The holiday season is in full swing...with Thanksgiving behind us, over-stuffed bellies flattened, we are back in shape and ready for Christmas. We feverishly mark off our list of presents and join the ranks of people succumbing to mass consumerism due to the holidays with those mile long wish lists in the middle of malls, botiques, God forbid highways thick with traffic...not to mislead everyone, I am no doomsday writer, but rather filled with the utmost amount of holiday cheer and generally delighted by the festive Christmas songs, trees, and lights.
I only wish to point out that people could make more of an effort to give the gift of handcrafted items to family and friends alike. Now, this is a wonderful standard to uphold oneself, but it is harder than you might think. An incredible amount of planning is involved with this route and I apologize ahead of time to those of you who might be secretly wishing for some delightful Maria-Made gift this Christmas only to be sorely dissapointed and bummed out. Never fear, there is always next year!
In all seriousness, I have been occupied crafting another type of holiday gift for the masses, one that will hopefully reach many, frustrate few, and delight all. I invite you now to take a look at, download, and print off my handmade holiday gift, courtesy Me, Maria Mandle with Trilogy Design Group.
Click here => http://www.thinktrilogy.com/ for your holiday gift and get ready for an evening of fun filled, origami ornament making!
Like so many, I am very excited for Christmas, but can't help reliving that delicious pie I had over Thanksgiving.....Thank you Daddy Mandle (Sr.)! Rob and I spent this past Thanksgiving in C.T. with the Mandles. It was a beautiful and slow train ride up. We felt like such comfortable travelers with our neat bags, books, laptops, art projects, enjoying each other's company.
The Mandle house was very relaxing with candles burning, a delicious Thanksgiving dinner...Thank you Sigrid and David! Unfortunately we did not take many photos on our camera. I have only a couple from this trip and all three of which were taken on a crisp day with David, Rob, and myself visiting the vineyard in Wallingford where we purchased the wine from our wedding....always lovely to return here! http://www.gouveiavineyards.com/
The weeks following Thanksgiving were filled with Christmas tree purchasing and decorating, crafty Rob and Maria projects to be disclosed at another time, a performance of the Nutcracker, and general fun listening to and in Rob's case, singing along to Christmas songs.
a vip after party at Bobby Woods for the Nutcracker!Take a look through the remaining photos and enjoy the details of our tree. For my family so far away, I hope these images warm your hearts and make you feel closer to me....see our Wee Tree in our cozy apartment!? Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!!!!!!
Much Love,
Maria
