Savoring Christmas

Acclaimed French photographer Marc Riboud says, 

“Photography is about savoring life at 1/100th of a second.”

This blog is about savoring Christmas 2011
                at 1/100th of a second! 

I am really into wool felt this year.
I had so much fun sewing new stockings for all of us!

 Then I put my dogs' fur to good use.
I combined their fur with colored wool
that I purchased at the craft store to make
a garland of felted balls.

 These are the balls before they went through the
washer and dryer.

These are the felted balls strung into a garland.
Halle and Sami's fur if the brown/tan color.

I also made a runner for my table using medallions of
birch that I cut from the trees that fell during last month's 
storm.

My family spent a quiet Christmas Eve alone at home
opening gifts from our stockings.

 After we finished,
 Annie fell asleep on the dog bed with Maddie...

On Christmas morning, I couldn't wait to open 
the gift Kerry made for me.   She stayed up
until 4AM on Christmas morning to finish it!

 It was a beautiful glass vase filled with delicate
origami flowers.  Each flower was made from
five folded origami folders.

 So colorful and pretty!  Perfect for my desk!

 

 

 After opening gifts on Christmas morning, 

we headed to NJ to visit Vance's relatives.

The favorite gift for the 2 little girls there

was a make-up/beauty kit.

Adam was one of the first to get

a make-over!

 But before long, everyone was looking
                   BEAUTIFUL!

We don't get a chance to be around little

girls much anymore, so this was a treat!

One more stop before heading back home!

We stopped in to see our friends from

Lake George, Linda and George and their

children, Matthew and Zachary.

But first, we had to don our ugly Christmas sweaters.

Adam and Annie bought sweaters from Goodwill

and jazzed them up to make them ugly!

Then lunch and a few games of xbox.

I hope your Christmas was as fun as ours!