Deck the Halls SVG

About this design

Deck the halls with boughs of holly, the carol says, and this design does exactly that. DECK THE and HALLS are set in an ornate Victorian display face with flared serifs and small decorative spurs on the strokes, the kind of lettering found on old theater playbills and seed packets. Above and below the words runs a pine sprig: a straight stem with needles fanning out on both sides, meeting at the center around a cluster of three red berries.

The pine sprigs act like garland on a mantel, so the words feel decorated rather than just written.

Color layers

• Lettering in green, the base layer with the words and the pine sprigs
• Accents in red for the berries

Pieces and cutting

The solid file has 14 pieces and 2 cut-outs, and it passes our cut checks from about 4 inches wide. The decorative spurs are the finest parts; for felt or flocked vinyl, cut at 8 inches or more.

Projects

• Mantel signs and garland tags.
• Banners with one word per panel.
• Christmas aprons for decorating day.
• Storage box labels for the decorations themselves.
• Vintage-style cards cut from kraft cardstock.

Step by step: decoration box labels

1. Set the design to 6 inches wide for a standard storage box.
2. Download the solid style and cut it from green or black adhesive vinyl.
3. Weed, then apply it to the end of each box with transfer tape.
4. Write what is inside below the label: lights, ornaments, garland, stockings.
5. Next year, the boxes are easy to find and look festive on the shelf.

Size guide

Color ideas

• Green with red berries, as shown
• Cream on deep red for a vintage poster look
• Gold on black for a theater-playbill style

About the lettering

The capitals are a free, open-licensed display font, already converted to shapes. The pine sprigs and berries were drawn for this design and can be removed if you want the words alone.

Variations to try

• Cut the pine sprigs separately in a lighter green for a two-tone garland.
• Use the editor to cut the design out of a rectangle for a stencil.

Pairs well with

The Pine Sprig Snowflake uses the same evergreen theme, and the Holly Garland Border adds the holly from the carol.