Day Seven

Day Seven Posting:
Write - Describe your favourite Christmas food
Photograph - An item of food that reminds you of Christmas
Do - Play a board game with Seekara

Make - Decorate that chipboard reindeer I have had in the cupboard now for several years!
Remember - Christmas food present in childhood memories. Why is food so important in our memories at Christmas time?

Day Six

Day Six Posting:

• Write - About a Christmas symbol that has meaning to you
• Photograph - Take a closeup shot of that Christmas symbol
• Do - Go to Carols by candlelight
• Make - 10 gift tags
• Remember - Traditions with placing meaningful decorations in your home

And here are some previous layouts to share:
Something different for me - a boy layout. Photo taken by Tracy Monaghan last year's Boxing Day of my two bothers and Dad. They wanted to pose with a serious face - dags! I used:

• Papers - Basic Grey, Collections & 7 Gypsies
• Rubons - Kaiser
• Chipboard - Basic Grey
• Prima - bling
• Flowers - Kaiser
  

The photo below was taken the same day of my parents with our two girls. Used in this layout:

• Papers - Making Memories
• Letters - Heidi Swapp and Basic Grey
• Ribbon and trims - Making Memories, Beary Patch & Websters
• Flowers - Kaiser
• Chipboard - Creative Imaginations
  

I had to share this one - the layout below was completed by my 5 year old daughter. She very much has a mind of her own and does not like me to help - she is very independent and likes doing it all by herself! I love her page - I think she did pretty well for her age and I was really proud of me when she showed me. She has used papers from My Minds Eye, letters from October Afternoon, Ribbons from Autumn Leaves, felt from Fancy pants and Rubons from My Minds Eye.

the next layout to share was taken last year at our youngest girl's christening. I wanted to fit a few pages on the on to tell the story visually as well as verbally.

• Papers - Basic Grey
• Flowers - kaiser and Green Tara
• Bling - Kaiser
• Letters - Basic Grey and Carolees Creations
• Candle diecut - Prima

Day Five

Day Five posting:
Write - Write about a Christmas song that has meaning to you

Photograph - Something that reminds you of that song
Do - Watch a Christmas movie with the kids
Make - Homemade Jam
Remember - An instance where you listened to a holiday song.

Day Four

Day four posting:

• Write - Talk about a piece of sentimental holiday decor
• Photograph - Favourite piece of holiday decor
• Do - Write in and send Christmas Cards
• Make - craft item with Seekara
• Remember - Decorating traditions that were handed down to you
  

Thanks for looking

Tenaha

Day Three

Yeay! I am up to date.

Here are my Day Three postings:

• Write - What does the word JOY mean to you
• Photograph - A photo of JOY
• Do - Print a photo of the girls to include in the cards
• Make - Paper chains
• Remember - A holiday joy, where and who was there?

Day Two

Here is my Day Two posting.....

• Write - Read the article "Welcome Home" and write your thoughts
• Photograph - Something warm
• Do - Write a letter to include in cards
• Make - Fruit cake
• Remember - A specific recipe I made with a family member.
  

For photograph I decided to think of something that warms my heart and I thought of the joy my daughter gets from Christmas. Every morning she wakes up we go to the advent calendar so she knows how many sleeps to Christmas (and to get her choccie). She loves Christmas time and everything is so exciting for her. That warms my heart.
Here is my Day Two page:

Now I had better get a move on and do the next two days...

Have a good day
TFL

Tenaha xox

Holidays In Hand - Day 1

Well I have started the Holidays in Hand Album - although I failed to put up my Christams tree and make the gingerbread men I wanted to make! Maybe today.

Here are some photos of my Album so far. Each day we are asked to follow the prompts for Write, Remember, Photograph and follow our own prompts for making something and doing something.

Here is Day 1's tasks:

• Write - Family Holiday Values
• Photograph - family shot
• Do - Put up the tree
• Make - Gingerbread Men
• Remember - Earliest Holiday memory

Here is my page.

Day 2 involves looking at an article and writing our thoughts on it. It is acutally a really good article that I thought I would share the link. It really makles you think about what is improtant at Christmas. http://christmas.organizedhome.com/reality-check/welcome-home-holidays

I hope it helps you to think about what is importnat to you at Christmas time.

Have a happy second day of December

Tenaha

xo