I also used this idea for Challenge #18 over at the Whimsical Musings blog and Pam has already posted her wonderful layout with several, until now, unrecorded details of Christmas - such a wonderful layout.
I'm hoping to get to mine later today.
For the CKC blog post I made one of my favourite layouts of recent months. All credit goes to October Afternoon as it's a pretty straight direct lift but I still adore the details and it was such fun to make.
Anyway:
Today I’d like to talk to you a little about scrapping all the small things that make up this time of year. And I’m not talking about the little scamps that many of you have running around getting hyper-excited at the thought of all those presents, though.
Yes, today
I’m talking about non-kiddie scrapping! In fact, let’s try scrapping even
without people.
Just a few of
the things that I see right now that make me get into the jolly feeling are:
· The arrival of the Toffee Nut Latte at Starbucks
·
The opening of the Christmas markets here in Germany
·
The Advent wreath and the lighting of the first candle
·
The tree (oh how I love my tree!)
·
Cookies, or rather Plätzen in German, preferably home baked if I have
time
·
The food and drink that’s only available at the Christmas markets – Poffertjes
and Glühwien
·
Sparkly fairy lights on the balcony
·
My sometimes un-traditional coloured decorations
I find that
my Christmas scrapping mostly involves these details rather than the main
events – the dinner, the presents and the people – because these are the things
that add the sparkle to Christmas for me. I’m not going to forget the dinners
we have or the members of my family but I might forget how excited I was when I
tasted my first Toffee Nut Latte, or how beautiful my pink baubles were.
So this year,
I decided it was time to record the first Poffertjes of the season. Never heard
of them? Nor had I before my first Christmas Market. They are a Dutch
speciality and are sort of tiny, mini, puffy pancakes that are served with
butter and icing sugar. They are simply divine! You can read about them here. I was inspired by a layout from the October Afternoon blog featuring an over-laden
banner and pretty much lifted it completely!
This layout
makes me smile and is another piece in the puzzle of what makes Christmas for
me. I had such fun using up all those bits and pieces on my layout - sprinkles
of sequins, buttons, bling, labels and twine. It came together really quickly
and makes me want to do the same over and over again!
What details
are missing from your scrapbook pages? Try to identify one little thing that is
part of Christmas for you and record it. No kids allowed!
If you do join in, make sure you let us know at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog and also over there at Whimsical Musings! It's never too late to join in and we love to see new faces and challenge creations!
SUPER layouts...I especially love the last one!
ReplyDeleteLots of lovely ideas there! And that banner layout is gorgeous - I need to do a version of that (tho I'm not sure it'll end up as nice as that one..)
ReplyDeleteI love your layout! For me the Starbucks drink is Eggnog Latte! Let's me know Christmas is on its way!
ReplyDeleteWe had Poffertjes last night at the German market in Birmingham with Nuttella and vanilla sauce. Truly delicious!
ReplyDeleteYour Christmas pages are so lovely