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!
But before long, everyone was looking
BEAUTIFUL!
“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 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.
washer and dryer.
Halle and Sami's fur if the brown/tan color.
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.
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!
origami flowers. Each flower was made from
five folded origami folders.
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!
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!
Looks like you guys had a wonderfully fun Christmas! Love seeing all the photos. Great job on the stockings....I was into wool this year, too! I hand stitched some ornaments from felted wool sweaters...very satisfying =]
ReplyDeleteWow, the photos of all the family and friends are wonderful. I think you definitely captured a lot of Christmas :)
ReplyDeleteThose photos of the adorable little cousins putting makeup on their older cousins are some of the most precious photos I have seen..how wonderful to have those experiences with your extended family and friends..
ReplyDeleteBelated Merry Christmas and HAPPY NEW YEAR :)