One Stop for Multi-Purpose Christmas Images
Holiday Graphics for Inexpensive Craft Projects and Gift Giving
Nov 6, 2008
Dover, for decades the leader in providing graphic images for print publications, has—in the internet era—carved out other niches that serve crafts people and offer an array of gifts ready to go.
The Dover image repository of hundreds of thousands of graphic images covers virtually all subjects with offerings that range from line drawings to quality copies of paintings by renowned artists across the centuries.
For Children at Christmas
Attention grandparents: for children on the shopping list, Dover has Christmas coloring books. Children can color Santa, snowmen and other familiar objects, or can progress to theme coloring books, such as one focused on religious stained glass.
Attention parents: When obtaining a Christmas coloring book early enough, children can color stained glass windows, snowmen, reindeer and other holiday images. By taking the finished product--naturally with the child’s signature and the year on it—a parent can frame it and give it to older relatives for Christmas. They will be thrilled!
Other children’s gifts include theme-based Dover fun kits, which come with not only coloring books, but also stencils, stickers, removable tattoos and other entertaining treats. Some of the educational and entertaining topics are Christmas crafts, horses, exploring ancient Egypt, snowflake designs, life in ancient Japan, the American Civil War, knights, sharks, airplanes and rain forest animals.
For Adults at Christmas
Here is artwork for making Christmas cards, highlighting a 2008 Christmas scrapbook, or producing tree ornaments and making gifts.
Gifts for dad: There are how-to-do-it illustrated presentations on planning, designing and building decks, an info kit for planing, designing and building a storage shed or barn, design ideas for bathroom renovation, and guidelines for adding architectural trim work to beautify and upgrade a home's style.
Gifts for mom: There are “1001 Ideas for Color and Paint”, plus design ideas for overall home decorating, doing kitchens over, designing new windows and making your home more livable. There are also illustrated art books on making bead jewelry (necklaces, bracelets and rings), crocheting and knitting useful items in various levels of proficiency (including chic and sexy accessories) and information on how to embellish jeans and tees to make them unique designer products.
For Young and Old
There is an entire array of special Christmas books that include tips on drawing Christmas pictures, glitter tattoos for Christmas, Christmas mazes and other games, Christmas ornament stencils, snowflake stencils and a Christmas activity book.
The introduction to their wares, along with prices and ordering info for all of these things and much more, begins at Dover’s website.
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