Hi everyone! Turkey Day is TOMORROW—yay! How has you’re week been so far? Hopefully not too hectic. I woke up in the middle of the night with the flu yesterday (no fun), and was down for the count the whole day…it was awful to say the least. So, this Thanksgiving, I am so SO grateful for a wonderful husband who treats me so well and keeps the house going, the baby happy, and still manages to make it to his college classes (yes, he took the baby with him to his classes yesterday so that I could just rest). But, I’m back in action today! A little worse for ware, but I’m alive and here to share another lovely download with you. You’re going to love these hand drawn snowflake graphics!
As you know, every snowflake is unique (nothing short of amazing if you’ve seen the amount of snow we get here in Utah), and, because these snowflakes are hand drawn, they all have a beautiful, unique feel to them as well. Use them in your holiday card design, as an overlay for pictures, you name it.
Even though I’m not a fan of winter in general (“Utah Winter” that is—I’m perfectly fine with “Hawaii Winter”), I must say that I’m having a good time making winter-ish designs lately! I like the way one of my reader’s recently put it—winter is a great “observer season,” meaning that it’s nice to look out and observe, but not to be in. If you like these snowflakes, be sure to check out my latest printable along with these pretty Christmas graphics as well. Lots of great inspiration for your holiday designs this year!
So, enjoy this fun freebie, and whatever you do, avoid getting the flu the holiday season…it’s pretty terrible—trust me!
Happy designing!
*I am linking up to these parties
Mandee is a professional graphic designer, amateur bird watcher, and rollercoaster enthusiast. She is a wife to hardworking high school teacher and mommy to three adorable little humans. She fell in love with graphic design when she started working on a comedy website with a guy she met her freshman year of college. Design wasn’t the only thing she fell in love with, and they were married a year and a half later. She created Designs By Miss Mandee to be a place where she could merge her passion for design with her lifelong love of crafting. 20 Comments on Hand Drawn Snowflake Graphics
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Michele
December 1, 2014 at 9:22 am (9 years ago)I <3 your pretty snowflakes!!!!! Pinned
Mandee
December 1, 2014 at 4:19 pm (9 years ago)Thanks so much Michele!
Pam
December 2, 2014 at 5:00 pm (9 years ago)These are so cute! Thanks so much for sharing!
Lou Lou Girls
December 8, 2014 at 11:33 am (9 years ago)Beautiful! Pinned and tweeted. Thank you for being a part of our party. I hope to see you on tonight at 7 pm. It wouldn’t be a party without you!
Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls
Cynthia Salles
May 13, 2015 at 9:04 pm (9 years ago)Hey there! I just wanna say thaaaaanks! Girl, you’re very talented and ur site is amazing! xoxo <3
Mandee
May 14, 2015 at 9:47 am (9 years ago)Thanks so much Cynthia! That’s really nice of you to say!! ^_^
Dr. Vanessa
October 13, 2015 at 7:54 pm (8 years ago)Mandee,
I look at tons of clip art and hand drawn art daily. This is by far some of the most wonderful pieces yet! Thank you for sharing!
Mandee
October 14, 2015 at 9:40 am (8 years ago)Wow, what a wonderful compliment! Thank you so much!! ^_^
Daiga
November 24, 2015 at 6:35 am (8 years ago)Hi, thank you so much for your beautiful graphics. I know this is probably a stupid question but the snowflakes in the picture are white, but the graphics themselves are black. Is there a way to get them in white? Thank you!!!
Mandee
November 24, 2015 at 1:20 pm (8 years ago)Hi Daiga, that’s not a stupid question at all. I always make my graphics black so that it’s easier to alter the color in programs like Illustrator and PicMonkey. If you’d like to learn how to do that, here’s a tutorial I’ve created:
https://www.designsbymissmandee.com/2014/09/how-to-change-the-color-of-graphics-using-picmonkey/
Caitlin
December 3, 2015 at 3:47 am (8 years ago)Hi! I love your snowflake and laurel wreath download, but I am running into the same problem as Daiga trying to change the image from black to white. I am working in Illustrator, not PicMonkey. Would you be able to briefly explain the process in Illustrator as well? Thank you! (I’m still learning!)
Mandee
December 3, 2015 at 11:58 am (8 years ago)Hi Caitlin! No problem! Here is an Illustrator tutorial I put together to explain the process of turning your drawings into vector art, and you can use the same tools with my graphics:
https://www.designsbymissmandee.com/2015/07/how-to-turn-your-drawings-into-vector-art/
Makenna
December 3, 2015 at 2:27 pm (8 years ago)I used the tutorial you did for illustrator and when I do the image trace to be able to change the colors something goes wrong. The little boxes around the image turn blue instead of red like yours did. Then when I go to change the color the whole box changes to white not just the snowflake.
Mandee
December 4, 2015 at 1:02 pm (8 years ago)Hi Makenna,
You’re on the right track. The color around the image isn’t important: that color is just dependent on what color you’ve chosen for the layer you are working on (blue is the default). And it sounds like you missed the step about converting your vector drawing to “Outlines.” After you’ve done the image trace, you need to go to Object>Image Trace>Expand in order to be able to alter the color. Hope that helps!
Mandee
Caitlin
December 3, 2015 at 5:14 pm (8 years ago)Thanks Mandee!
Jengerer
December 3, 2015 at 5:31 pm (8 years ago)Love your Christmas graphics! Thanks so much for sharing!
Mandee
December 4, 2015 at 12:43 pm (8 years ago)You’re welcome! Be sure to stay tuned, I’ve got some more good ones coming in the next few weeks. 🙂
Makenna
December 4, 2015 at 2:51 pm (8 years ago)Thanks so much for the graphics and the help! When I go to object> image trace> expand it creates the border around the object but up where the box is to change colors is a question mark. Then when I use the dropper it makes the whole box white. I am sure I am doing something wrong…
Mandee
December 7, 2015 at 10:08 am (8 years ago)Hi Makenna! At this point it’s hard to know exactly what is going wrong without seeing your screen myself, but it sounds like you have multiple things selected. When you have more then one thing selected (even if they are in a group) and they aren’t the same color, a question mark will appear in the color section. Try using the white arrow tool to make sure you only select the points or section you want before you alter the color.
.Janet
September 28, 2016 at 7:39 pm (7 years ago)All snowflakes have 6 sides, some of these are just nice drawings, not snowflakes. See http://snowflakebentley.com/