Die-Cut Diversions

Fall Classroom Cork-board

Every September in grade school, in classroom and cafeteria, there would go up the cork-board decorations for Autumn. October was Halloween with pumpkins and scarecrows, and November was Thanksgiving with Pilgrims and cornucopias, but the default decoration for September was Fall-themed, with harvest and leaf-change. Although Fall does not technically start for a few weeks, here are a few nostalgic mood tones.

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Happy Easter 2011!

Denizens of Dennison's

A cartload of Christmas cut-outs, culled from commercial computer conveyers.

The Santa I See

These cardboard die-cuts (most of them by Dennison) are the sort that used to hang in classrooms when I was a kid, and this is how I picture Santa: a robust rather than obese character, jolly, hale, ruddy, and just a little intimidating in an energetic, larger-than-life manner. This image is, I expect, very influenced by the famous Coca-Cola ad Santas. I like a Santa with a touch of green, whether it be a sprig of holly or a pair of mittens: it softens the rather severe red and white.