For as long as I can remember I’ve loved baking and architecture. It just made sense to combine the two.

During my childhood I occasionally made store bought gingerbread houses for Christmas. It’s nothing that was a tradition, but it was always fun!

2015, in my dorm kitchen, while at university, I drew my first stencils and built my first big gingerbread house. Since then it’s been one of the things I look forward to the most when it comes to Christmas. Being able to sit down and be creative for hours on end.

2022 when I knew that I was going to move from the city I had lived in for the previous ten years, I made my first gingerbread house that actually looked like a building that exists in real life. As an homage to my time in Lund. Up until that point they had all just based on my imagination and inspiration I had gotten from different places.

I decided to film the process and upload it on my TikTok @SofiaViolaN. It went viral and that’s when it all took off. Multiple people commented that I should start selling my stencils.

I had never thought that I would actually be able to do anything with this so to get that encouragement was wonderful! I learned how to draw my stencils digitally after always having drawn them by hand.

Now I sell my stencils here on Etsy. I’m so excited that I'm able to share them with you, that I can be a part of your creative process whether it something you do during Christmas times or just a normal Tuesday where you feel like building a house made out of cookies!

Much love,
Sofia Viola