send you all blessings for this holiday season, and may 2020 bring you good health, much happiness, blessings, and serenity. Here’s a taste of my Holiday ‘Greatest Hits’ Love you All, Therese xo
Merry Christmas Everyone!!   When I came across this picture the other day, well, this silly joke seemed inevitable to me!  Who’d like to help Spock with the tree lights?
Have a beautiful Christmas and Holiday Everyone! And a Blessed, Peaceful New Year!   Love, Therese xoxo <3
I’m now selling my T-shirt designs (as TessB) on teepublic.com!
Need a Gift for a Trekkie? Check out my “Sponge Trek” designs here as well as my Floral and Christmas collage ones! I only have four designs now, but more will follow soon!
The designs are available in a variety of Tee Shirts and Hoodies in all sizes, and many different colors of your choice, as well as household items like mugs, magnets, phone covers and more! Everything is on sale TODAY ONLY (November 23) Â so you can get your Christmas shopping done early!
You can find all my designs HERE:Â Happy Holidays and Thanks! Love, Therese Here’s some pics of the items!
Hi Everyone!  I hope you’re all having a happy and safe Christmas and Holiday Season!  And I thank you all for your continued interest in my little site.  I look forward to posting much more in 2018, and hope to hear from you in the comments! Bless you all and thanks again, LLAP, and here’s my tree! – Therese xo
It’s the most Trek-iful time of the year! I looked up Trek and Christmas and came up with this:
First, these adorable Trek Christms Cards from nafftastic on Etsy. I love that Uhura is a singing angel, although I think Scotty should have the red Rudolph nose and Spock should definitely be an Elf!