Well as we went to Disneyland for Christmas most of my seasonal A – Z pics were taken there – some I did struggle with so had to be a bit creative! Hope you like them and really looking forward to seeing everyone else’s pics this time. Click on the pic above to go to Kathy’s Scavenger Hunt site.

A is for Angel on the top of my tree

 

B is for Bauble – this one was in the Christmas Market in Paris and I liked the way the Eiffel Tower was reflected in it !

 

C is for Castle, the Disney one all lit up for Xmas

 

D is for decorations,  so many to choose from , this is from one of the beautiful window displays

 

E is for Eiffel Tower which was all lit up and sparkled for a few minutes as well- it was very magical

 

F is for Favourite – this is Sully from Monsters Inc,  my favourite Disney character

 

G is for Goofy dressed as Santa

 

H is for Holly from Tatton Hall

 

I is for Igloo in Paris at the Christmas Market

 

J is for Jake (and Ellen) jingling all the way on a sleigh at Disneyland

 

K is for Kings from this beautiful Xmas card

 

L is for lights, these giant ones were at Disney Studios

 

M is for Market and Mulled wine – here is a pic of the Christmas market at the Eiffel Tower where we had lovely mulled wine

 

N is for Nativity at the Eiffel Tower, they had real animals in the manger as well

 

O is for orange – a tradition for Xmas (along with the less healthy chocolate versions!)

 

P is for Princess from one of the shop windows – Aurora Sleeping Beauty

 

Q is for Queue – we amused ourselves admiring various families’ festive headgear while we were waiting for rides. There was one family all dressed in Santa suits but could not get a pic of them.

 

R is for Reindeer, in this case their stables

 

S is for Snowman, not real but he looks like he would enjoy throwing that snowball!

 

T is for Tree of course from the Disneyland Main Street, I love the little gingerbread decorations

 

U is for unwrapped, the children’s traditional Xmas chocs from the stockings they unwrapped Xmas morning

 

V is for Village , the Disney Village which was looking very festive

 

W is for Winter Wonderland a cute show with Mickey and Minnie and friends

 

X is for Xmas cards , this was one of my faves this year

 

Y is for Yoda Stitch which Ellen bought as a present for herself

 

Z is for Zac Efron from High School Musical who you can just see on the wall of this themed cafe that we ate lunch in (told you I had struggled with some!)

Well it is that time of the blogging month again – would have posted this yesterday but needed light to take the last couple of pics this morning.

In no particular order here are my pics for this month.

Comfort food

This is my new best friend, my slow cooker with a wonderful beef stew cooking that Ellie and I ate at the weekend. I do love winter food!

Polka Dot

Now I was thinking if I get stuck for this one I could just take another pic of my lovely little red and white teapot. However since I have already posted pics of that a couple of time before was looking for something different at the Harrogate Knitting and Stitching Show and what did I come across but this wonderful fabric – featuring my little teapot! So here it is – I bought 1/2 a metre that I have no plans for yet but it may make a nice apron.

Poppy

This is a pic of the display in my local florist’s window. It could also nearly count as a self-portrait as I am in the reflection.

Warmth

This is a double warmth pic as these little smoothie bottles are wearing hats to keep them warm in the chiller cabinet but this is a fundraiser by the Innocent Smoothie company called the Big Knit. People knit hats for the bottles and donate them then the profits go to charities to help elderly people keep warm.

Something I have made

Not hard as this was the whole reason for doing to blog in the first place to share what I do – this is one of my pre-blog projects, my first complex piece of goldwork. It was from a magazine called Classic Stitches and took about 50 hours to do. I made this is 2007 and was very pleased that after it was exhibited at our local Embroiderers’ Guild it was selected to be shown at two other national exhibitions that year!

Lucky Charm

This is not really a charm but I always keep it with me in my purse – an icon card bought at the cathedral in Barcelona some years ago.

Something purple

Lovely flowers – my favourite Lisianthus flowers

Self Portrait

I found this really hard to do – am not a big fan of pics of me anyway and kept getting the angle wrong – anyway this is me in my bathroom , excuse the wet hair!

Staircase

 

I was planning to take a pic of a lovely old staircase near my friend Lydia’s yarn shop in town but forgot my camera (doh!) So instead you have a pic of my very boring one! However this is a ‘before’ photo -watch this space as later this month it will be transformed by my lovely baubles.

A Memorial

An old gravestone from Marsden Churchyard.

Something that lights up

You know I love candles so Christmas is a time to indulge in all sorts of fun ones!

Silhouette

I was a bit confused as to what counted as a silhouette as I think this is more a shadow but here I am in my long winter coat on my way to work one sunny morning!

Have very much enjoyed this month’s hunt again and look forward to seeing everyone else’s pics.

Thanks for visiting.