NEW52-Week49, NEW boken and tea

So week 49, I challenged myself to learn how to photograph Christmas lights, especially boken style.  I found this really simple tutorial here that explains it in simple woman's terms.  I still need to practice on getting a subject in focus yet boken in the background.  Maybe next week?  So Bostyn's preschool had a family evening outing to see the Honolulu Lights.  Here I practiced with some lights hanging on the trees.

Another one of the lights on the Christmas tree at Kahala Hotel

Another NEW for the week was Tea with Santa at the Kahala Hotel.  It was such a wonderful delight that we plan on doing it again next year.  Bostyn knew she was going to do something special with me so she didn't mind getting all dressed up (new J. Crew dress, pearls, and sandals) and taking some photos with me before we left the house.

Here is the yummy display of desserts.  The main dishes for adults and kids were yummy too but those photos were not as yummy looking as desserts.  One of my favorite sandwiches was the nutella and banana.

Of course it said tea with Santa so Santa was on hand to take photos with the kids (and adults).  I just had to give him a kiss since I would never do that with everyone looking on at the mall.  I love how Bostyn is watching and wondering what I was doing.

Here is a great shot of our lovely companions for the day, Shari, Kammi, and Kamryn.  I love this shot of the three of them.

Scrapping for the week.  I didn't realize that Elisa, over at Oscraps, selected on of my layouts as the base of the December Copycat Challenge.  So head on over there to pick up a free template and participate.

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Gennifer Bursett, at Design House Digital, FINALLY came out with a Naughty Christmas kit.  Love the colors and patterns to this paper collection.  I just had to show it off her with her December Blueprint Challenge (free template so head on over).

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