it's time again for another blog train. For sure there will be a lot of Christmas Blog train for this month. So, better be ready for it. Last year, I followed so many blog trains and when I burned them to DVDs I got six DVDs filled with Christmas kits, LOL. Okay, I still haven't used most of them but since I have so many photos of our Christmas memories from my childhood up to this day, I guess I will be able to use them someday.
Anyway, here's my first Christmas Collab for this month. I'm also doing another kit for Christmas Around the World, so, you'll get two Christmas Mini Kits from me alone, LOL.
Well, I just did a mini-kit for this collab kit since I know you'll all be collecting a lot from other blogs, so I just made a small one so that you'll have more disk space and time to gather other lovely kits from your blog hopping.
My part consists of unique realistic elements that represent what our Holidays at Home looked like--and yes, they were all photographed (except for the baby Jesus figurine) and extracted by me from our Christmas Decors. So, let me just say something about each piece:
Poinsettia - I have a lot of memories of this christmas flower. I remember, when I was in grade school, it's our yearly project every year to make poinsettias made of crepe papers. This poinsettia that I bought in Divisoria is actually made of stockings. It may not look like it's made of stockings in the preview but I guess, you'll find the detail of this poinsettia in the png file very interesting.
Parol (Christmas Lantern) - This is the most popular Christmas decoration in our country. Usually, people hang wreaths in their doors in other places but traditionally, here, each house hang parols in their windows. They are usually star-shaped and have blinking lights in them. My parol is not the elaborate capiz-type with colorful lights at night--this one is made of native materials which is also the theme in our house (me and my husband's place).
Candle holder accent - I love this Christmas table decoration from my mother-in-law's house. Well, this is really only for display purposes because the woods might get burned if we will light the candle. I took this picture last Christmas and now you got another Christmas decor from our other home (my in-law's house).
Baby Jesus Figurine - My mother have this baby Jesus figurine which she put in a native bread server. She also wrapped it with green sinamay and placed it in a side table. It was a hit in Christmas 2002, in fact my niece have her picture taken with this one. The Baby Jesus figurine photo that I used in this mini kit was actually taken by either Meg (the one in the picture below) or Faye. They were so amused with the digital camera (the technology was still new at that time) that they photographed everything they fancy--plants, stuffed toys and other items found in the house.
This final element (Baby Jesus) is the one that really reflects what christmas/holidays at home means to us: it's about the birth of the Savior--Jesus, the Messiah. So, kindly reflect on this one before you download:
"If man's greatest need was learning,
then God would have sent us an educator.
If our greatest need was technology,
God would have sent a scientist.
If our greatest need was money,
God would have sent an economist.
If our greatest need was entertainment,
God would have sent a performer.
But, our greatest need is forgiveness,
so God sent us a Savior."
Now, follow this blog roll and get other ADSDesigner's part for this blog train.
4 comments:
What beautiful elements! Thank you for sharing the reason behind many of them. :) And thank you for sharing the elements, of course! :)
Thank you so very much for sharing..
How interesting! Thanks for sharing the story behind each of the elements!
How very nice that you shared about your home traditions and how they have meaning in the making of this kit. Thank you.
Cecile, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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