HoHoHo...MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Even though it's Christmas day we didn't want to skip a Saturday blogpost especially not since we have such fun projects to show you. Amy came up with a special Christmas challenge! My challenge is your Holiday Traditions. Taken anyway you want. Whether it is something that you learned from someone, a tradition you want to start with your family, or even one you wanted to stop-anything goes. :D
Let's start with Amy's layout! Her layout is about this recipe for Christmas bread that she makes in her family every single Christmas. It has only been in her family for 3 generations so far, but they love it so much that not a Christmas goes by that they don't make about a dozen loafs! She is the first one in the third generation to have a child, so she is making sure that her daughter, the fourth generation, experience this tradition every holiday so that she will want to keep it alive for her own children!
This next layout is by Debbie....yeah it really is! This challenge was definitely a challenge for her, being a card maker rather than a scrapbooker! When she looked for photographs of some of her families Christmas traditions she discovered that some of their most important traditions are not documented in her photograph files. She will be working on getting better pictures this Christmas. The tradition that she finally chose was making wooden ornaments for their tree. She loves the sweet vintage colors of Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather!
Natasja loves baking, since this hobby doesn't have a very good outcome on her diet she gives a lot away to her neighbors and friends. This Christmas she made cheesecake cookies together with her daughter, especially to give away. To make it a bit more fun she bought this nice jars and decorated it with Mitten Weather. As far as Natasja, and her neighbors are concerned, a new tradition is born :)
Wendy created this next layout using Early Bird and a bit of Jolly by Golly. Wendy has several fun family holiday traditions, but one of her favorites is their "eggless eggnog". She distinctly remembers the first time her Grandma made eggnog for her when she was a little girl. She remembers loving the flavor, bot NOT the texture that was added by the egg. They made their own version of that yummy drink simply by adding vanilla, sugar, and a bit of nutmeg to a blender full of milk and whip it up until it's nice and frothy. Her kids love it too - it's something they all look forward to doing together on Christmas Eve - right after they open their Christmas PJ's, but before they put out Santa's fudge. :o)
Laura made a special Christmas wish box for this challenge. She wants to start a tradition of every family member writing down a wish for the year to come. It can be simple, or extravagant. It will be fun to look at this year after year to see what everyone wrote and if their wish came true! Laura used Jolly by Golly and Mitten Weather on this project
Since this will be Laura Cox her last project as our Guest Designer for the month of December we would like to thank her for playing along with us and to share all these great projects. Thanks again Laura and we sure hope you enjoyed it!
If you have some spare time between Christmas and New Years please play along with us on this challenge. Post a link to your project in the comments section below and who knows, you could win a Circa 1934 craftskit!
And now for last weeks winner....Izzy Bean you won!! Please email cathie at cosmocricket dot com to collect your prize :)
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all you blogreaders and thanks for your sweets comments!
