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Happy New Year to you all.

More Glass Ornaments

Last year I showed you some of my glass ornament collection. And since you are all asking "hasn't she got any new ornaments this year?", I'll show you the latest in my collection. Since I have so many ornaments I try to be really selective, because it is difficult to find room for more. But new items always find their way - almost by itself.

I got two super nice ornaments from my SIL this year for my birthday - a fox-mum with her puppy:

And a very nice penguin with a purple scarf:

My first advent gift from DH was two Volkswagen glass ornaments, which he had ordered from the Volkswagen factory in Germany (he is a Volkswagen mechanic):

They are both so nice and have very authentic details, I love them both.

On our trip to Wismar in Germany I found these two. A very nice and detailed corset:

And a stack of Christmas gifts:

I have never seen anything like them, so I had to buy them both.

I found  this glass cupcake inside a glass dome at Lisbeth Dahl:

I forgot to photograph the swan last year, it is a few years old and comes from Southern Jutland, which we visited in my vintage Opel GT. I fell in loved with it, but didn't dare buying it, since I was sure it would break its neck on the way home. But DH gave it to me, because he was sure it would survive. Fortunately it did:

We bought this snow white real conch covered with glitter at Key West in February on our trip to Florida. I saw lots of lovely glass ornaments over there, but I didn't dare bringing them with me home as I know how they treat my suitcase. This survived the trip and I think it is fun it is not man-made but a real conch:

Tomorrow, my niece, aka the cleaning fairy, comes and helps me packing away all the decorations. She is very effective and it is cosy doing it together. Then Christmas is over for this year, sigh! I love Christmas.

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Countdown to Christmas

I have made an advent calendar for my parents since 1981, and this year was no exeception. I love to receive gifts, but I love giving gifts even more. Here are all the gifts lined up in correct order, ready to be wrapped:

DH and I help each other and it is a quite cosy job. Here is the finished result:

My mum's gift is on the floor. It is a book and it is too heavy to hang on the calendar.

I have given son and DH advent gifts each Advent Sunday since son was ten. Son's gifts always hang from the curtain rod in our living room:

And DH's gifts lie in a basket I got at work:

And this year my niece, who is my cleaning fairy, also gets advent gifts. Here is the first one waiting for her with a card and her cleaning program as a surprise:

And if I am very lucky I also get a few advent gifts. This year DH gave me the first two and then son was supposed to give me the last two, but since he is already broke, I think I have to be satisfied with the first two. ;)

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THE LAST MC-Tour

The last in my little series "The Last" already feels very long ago - our last motorcycle tour. We went to eat lunch at "Malerklemmen", but stopped at "Moellebaekkens Koebmandsgaard" as seen here:

They have a shop too with exhibitions of vintage things, so the feeling is very old-fashioned. Here is the  storekeeper's office:

After having lunch we drove to a lovely shop nearby where I bought tea and coffee sirup. Here is DH's Honda VT1100 Shadow:

Did you notice the jacket? DH gave me a pink mc-jacket in spring and I have decorated it with a large pink rhinestone pin:

And no, I don't want a pink helmet!

We drove on to the Harbour of Roskilde where we had an icecream and walked around and looked at the ships. Here is a very nice Harley Davidson Electra Glide, which ran so low idle that I am impressed it didn't stop.

Thank you, BIL, for tour planning - you always find the most beautiful routes.

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Glow in the Dark Ladybugs

When my sister trew a beauty theme birthday party for her seven year old daughter in late August, I was invited together with my portable nail clinic. I had packed lots of bright colours and glitters too, but guess what they all loved? Glow-in-the-dark green ladybugs:

I think it was the glowing fearture they thought was fun and when they saw my ladybug toe nails they combined it. I painted and draw lines and made dots, and sister did their hair, so it was really a beauty clinic. Her twin brother also wanted ladybug nails, god help me:

After I had painted them they rushed up under the duvet to see them glow in the dark. One girl wanted Danish flags on her nails and one wanted leopard glitter nails. Here is a photo of the clinic:

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