Catching Up?

 Winter highlights and inspirations. Last year we decided to see what Christmas season was like at the Disneyland Resort. We were not disappointed. We stayed at the Disney Peir hotel and loved all the underwater themed Christmas trees. We finally got my daughter to come on It's a Small World ride. The Christmas decorations looked amazing! Some of the trees at the park were ginormous!!

 My family ditched me with Darth Vader. Pretty intimidating to see him alone. He is so tall! Kylo Ren was angrier though. The Castle looked amazing. The reflection in the water was beautiful. We really had a nice trip.

Had some fun creating in a journal exchange. Always so intimidating. Everyone seems to have a well established style, but mine feel forced. I just did some sketches similar to what I would have done in my journal. I had to fit in a sketch of my cat Stella. The eucalyptus branch is from the beautiful tree that used to be in our parking lot. The landlord took it down which made me so sad! I will forever miss the sound of the wind blowing through it's branches and the sound of the birds and bees that loved it.

 A few more photos of our Disney trip. I had to stop at Trader Sams for a few drinks and a sketch. Always love it there!! And a super sweet snuggle from my favorite kid in the Tiki Tiki Tiki Room. Cannot wait to get back there.

 My daughter decided she still was not ready to say goodbye to Halloween so we decided to decorate at home for a Holloweenesque Christmas. It was really fun to do.

 The tree topper I made. It is supposed to be a full moon. Even Ogrim Doom Hammer got into the season. I hand carved a big stamp for my cards this year, but I am not sure if everyone got theirs in time. The red ink did that thing where it did not want to dry. I really enjoyed making it and loved the way it came out. A lot of people thought I bought it.

 So this was most of my winter this/last year. I did have one Christmas themed decoration on my table. I have always loved this little LEGO gingerbread house. We made gingerbread cookies this year. They were so good! The tiny houses were too cute to eat. So many happy and warm memories!