We had five lovely family gatherings for Christmas this year along with a birthday dinner within three days. Two of the five requested a dish to pass. In total, we traveled about 149 miles. Yikes!
With all of those festivities, let’s just say our house is terribly messy. I’m sure many of you feel the same way. Needless to say, the rest of the week will be spent whipping it back into shape.
The night before Christmas, my sister had asked if we would pick up the puppy (teacup Shih Tzu) and bring her over Christmas morning. So we spent the night with this little sweetie pie:
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In the spirit of giving, I also squeezed in some time to work on a surprise gift. A few years ago (ahem October 16th, 2010), we had a mini photo shoot. This was around the time that I purchased my DSLR and was still figuring out how to use it. Also, not having a remote at the time, I busted out the tri-pod, set the program timer, and increased the continuous mode to 8 shots. We ended up with some hilarious ones. Like this one straight out of the camera:
Let’s just say our family is hilarious and I spent a lot of timePhotoshop-ing everyone’s beautiful smiling face to form this picture:
And since I can’t leave any photo well enough alone, here are two more versions which I printed for the family:
I attempted to use my Silhouette Cameo (purchased over a year ago) to cut out these cute tags:
*Names changed for the sake of privacy
Without much success and running out of time- we ended up printing them double-sided and cutting them in a rectangle. I know, not quite as lovely but work with whacha got. The backside included this special message:
Running out of time (sensing a theme), I had the boyfriend put all the pics into the frames- left over from my sisters gallery wall by the way- ‘wrap’ them in ribbon and get them ready to attach the tag. Next year there may be a ‘film strip; of the outtakes.
Speaking of the boyfriend, he totally surprised me with this lovely gift:
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Story time: We decided to be impatient and exchange gifts a bit early. He had bought me a pillow (mine was ridiculously flat) and the movie Zombieland (one of my favorites btw). I bought him a router bit set, did I fool ya: Holiday Shopping?
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So I have plenty of time to research the best way to get this sucker back to her prime. I was thinking new legs, new shiny coat of white inside, new hardware, and some creative exterior maybe something like this:
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And to be completely random- while I was looking at some inspirational tubs- aren’t these cute?! They would totally match the outdoor bathroom idea we want in a garden- someday.
Found a lovely tutorial here, and a seller here.
I can’t wait to put in some more research, nail down a design (probably DIY’d myself), and get to work on this project!
What about you? How was your holiday? Did you have multiple gatherings? Do you have an unreasonable infatuation with Zombieland or any other movies? Do tell.
I wanna see the curtain!
ReplyDeleteThank you for pointing that out, technical difficulties I guess.
DeleteIt does look really cool! I am already jealous of your future bathroom!
DeleteZombieland was excellent. If you liked it, be sure to see Tucker and Dale vs. Evil and Cabin in the Woods.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cabin in the Woods was different- and I'll be sure to check out Dale vs. Evil
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