Here I am back with some more pages I made yesterday. So sad the Christmas break is almost over... and it's back to work tomorrow - the time has certainly flown by!
Anyway, the other day I got up to Christmas Eve, and here's my entry for that date with a photo of the dining table before our Wigilia dinner - thankfully it's more small-scale than the ultra-traditional array of dishes served in Poland. We've narrowed it down to just 4 or 5 family favourites and that is more than enough! LOL
I had some people photos I wanted to use but in each shot one person's face was either blurred, surly looking, or looking the wrong way. {sigh}
And here's the glittery Christmas dinner table (you'd think it was all about food in our house! lol)
A happy coincidence that the little plate in the photo matched the background I'd already made for this page - phew!
I just had to wheel out the glittery MM letters for this page!
Boxing day was fun - we went over to family friends for lunch (or should that say a feast) followed by some action on the Wii, followed by a buffet, followed by some lounging in front of the TV trying to recover. LOL
I managed to quickly snap a photo between one meal and time on the Wii!
The 27th was all about lounging about and having a "nothing" day. Which meant that the Monopoly sets got dusted off and we started with the Washington version:
My dad joined in and the "rules" got rewritten and more complicated, however it was most entertaining and I think 2011 will see some more Monopoly matches, we certainly have enough sets to play with - next up the Polish version!
On the 28th it was time for some indulgence, I think I may have had a PJ day...
But I could have done with a nice festive Starbucks!
On the 29th I was back at home and played catch-up with my journal, plus I did some investigating in my lovely new books to see what I had in my kitchen cupboards that would work nicely for a certain birthday...
They are truly yummy books and far too tempting!
And lastly, the end result I made on the 30th using my new Bosch mixer... I had a bit of an overdose with the gel food colouring, but I was just using up the bit on the lid, future cupcakes will be less lurid! LOL
They were regular Vanilla cupcakes in the end and went down very well.
Right, I'd best go get my 30 mins of this in before I have my tea:
A lot of food there Nat - but all looking delicious. I love the words down the side of the 28th. Sounds like you had a lovely Christmas. Happy New Year!
Posted by: Jimjams | Monday, 03 January 2011 at 06:03 PM
While blog reading, I've come across quite a few JYC albums, but I have to say you've been a true inspiration .... I've just LOVED, LOVED, LOVED your pages.
OOhhh looking forward to seeing all the amazing projects you come up with for 2011.
Posted by: sandra | Monday, 03 January 2011 at 07:41 PM
WOW. Stunning pages. I have tried to make my journal co-ordinate but yours work so much better in that respect.
I also received a few of the same cook books but haven't actually made anything yet. The cakes look yummy though.
Are you doing any more classes this year? I feel a bit flat after JYC ends.
Posted by: Jenna | Tuesday, 04 January 2011 at 09:10 PM