cookies - hot chocolate - knitting - christmas bokeh

linking up these last two in Nela's foodography contest.

i hadn't always enjoyed pottery as much as i do nowadays.  so it was quite exciting when i actually received a pottery mug (a super cool one too!) for christmas. :)  at the same time, heather had just made chocolate chip cookies, so i set up my station and snapped some pictures.


mother started a 'sock scarf' for me - made out of sock yarn.  for unknown reasons it decided to curl up, as you can see in the second photo of the scarf.  i think it looks cool. what do you think?


and finally, this morning i decided to have another session with some more cookies, this time, a different style. i took these because of this awesome photography contest.  i love photographing food, though i wish i was better, and am excited to finally be able to really use them.


my inspiration comes from this wonderful food photographer. her photos are amazing, someday i would love to be able to take such awesome photos. - www.cooking-spree.com

christmas around the house

taken a couple days ago - only 23 now.

i couldn't resist the little snowman with the crooked nose. :)

bells, bells, bells

 remember last years Christmas tree?

oh, of course. how could you forget this one!? however, this year, I convinced (with much ease) my parents to get a real one.  it's really quite nice. :)

from Peru :) 

drinking hershey's hot chocolate

 this one is my favorite...always has, always will be.

s'mores and hearts = cute ornaments 

 our 2011 Christmas tree

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

And a very joyful New Year!

"For unto you is born this day, in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the LORD." - Luke 2:11

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." - Isaiah 9:6

Christmas Tree

This is how the whole Christmas tree looks

Yes, it's skinny and shabby

Yes, it's fake

Yes, it kind of looks comical

Yes, it somehow does look better in person!

Homemade

For the past several years we've had very fancy, bought ornaments for our Christmas tree.  I always thought it was pretty, but preferred the homemade ones.  So this year, mom said I could decorate it however I wanted. :D  So, this is what we came up with.

Gingerbread cookies - some for the tree and some for us too!

Red strips - we ripped up some strips of red material and tied them to the ends for some color.

Stars - made out of sticks

And of course - popcorn

The tree looks great - very countryish 

We really like it - and its more my style

Thought This Was Fun!