Christmas eve mass was beautiful this year with a winter wonderland theme. It was so great to spend time with my family and friends. I was very lucky to receive some great toy and lofi cameras for Christmas including a build it myself stereo pinhole camera.

The weekend was really icy and wet – here is our Smart covered in ice.

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From my family to yours – wishing you a very Blessed and Happy Christmas! Here is a beautiful stainglass window from Blessed Sacrament Church in Ottawa.

Cheers! Emily

Luke 2:1-20 (New International Version)

Luke 2

The Birth of Jesus

¹In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. ²(This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) ³And everyone went to his own town to register.

⁴So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. ⁵He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. ⁶While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, ⁷and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

The Shepherds and the Angels

⁸And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. ⁹An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. ¹⁰But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. ¹¹Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ^[a] the Lord. ¹²This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

¹³Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
¹⁴“Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”

¹⁵When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

¹⁶So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. ¹⁷When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, ¹⁸and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. ¹⁹But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. ²⁰The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Last weekend I had the pleasure of celebrating Thanksgiving with my family in Tuscarora. It was so great being there with everyone after being away from there for so long. There is NOTHING like spending time with family.

I really wanted to bake a cake for my Nanny and family. Unfortunately because my health has been questionable I wasn’t able to make one but I brought supplies to bake a cake and did a chocolate cake with buttercream icing and marshmallow fondant daisies. I think it turned out very cute and simple which was nice. (I was a little bummed that I didn’t do a thick enough crumb coat and some crumbs snuck through…)

Here is a close up of my marshmallow fondant daisies.

Now that Thanksgiving is past and I’ve been struggling with a stubborn sinus infection I still have been trying to keep up with my work, art and homemade Christmas gifts. Thursday night I had fun with LP making dinner and watching a movie at home and working on some carving. Read the rest of this entry »

For Christmas my sister got me a really cute toy camera

It takes 110 film and basically is a point and shoot – zero options but is totally cute and fits almost anywhere!

I did a test roll and then forgot that I never picked them up and fortunately got a call on Tuesday and went to get them. The results varied and I think a lot of photos didn’t turn out because I would accidentally press the button when the lens was closed but that said I did get a few interesting shots.

Of course, I always have to get a picture of Lily on my first roll – this image is super grainy (still no printer or scanner at home so these are pictures of pictures) but at least the color quality was pretty good.

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