Showing posts with label christmas tree. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas tree. Show all posts

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Christmas 2012, celebrating firsts.


Merry Christmas to you all.

I hope you had a lovely time.

We certainly did.

After all the hustle and bustle and planning and mental exhaustion we are loving these hot lazy summer days at home.

I just wanted to share some Christmas pictures.

And, celebrate some "firsts"



My first ever Christmas cake.
A little dry to be perfectly honest but it smells divine.
My Mum suggests just pouring a little more brandy over the top to keep it moist.
Like your thinking Mum!


First ever washi tape Christmas card tree.
Loved this and will definitely do it again.



Master B's first solo decorating effort!
I resisted all control freak urges and let it remain.


We always make a gingerbread house, but this year it was modelled on our own.
Complete with fretwork.


Mr M's first year with his Moerkey business.
He was so busy, so happy and very grateful to the wonderful customers who supported him.



First year of making strawberry santas, even if their eyes do look zombie like,
We loved them!


First year of these pretties.



First batch of mince tarts. 
I revelled in the glory for a full five minutes until the whole tray went crashing to the floor.
They say "pride comes before fall", it's even written in the snakes and ladders game!


Master B's first photo styling gig with his homemade lemonade.


Hope yours was Merry and Bright.

See you in 2013.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Merry Christmas...best intentions




via Pinterest, sorry no source

I had to title this post "best intentions", because as you are aware I have been rather AWOL in blogland lately.
It is all Instagrams fault.



I have been having some fun learning how to layer my photos to add labels like this one.
Thanks to clever Katrina Chambers for pointing me in the right direction.

Now the silly season is upon us, I just had to show some of my favourite pictures this year.


Simple and white, perfect!


One of my favourite blogs for eye candy.



 I found the picture via pinterest and added the words to make my own. However despite my best intentions, it hasn't happened. 
Maybe next year!


I have tons of other pretty images, 
If you pop over to my Pinterest page (link is on the sidebar) you can see them.



and

via pinterest sorry no link

Not long to go now.
In the meantime, I will be cooking up a storm, doing some frenzied wrapping and sitting back sipping my homemade limoncello.
That is a whole other blog post.

Hope you and yours enjoy the festive season.