a few competitions:
Keep an eye on the Scrapbook Outlet for the next monthly competition & for the new theme for 'Get Real'.
Check out Evana's Blog (links on the right hand side) for a cool comp & check out what's happening on Janines blog (this is the reason for today's post - but later...)
Also a cyber crop at the Scrapbook Outlet this coming friday so get your name on the list. These are heaps of fun with fantastic prizes for games and layout challenges too! Might mean an early Christmas present :-)
Can't wait to see the new out of the closet stuff at Up2Scrap either - I have some to play with & love it!!!
OK - the 12 days of Christmas... Have myself and 8 x 8 Maya Road Binder for this one & intend to make a kind of album that spells out some of what Christmas is for our family. Janine is setting the daily themes & I just can't scrap them till I get photos from Digital Max (my printer gets choked up if I put anything thicker than paper in!!!) so I'm going to add some notes in here every now & then so it's not such a tough job before the 31st of December!
Day 1
the Tree - the kids loved getting all the decorations out of the box & finding places on the tree to put them. Alicia & Katya diligently placed the decorations on the tree when we found a spot to put it. I miss the 'real' trees & how they smell - but wandering down the road, lopping one down & walking home with it isn't so easy here as it was on the farm... Each year the children get a special decoration each - so that when they leave home they'll have things to put on their tree... I'll be able to have a designer one then LOL. They have also made things to go on the tree and these are displayed proudly too. Our angel sits on top. A few of my special decorations were given on a 'hens' night leading up to my wedding where instead of 'kitchen' things I was given decorations for my tree, I love putting these ones up the most!
Day 2
Baking - the cake. We have a wooden cake box & the cakes that come out of it are sooo moist & delicious we have to make another as it's gone within the fortnight! We are making some smaller ones also to have as gifts or to take to friends when invited around for pre-christmas get togethers. This year the fruit was soaked in port (no brandy or sherry to be found!). I went to make the cake but we had no brown sugar so I'll leave the fruit soaking for a bit longer & make it during the week!
Day 3
Presents - Why does Christmas always end up being about what we want? I think I like the giving side better, trying to think of things that would make the recipient smile & I like gifts that keep on giving like mag subs or a family pass on the gondola or earnslaw. The kids 'wants' change every other day but for this layout I'm going to have to sneak into 'santa post' at Playcentre and find Katya's & Ethan's list & get Alicia to write one - it was so cute seeing miss 4 sound out the letters of the things Ethan wanted on his list & then write them for him! He wants a 'gun' & I can't say I like the idea much - his dad wants one too mores the pity! I think it will be water pistols for Mr 3. Katya loves bugs so we are wondering about a microscope but she also loves building with lego so maybe some of that and Alicia wants a bike. Even though these are 'individual' gifts the focus for us at Christmas is 'family' so each of the Christmas gifts are to be shared. Alicia is the only one without a bike so we are getting her one so we can go on bike rides together!
wonder what Janine has in store for day 4?
7 comments:
Isn't there a lot going on at the moment! Great fun involved in Janine's 12-day challenge :o)
I recommend nznature company http://www.nznature.co.nz/MSHOP:SP:394095835:tb=11 for kids presents (including educational) or try a link on my 18 November post : http://girlfriday.wordpress.com/2006/11/18/a-long-way-from-home-on-saturday/
microscopes top of the educational kids gift page :o)
Good idea but your thoughts for the challenge on here I seem to stay awake at night thinking of my pages.
Must try a wooden cake box next year. I made a "tropical" cake this year from last year's Dish mag. It's getting fed with rum...
Yeah - I like the giving thing better too :)
I LOVE xmas cake so lol on you making many! My Hubby usually scoffs it so I stash a bit for me! lol! kids love it too.
Yes 3... thats all they want is a gun! Good idea with the water pistols.
I love giving myself..so much more than receiving. Thats the spirit of christmas for me is spending time with loved ones/remembering the true meaning of christmas and giving.
loved reading your journalling Lara. Can't wait to see your finished product.....I also loved reading about your hen night decorastions, what a brillant idea.
Lots happening at the moment and I've lost my mojo! I really like the journalling you have done.
Wish I had time for Janine's challenge but life is too hectic. I love checking ni every couple of days to see the topics though. Might get around to doing some of them some time.
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