Just before Christmas the Halifax gifted me some high street vouchers to spend finding the perfect gift for someone special, which was incredibly lovely of them and I knew exactly what to do with them. My mama has so many photographs stashed away in albums that hardly ever get looked at. We looked through them a couple of months ago because we were looking for particular pictures and found so many more that we had forgotten about.
I found these beautiful picture frames in Homebase (which are a total bargain in the sale now!) and I thought they would look lovely on my mama's living room wall. The detail in them is really intricate, making them look a lot more expensive than they were, so I picked up two! I purposely didn't fill them with photographs because I wanted us to be able to pick them out together, and that's exactly what we did yesterday afternoon. I'm going to spend this evening scanning them in so I can resize them to fit and change the few coloured images we chose either black and white or sepia to fit in with the others. We had a lovely time choosing which photographs to include together and I'm so pleased that she loves the frames!
I had crossed my fingers tightly for there to be some new pyjamas waiting for me under the tree and there were - they had even been freshly washed before being wrapped! I think my family know me extremely well because, as always, I changed into them almost immediately! They're super roomy too, which is just how I like them - I don't trust small pyjamas, the bigger the better, that's what I say!
My mama's pup served as the distant drunk relative. You know the one, gets over excited, has too much to eat and goes a bit crazy? He wouldn't leave us alone until we put a paper hat on him and took a picture. I'm convinced that pup is really a person in disguise you know! We even managed to get him to wear some silly antlers and pose for a picture, he wasn't as thrilled with them as he was with the paper hats though.
Little Ralphie enjoyed munching away on his usual vegetable selection and I gave him a couple of extra treats too. He's currently hopping around my feet expecting more treats so I'm not sure extras yesterday were the best idea! We had a wonderful Christmas, even if we were totally confused with the Dr Who episode that was on! I think it's because we're not regular viewers but we always tune in for the Christmas specials! I also ate way too many crackers with cheese on, but I do that every year and I love it! In fact, I think there's some left....
Sending lots of well wishes from my family to yours!
Love, Jennie
xoxo
Merry Christmas, Jennie! It looks like you had a wonderful time! Pup looks so cute with his hat on. I got some new jimjams too...always a winner! xxxxx
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DeleteHaha we both posted our "Christmas 2013!" post at (almost) exactly the same time! That is some telepathy :D I love the Stila palette!
ReplyDeleteThe part of the pup made me laugh haha! Looks so cute :)
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DeleteOh my gosh that dog is adorable, my puppy is exactly the same and I swear he is human too! Hope you had a wonderful christmas Jennie and a great new year to come xxx
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DeleteEverything is lovely, I really love the perfume and Stilla palette. Glad you enjoyed your holiday!
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DeleteAwh what a sweet post! Have a lovely Christmas & a happy new year Jennie!! xx
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DeleteAwwh, your day looks lovely. I absolutely love the frames and the old pictures you chose!
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Thank you lovely! I'm excited to get some prints done and hang them on the wall, some of those pictures are too lovely to just sit in an album not being looked at <3
DeleteSounds like you had a wonderful day :) some lovely gifts too! xx
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DeleteThat dog is so funny! -Hanna Lei
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Deletelove the photo frame and puppy shots! x
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DeleteI hope, you had happy Holidays ;-)
ReplyDeleteThank you, you too <3
DeleteAww your Mum's pup & his crazy antics; that has to be the funniest/sweetest thing!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a wonderful Christmas Jennie & don't worry I ate too many chocolates (very rich ones too!) but it just has to be done right?!
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Hehe he's super crazy! Oh absolutely, I'm sure it's some kind of rule that you have to indulge in something over Christmas hehe xo
DeleteOh my gosh, what gorgeous photos! It looks just a wonderful day xx
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DeleteHappy Christmas Jennie - sounds like a perfect day! I am still coming out of my cheese coma from yesterday!
ReplyDeletethank you sweet! hehe I know that feeling very well! xo
DeleteOhh, the Stila Convertible Color palette :) Merry Christmas <3
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DeleteI love what you got your Mum, so touching! xx
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DeleteOh my goodness, that pup! Brilliant! Sounds like you've had a great time with your loved ones, Merry Christmas Jennie!
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DeleteLove the gifts you got with the vouchers! Such a cute dog!
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DeleteMerry Christmas and I hope you've had a lovely Boxing Day too!
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Thank you , Emily! You too <3
DeleteMerry Christmas the Stila lip & cheek palette looks great!
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DeleteSounds like a lovely Christmas! I love that the new PJs had already been washed for you--how sweet! Hope you're enjoying relaxing with family xx
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DeleteYour mum's pup is gorgeous. What breed is he?
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DeleteGlad to hear that you and your family Jennie had a wonderful Christmas, my family did as well. :) I agree about the pyjamas. the bigger, the better but perhaps I went a little too big when I bought a Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore pyjamas from Primark. Yes it's comfy but it's also falling off. Oh dear. lol. :D
ReplyDeleteThank you, so glad that you did too! <3
Deletemerry christmas jennie!!! i love the gift you're putting together for your mom - framed photos are the best!! i also framed 2 old photos for my grandpa for christmas - one of them was a black and white one of my mom and her siblings as kids. he absolutely loved them! i agree christmas can be an odd time of time, you put absolutely perfectly... and i guess as long as we're with loved ones, that's all that really matters. :)
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Aww that's so lovely! Framed photographs make the most wonderful gifts <3 xo
DeleteOooo that Stila pallette looks lovely. Off to hunt it down right now. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Jennie. Looking forward to seeing what your blog has in store in 2014!
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Thank you Jenny, you too! <3 xo
DeleteThe photograph idea was lovely :) I bet your mom really liked that.
ReplyDeleteChristmas can indeed be sad and happy, it's an odd day.
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It's a strange time of year <3
DeleteSounds like a great Christmas :) We were confused with the Dr Who special as well as we haven't watched season 6 or 7 but were really excited to watch the special. That will teach us.
ReplyDeleteIt's become a tradition to watch the first episodes with the new Dr! xo
DeleteMerry Christmas :) those photo frames are lovely and picking photos together is such a wonderful idea! I also got far too involved in the cheeseboard on Christmas day but I don't regret a thing! xx
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DeleteAaw, Jennie! That last photo is hilarious aha. I'm glad you had a lovely day. I was most definitely a little confused by the Dr Who episode, it seemed really drawn out and then bam! I love the frames you chose and the idea of picking out photo's together, it's a sweet family activity <3 I'm glad little Ralphie had fun too, what a happy wee bunny :) xxx
ReplyDeleteHehe he's an odd one that pup! I'm glad we weren't the only ones confused by it, had to watch it though, looking forward to seeing what the new Dr is like next series! <3
DeleteSuch lovely photos!! xx
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DeleteI really love what you did with the picture frames and how you put old photographs in them. My family had these old big windows that we put pictures in as well and it turned out really neat. Great idea and looks lovely in the house.
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DeleteAw it looks like you had a really nice Christmas, those photo frames are absolutely gorgeous! It's such a nice idea too, I'm also super jealous of the Marc Jacobs perfume and haha if I dared to put a paper hat on my dog she'd go mad! :)
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DeleteBailey does look pretty happy in those hats - happier than my Dad at any rate haha :)
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Hope you had a good Christmas Jennie, sounds like you had a wonderful time! I love the old photographs in the frame, such a lovely thing to do and always remember! xo Hannah | Glitter and Sparkle
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