December always makes me want to create something a little more magical.
Not necessarily traditional Christmas.
Just that feeling of opening the curtains on a cold morning, finding tiny lights everywhere, wrapping presents, drinking something warm and imagining that for a few weeks the everyday world has become slightly more beautiful than usual.
And that thought eventually became Snow Globe Stories.
A tiny world under glass
The original idea started with snow globes.
I love the idea that every snow globe contains its own tiny story. A carousel frozen in snow. A little house waiting behind glowing windows. A Christmas tree under a glass dome. A miniature shop somewhere you almost wish you could step inside.
Once I started thinking about the collection that way, I didn’t want to design one big Christmas scene.
I wanted to create lots of tiny stories.
So December slowly filled with wrapped parcels, pastel ice skates, a winter mailbox, little suitcases, snowy houses, candy, flowers, festive drinks and, of course, plenty of snow globes.
Definitely not a traditional Christmas palette
I knew very quickly that I didn’t want red and green for this collection.
December collections can start to look very similar, and I wanted this one to feel instantly different when you opened your Club envelope.
So I went in almost the opposite direction.
Icy turquoise. Aqua. Snowy white. Bright candy pink.
There are tiny warmer details here and there, but the overall collection stays fresh, bright and slightly dreamy.
It also means you can use these stickers well beyond Christmas itself. They work for winter journaling, December planning, memory keeping, gift pages and those quiet January days when you’re absolutely not ready to remove all the pretty winter things yet.
Designing the little details
Some of my favourite illustrations are actually the smaller ones.
The pastel skates. The tiny candy cane. Presents piled on top of each other. Little glass ornaments. A suitcase covered with travel details.
Those are the pieces I imagine appearing in the corners of planner pages, beside journal entries or layered into scrapbook spreads.
Then there are the larger illustrations that tell more of a story on their own, like the carousel inside its snow globe and the snowy pastel house.
I wanted the collection to have a good mix of both, so you can create a full decorative spread or just add one tiny winter detail.
And then came the vinyl stickers…
For the larger vinyl pieces I wanted something that felt more like a little keepsake than simply another illustration.
One became Winter Magic, with the carousel snow globe.
Another became Waiting for a Miracle, which feels a little softer and more thoughtful.
I love that both still belong completely to Snow Globe Stories, but they each have their own personality.
A new Club chapter
December is also part of the new version of the Art Monthly Club.
The Club is now subscription only, which means I’m able to design each collection specifically for the people who are actually receiving it every month rather than treating it like another regular shop release.
It feels much more like the Club I originally wanted to create: something small, collectible and special that arrives each month.
And there is one extra little part of every subscription too.
All active subscribers receive an exclusive coordinating printable freebie every month, created especially to go with that month’s theme.
Snow Globe Stories is open now ❄️
The December Club is available to subscribe to until November 21.
After that, Snow Globe Stories disappears into the archive and I move on to the next story.
Club parcels are planned to ship on November 25.
I hope this one brings a little bit of winter magic to your desk.
Jane 🩷