To all my blog friends and family ~ may all of you have a wonderful holiday season and a safe and prosperous new year!
Merry Christmas!
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My Scrapbook Layouts, Cards & Altered Items
December 25, 2008
December 31, 2007
October 31, 2007
Happy Halloween!
There's something about Halloween that makes me feel like a kid again. As a child growing up in the Philippines, Halloween wasn't something we celebrated as a family. This day falls right before All Saint's Day & All Souls Day, which are solemn religious holidays generally observed by Filipino Catholics. We were supposed to pray and visit the cemeteries and remember all our loved ones who passed on. And that's what we did around this time of year. Prayed and visited cemeteries. Hmm..solemn but not so fun!
Then when we moved to Canada, we adopted the "Western" style tradition of Halloween. I was 15 years old and of course, I felt I was too old to go trick or treating. My younger siblings, though, did all the cool things like dress up in costumes and carve pumpkins. It wasn't until 3 years ago, when I first had Claire, that I really got into the Halloween spirit. Last night, I spent 3 hours carving 2 pumpkins -- 3 hours! Yep, I had a stencil and carved a couple of intricate designs. I was definitely channeling the inner Martha -- hahaha! Or maybe I was catching up with cool things I missed as a child. Vince also carved his own pumpkin, while Claire coloured some mini pumpkins (see photo above).
Anyhow, the weather looks great tonight. And we'll be trick or treating. Yay! Claire will be dressed up as a cute witch, and I'll be dressed as the paparazzi mother. *lol*
Happy Halloween!!
October 08, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving, everyone!! Today, we will be attending Chris and Kaila's wedding. Chris is Vince's cousin but they are practically like brothers. Claire will be a flower girl -- her first gig -- and I'll bet she'll be so cute!
Vince will do most of the photo taking today, since I will be looking after the little one, making sure she doesn't pick her nose in public or lift up her dress or jump on the pews. I'll try to remind him though to take some close-up shots. He's more a wide-angle-take-in-all-the-scenery photo guy, while I'm more a close-up type of photo girl.
Here's a simple layout I wanted to share, just celebrating the wonderful people I'm thankful for.
TFL!
December 25, 2006
May 14, 2006
February 14, 2006
Happy Valentine's Day
*PS brushes by Denise Docherty at SpaceRaven; PS Frame action by Marcia Fasy at ATNCentral.
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Blogs I Read
- Airees, Ali, Alison, Angi, Au, Bjay, Cabbie, Cathy, Christine, Corinne, Dallas, Debby, Diane, Donna D, Donna E, Elsie, Erica, Felicia, Gaye, Heather, Iris, Janet, Jenn D, Jenn J, Jessica, Jill, Jo, Jo W, Joanne, Joy H, Joy U, Kah-Mei, Keisha, Kelli, Kim, Kimberly, Lacintha, Leah, Love-love, Lydia, Marj, Mary, Michelle, Neil, Pearl, Phylline, Pia & Jeff, Rachel, Rae, Ria, Roni, Sabine, Sandra, Shannon W, Shannon D, Sonja, Tara, Tia, Valerie, Vicki, Vince
