Crystal Madrilejos

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Christmas Break

The one thing I miss about being in school is having Christmas Break, and any other break for that matter. Andrew and I have been in a flurry of Christmas present making. Ever since my nieces and nephews were born, my family had all agreed that no one could afford to buy presents for every single person. The little ones, our little sister and our parents are the only people we are required to buy for. Even though this is fine with everyone, I still feel compelled to give something to everyone. This year, Andrew and I made (almost) all our presents! I’ve been documenting them so that after they have been given out I can post pictures here.

In the meantime until I can post about the Christmas presents, I will continue with our Apartment Evolution. If the move wasn’t official before, it is now. Last night we decided on our last day here and reserved our moving van to seal the deal. Before our apartment is dismantled, here are some detail photos from the main room (see post below):

The first photo is the corner of our main room. The prints on the wall are cards that I bought at Etui online that Andrew and I framed.

The flowered curtain Andrew bought for me from a thrift store when he was living in Chicago.

When I was growing up, our elderly neighbor and his wife were ceramicists and they had a studio in their basement. Every Saturday, my sister and I would go to their house for ceramic lessons. It was so much fun and I’m so glad I had the experience. When they moved away, they left us a bunch of fired, unpainted ceramics and that’s where the roosters and owls on the windowsill came from. I love the fact that they are still all white.

The last photo is of our craft area and you can see the branch that we hung on the ceiling. We both love the outdoors and we thought it would be nice to bring some outdoors indoors.

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday!
Fondly,
Crystal

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