Thursday, November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving~Traditions

Hope you all are having a wonderful Thanksgiving for those of you who are in the US.  Gabby is in London and homesick as she is in class all day today.  Sad smile So, I decided to make her these rings:

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We use to make these instead of an advent calendar and we would wrap them around our stair case.  She loved pulling them off each morning before school and see it shrink until it was Christmas.

So, I’ve made these for her to pull off while she counts down the days to come home.  I wrote something on each ring for her to read each day.  It’s nice to bring back early traditions that make us happy.  Her and the puppy will be flying home the same day.  So, we can’t wait!  So, thankful for family and friends.  Thank you all so much who visit and leave such love.  Enjoy Black Friday and the rest of the week.  Hugz, Z

Monday, November 22, 2010

Dragonfly Farms~Christmas Trees

Hi, I just had to share with you a farm we went to that uses manikin heads for the top of their trees and show cases their ornaments:

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Aren’t these cool?

 

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What a fabulous place!  May you and yours have a great Thanksgiving!  Hugz, Z

Saturday, November 20, 2010

New Puppy~Malti-Poo

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Isn’t she cute! Hopefully, this will be our new baby girl! We are having a hard time agreeing on a name for her? What name do you think fits her?

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Created this layout with glitz papers and made the flowers. Love these flowers I made using Natasha's sun-kissed flower tutorial. Her blog: http://mymomentsoftranquility.blogspot.com/ Have a great week. Hugz, Z

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Back from London~Cheers!

IMG_1489Back from London and we had a great time.   I did manage to find a scrapbooking store ;o)… As Gabby would say:  “My Mom would look for a scrapbooking store in Antarctica…LOL

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One of my favorite things we did was a FREE Harry Potter walking tour.  You can download the tour here:  harry-potter-pdf@discovery-walks.com

For those of you who are Harry Potter fans (me included) ;o) 

Here are a few pictures from the first movie that where filmed in Oxford, Christ Church:

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Recognized these stairs?  Yes, this is where the first years lined up just before entering the hall before the sorting hat.

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This is the bridge where the bus squeezed threw that almost hit the old lady crossing in front of the bus.

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The dinning hall.

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Recognized this alley?  This is where Harry got his owl and his wand:

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And of course the entrance to Hogwart’s train. lol

I’ll leave you with these last pictures from the Portobello Flea Market:

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These are the two girls who make headbands from ties. 

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These were my goodies from the flea market and a closer look at the headband made from a tie, which Gabby bought me for my birthday. Smile

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Aren’t these books awesome also, from the flea market.

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Well, I’m finally getting caught up and I don’t want to bore you to tears with over 2000 photos that I took!   LOL  Have a great week.

Hugz, Z