The wisdom of an old tree
The wisdom of an old tree.
Well, this is not what you'll get from me, but since we have decided to acknowledge Moana it has occured to me, that 12 is a very loaded number: 12 Mayor Gods in the Greek and Roman Mythology, 12 months in a year, 12 days of Christmas. And there it was, the inspiration for a small collection of Christmas goodies I want to gift to the club this year.
I would have loved to offer up exactly 12 goodies for 12 days, but frankly, I wanted to create something I felt you would actually enjoy, rather than forcing me to reach exactly the number 12. But there will be 12 articles in the next weeks leading up to Christmas (yes, I know, it is technically too early for the 12 days of Christmas, but I wanted to spread the fun a little bit out anyway).
Despite what the Icon on top suggest, this first one will be all about Mulan. And this is the reason why:
Yep, I created a calendar for the upcoming year. Each month will feature a different princess, and each of them will have exactly one holiday featured. As you can see, Mulan got the January because I wanted to feature the Chinese New Year rather than the standard New Year. I mean, I am sure you all know when that one is anyway, plus, I kind of lucked out since the Chinese New Year is usually in February, but next year it is scheduled quite early, so it didn't conflict with the holiday I picked for February.
I also created a wallpaper featuring this calendar in three different seizes. Some of you might remember, but that is the reason why I asked about the perfect wallpaper seize for you computer a few weeks ago. I did one seize for every answer I got, featuring either a beautiful background of a concept art, combined with the calender. You can find those at the end of the article (frankly, I was worried that they wouldn't load, because some of them are quite large).
I also created an Icon which can be used to celebrate Chinese New Year once it happens. Or just in general. Just like everything else in this article, it is free for grabs:
I also wanted to do something simple but chrismassy for you, so I created a "golden version" of the princesses combined with their respective names. Mulan looks like this:
And, because I thought that some of you might want to use just the gold name, here is a version without her:
I also considered a lot of other things which come in 12. I didn't feel that I would be able to create something which would truly honor the 12 Zodiac signs, but I decided to do my own pantheon of Goddesses (with a few adjustments). In this pantheon, Mulan is replacing Ares/Mars as goddess of War, but in my version she also stands for Victory and Fire.
It was hard to pick a colour for her, since my favourite dress of her is the dark blue one, but since both her soldier uniform and one of her dresses features green, I went for dark green instead.
And finally, I created a banner to honor Mulan, using the phrase most of you connected with her:
So, I hope you enjoy all the goodies I prepared for you. Next article should be up within the next two days.
