It’s the first Sunday of Advent! And, to kick things off, we’re going back to our roots and making our classic Favourite Photo Ornaments. Each year, we choose our favourite photo of each of the kids, manipulate it on ipiccy.com into a black and white image, add the year in a fancy font, print it out, place […]
The Lunchbox Season’s Family Advent Calendar Is Back! This is our fifth and, perhaps, final year of Adventing! So, get ready for a wild ride! Welcome to Advent 2015! It’s the first Sunday in Advent. And, we’re starting it off in style! Family Tree Trimming Party Alright, lovelies, it’s time to get out the ornaments, […]
Festive Friday! It’s time for our Annual Tree Trimming Party! Tonight, we have grandparents in from out of town, so we get to trim our tree with them! Yippee!!! It’s time to…. Roast Chestnuts! Sing Carols! Drink Cocoa or Cider with Cinnamon Whiskey! Make Favourite Photo Ornaments! Watch The Holly and The Ivy and A Christmas […]
That’s Right! And you can make one, too! Over the holidays, I decided that I wanted to have a little photo book of the kids and their artwork to carry around and to adore. So, not long after Christmas, I made this 1.83 x 2.83-in Mini Photo Book, pulling portraits of the kids from our […]
Tonight is Advent Eve. So, kids, this is your chance to stay up late! This evening, we’re setting out the Christmas Tree and decorating it with all of our best baubles as well as new Gingerbread Garlands and a fresh pair of Favourite Photo Ornaments [the 2013 edition]. EASY GINGERBREAD GARLANDS Supplies Gingerbread Dough [See […]
Technically, it’s the day before Advent Begins….well, unless you go to Saturday night mass, as my grandmother would have said. Let’s just say we’re taking my granmother’s advice…. This morning, the kids woke up and ran downstairs to see if I had gotten their Advent Shadowbox out of storage. They found the image above in […]
December 3, 2011 It’s Tree Trimming Day… Time to make the Favourite Photo Ornaments It has become a tradition in our house. Each year, we browse through our photos and find our absolute favourite photo of each of the kids. And we use these to make simple black and white photo ornaments for the tree. To keep things consistent, we bought supplies in […]
