"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

2020 Advent Calendar [1] – Imajanation

Imajanation is the nickname of a London-based illustrator and artist and you can find her blog at https://imajanation.co.uk/. On her Etsy shop, you can find Christmas cards in large and small format, stickers and, although not strictly festive, I think the “magical characters” theme is also very nice (bookmark, badges, stickers). In the header of this post, an enlargment of the Nutcracker illustration, which is my personal favorite.

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