Christmas Decoration Ritual

More Ritual scrapbooking - this time the tradition of the children buying their annual tree decoration.  The object of the exercise is to end up with a box of decorations that the children would then taken with them when they set up their own homes to start their trees with. 

The little pull out tag explains that these decorations were purchased in Sydney and Olivia's is a disco ball and Kieran's .... well he was rather grumpy the day we bought these decorations so he literally walked into the Myer Christmas Shop grabbed the  nearest decoration he could find and then walked out again!  Amazingly they matched!  And of course once he had stopped being grumpy he said he had wanted the star all along and therefore didn't see why he needed to look at every decoration in the shop when he had already made his decision!

The big question of course is .... will I let the kids take all these decorations with them when they leave home .... or indeed will I even let them leave home?  It makes me sad already to think that one day they won't be living with us anymore ... yes I know ... insane and sad!

Perhaps that's the topic for another page.

Happy scrapbooking!

Nikki

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Letters To Santa DSP

Another page for the Twelve collection - for the subject of Rituals.  I like the idea of documenting the traditions for our family - and as I have written the list of pages to complete it is amazing how many of these traditions happen at Christmas.

This page is about our Christmas Letter writing ritual.  Started 9 years ago when we emigrated to Australia we write an annual letter and include it within our Christmas card.  Several years ago I came across Picasa so now I also include a collage of photos too.

As demonstrators we receive a monthly publication called Impressions with ideas and inspiration to help run a Stampin' Up! business.  This month I spied an envelope that had been run through an embossing folder and thought it would be perfect for this page.  

The Delightful Decorations have been stamped in Riding Hood Red, covered completely with Versamark and Heat and Stick powder.  Once this powder has been melted with heat gun I've then added Dazzling Diamonds - they are so sparkly.  And I've created the little bows with the new Bakers Twine in the Summer Mini.

Another Summer Mini item is the Glittery Paper - this is even more sparkly than the Dazzling Diamonds - its like Dazzling Diamonds on caffeine shots!  The little piece of Old Olive ribbon is my colour for the category Rituals - and yes it matches the Letters to Santa DSP.

And here's a close up of the photo - amazing how much everyone changes over the course of the year.

Happy scrapping.

Nikki

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