Their home doubles as a workshop where papier-mâché, painting, sanding, photography, pattern-making, graphic design, and illustration blend seamlessly with daily life.
Johanna Parker Design is a cottage-based creative studio in Colorado run by artist Johanna Parker and her husband, JP d’Andrimont. Their home doubles as a workshop where papier-mâché, painting, sanding, photography, pattern-making, graphic design, and illustration blend seamlessly with daily life. Johanna’s love of art and vintage whimsy, deeply influenced by her Halloween birthdate, gave rise to her signature “spooky-sweet” style, which first gained recognition through grinning black cats and
Charles Dickens’s 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol, played a pivotal role in shaping the modern celebration of Christmas.
The word “Christmas” originates from the Old English Crīstesmæsse, meaning “Christ’s Mass.” First recorded in 1038, it refers to the liturgical1 celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Other names include Nativity, derived from Latin nativitas (“birth”), and Noël, from Old French noël (“Christmas season”).
