Well, I've had a nice rest over the Christmas break and haven't done much else other than enjoy some family time, catch up on my reading, eat, drink and be merry, suffer the return of the Monopoly wars chez the homestead, have a lovely Boxing day spent with family friends (followed by an acute need to purchase Samba de Amigo for the Wii asap), get to grips with my lovely new food processor/mixer, leaf through a stack of new baking books I received for Christmas, dash out to buy Just Dance 2 for the Wii (excellent purchase - much better than the first one!) and... catch up with my Christmas journal a bit.
So on that note, here are the entries I've caught up on.
The new addition to my festive playlist this year was Pink Martini's new album - Joy to the World. Excellent tracks for all sorts of moods.
Lots of KI Good Tidings on this page.
This page is all about gifts... I at least managed to wrap up the items that had arrived...
I made the gift bow from scraps of Jolly by Golly.
This entry regarding visitors is an homage to the "annual" tradition of driving up to Zoe's to build the gingerbread house with the girls. Well, this tradition has only taken place once so far, the last two years snow has hampered the event... Maybe we'll have more luck next year!
October Afternoon had some perfect Gingerbread themed items for this entry... and looking at that photo I now feel a bit peckish - think I'll have to go unearth my stash of Lebküchen!
The entry for the 16th was all about being thankful... well I was just happy to have a few evenings where I could relax in front of the telly with just the fairy lights on and a peppermint candy cane to munch on.
Jolly by Golly strikes again for this entry.
So onto the 17th, and the theme for this prompt was the perfect gift. On my wishlist this year as a compact yet versatile food processor that could be mainly used as a food mixer but also had a blender. Well lo and behold one was found - a nice Bosch model that even had a stainless steel bowl and wasn't overly expensive. It went straight to the top of my letter to Santa!
Crate Snow Days on this page in abundance.
The prompt for the 18th was supposed to be about Christmas dinner... well, before you get to Christmas dinner in our house, you first have a lovely Polish Christmas breakfast... and become very mellow soon after! ;o)
Basic Grey on this page, went great with that little plate from John Lewis - shame they don't still sell them as I'd love a set.
The 19th was all about letters to Santa, well.... technically I don't write letters to him any more as I think he generally knows what I'd like what with the hints I drop.... but that doesn't mean Santa doesn't deserve his Mince pie... or cupcake for that matter!
Lots of Jolly by Golly on this page plus some KI stickers.
The 20th was about unexpected surprises... and yes, the unexpected surprise was that due to the snow some gifts had not yet materialised. In fact one gift still has not turned up and I've had no response from the seller... but that meant I had to write a few IOU notes to make up for the lack of present!
Yep, a bit garish as I just wanted to use up as much of my KI Festive stash as I could. LOL
On the 21st I went with the to-do list prompt as the colours of my photo were a better fit for the background... so here was my list!
American Crafts with a hint of Basic Grey for good measure.
On the 22nd I used a photo of "right now" - another relaxing evening with the fire on, my festive candles lit, and the tree and lights providing the only illumination. Quite lovely.
Echo Park and glittery KI alpha stickers, plus some Crate chipboard.
The 23rd was all about Stockings. Well, I don't actually have a stocking, but I do purchase the odd stocking filler, and the obvious choice is the good old chocolate orange.
Plenty of Crate here!
So that's it so far, I have photos printed through to New Year's Eve so will work on those entries tomorrow - off to the homestead this afternoon for dinner, and no doubt more Monopoly - probably the Polish set this time!
gorgeous pages!!
Love all the colour and the great pics!
Happy New Year!
Bernie x
Posted by: Bernie Tuffs | Saturday, 01 January 2011 at 02:05 PM
What a great catch-up - and lovely pages - all very bright and cheerful. I love the way you've done the date for the 22nd and journalled the IOUs - we had all but two turn up by Christmas Day ... one is still missing - must start ordering even earlier next year!
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Jimjams | Saturday, 01 January 2011 at 03:07 PM
Fabulous pages :) Loving all the beautiful photos on the pages too
Posted by: Sarah | Saturday, 01 January 2011 at 03:48 PM
Welcome back friend. I have missed your postings, so happy you had lots of relaxation and fun with your family over the holidays! Love the Journal! Wishing you lots of fun and happiness in 2011 from across the pond!
Posted by: lorry | Saturday, 01 January 2011 at 07:35 PM
Fabulous pages, love them, I struggle with the stocking idea as we don't have them, but your choc orange page is fab.
Posted by: CoventryAnn | Sunday, 02 January 2011 at 12:06 PM
Wow, Big catch up, but i love love love all the pages. i should have done a day a page instead of double page spreads as i cant close my journal :) x Happy new year
Posted by: Jenna | Sunday, 02 January 2011 at 10:57 PM
Hi, how can I contact you I would like to ask you something about a technique used on one of your cards please…. Would appreciate if you could catch up with me :)
Hugs
Angie
Posted by: Angie | Monday, 03 January 2011 at 12:41 PM
Thanks everyone for the lovely comments! :o)
Posted by: Natty | Monday, 03 January 2011 at 04:34 PM