I would like to welcome my new followers to Christmas Believe, it is lovely to "meet" you & thanks for joining :)
I just thought I'll upload some photos of our recent holiday to North Wales. I have been incredibly busy doing a well over due "Spring" clean around the house from dusting to changing furniture! That's why there has not been many posts lately. My handsome hubby now has a proper music room for practicing his musical instruments & listening to music. Once everywhere is sorted, I will be painting most of the house & then afterwards hopefully we will have new carpet put in! Hoping to finish painting before Christmas. It's a great reason to keep me going, my brain keeps thinking "it's all got to be done before Christmas"! ;)
Hope you all are having a great week,
Lily
Town of Llandudno
Llandudno
Llandudno
Did a boat trip in this cute boat around Llandudno
Llandudno Pier
Lovely cake shop in Llandudno
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Llandudno Royal Legion Fundraising Festival for British Veterans :)
Llandudno
Angle Sea "where Prince William & Princess Catherine live"
Llandudno Church
The old theatre that has been turned into a restaurant
Llandudno Town Centre
Conwy Castle
Conwy Castle
Conwy Harbor
Conwy Harbor
Smallest house in the world that actually is illegal to live in at the moment. There was a charge of £1.50 pp and it didn't take long to look around.
Inside the smallest house in the world. There was only a bench and a tiny wooden ladder to upstairs. Then upstairs there was enough room for a tiny single bed and a bed pan!
Guess by now many of you know that hubby & I went away for our 7th wedding anniversary to a cottage in North Wales. This blog post is simply about the cottage, the gorgeous cottage :) It sleeps 6 people so I'm sure you can imagine how much 2 people enjoyed all that space. It was beautifully decorated & so peaceful, the only 2 noises you could hear all day long was birds singing and a few sheep in the farm at the back. There were many games, DVDs and CDs available to use & to my delight there was a Christmas CD & "It's a Wonderful Life". We had a lovely time using the hot tub, watching films, playing board games and visiting the local area. We had never been to North Wales & had never really hired a cottage before. It's always hotels or B&Bs. I loved how you could smell the fire in the living room as you came into the room everytime & kept imagining Christmas lights all over it. The cottage was an up side down cottage so you could reall take in the breathtaking views.
I had to share some the photos with you guys, hope you like them :)
Lily
Front of the cottage
Back of the cottage
Fab hot tub
Back garden
Back garden, bbq area
Wood burner for cold nights
The farm at the back of the cottage
Kitchen
Master Bedroom
Real victorial fire place in the master bedroom that was brought in from a mining cottage near by!
Conservatory
2nd bedroom
Hallway
Mini conservatory
Games room
Beautiful writing desk
Gorgeous lounge, real wood burning fire
3 bedroom with 2 beds
Breakfast room followed by formal dining room
Our cake on the kitchen counter & our Canadian Iced Wine that our friend had sent from Canada, we had saved it for a special occasion.
Today I watched ELF for the first time! Why hadn't I seen it before?!?! I looooooove this film, now I know why it is a holiday favorite for many. I love that the film is set in New York city, which I really hope to visit someday. The thing is I'm not a huge fan of Will Ferrell specially after watching "Step Brothers". I bought the film this week on Amazon for about £2.00 & it happens to be a 2 disc special edition. Have any of you seen the special features, the "Deck the Halls" feature? It shows many people who are absolutely in love and obsessed with decorating their homes for Christmas. Some of the footage is breath taking and has made me want to start planning and making decorations for this year. I am going to use a new book that I have bought, "Crafting Christmas Gifts" by David and Charles Media Inc. There are many ideas on how to make angels, snowmen etc.
Only 161 days to go, have you started planning yet?
By the way many thanks for those of you who wished me & hubby a Happy Wedding Anniversary. Our holiday was really special and lovely & I will upload some photos soon. If you missed the post on my "Surprise Wedding Anniversary Cake" please click HERE.
Hope you are having a lovely weekend & please let me know if you have started planning for Christmas 2011.
