While the snow may not have settled in Farnham yet, a local artist is sprinkling her own winter wonderlands in the town centre’s shops.
This festive season, 17 shops in the centre have had their windows decorated with unique wintery designs.
Behind the magic is part-time paramedic and mother of two, Sami Harris, and her business, Snow Magical.
Sami, who started her business last year, has created penguins, polar bears, Paddington bear, and an elf called Leaf across the town.
Sami was inspired by another artist who ran an online course on how to create snow spray art.
Her passion and talent led to many long nights creating and practising designs and this year she was asked to recreate them on several Farnham shop windows.
Sami uses very simple tools to apply and remove spray using brushes, scrapers and the spray to move around and shape the spray. No stencils are used to create the artwork.
The support Sami has received has been overwhelming, and her designs have brought many smiles so far.
She said: “My kids are my biggest supporters. They love that I do this as a job and they tell their friends about me.
“Christmas is a special time of the year, and the artwork brings them and members of the public a little bit more magic and joy—that is what I want to do with the artwork.”
Sami hopes to continue with even more designs next year. She has also opened the possibility of doing sprays for birthday parties and spooky Halloween designs.
While she is fully booked this year more is to come. A children’s Christmas window trail will be coming soon with Sami’s Leaf the Elf.
Check out Sami’s Instagram for more https://www.instagram.com/p/DBrE4cNNMeH/ or click the link to her facebook page https://tinyurl.com/3wycaz97