Art Journaling-December-Week #1-Sing Along-Oh Tannenbaum-Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle

Such A Wonderful & Timely Monthly Muse...You Always Seem To Hit The Subject Matter Right On The Head With Me Each Month...I Love Trees In General...They Can Be Tall,Protective & Majestic & May Remind One Or Draw On Memories & Perhaps A Reminiscence About Family Or Family Roots...Either Way...Trees Represent Life,Shelter,Strength,Respect...And Since This Is December & Christmas Is Around The Corner...I Am Reminded Of Christmases Past...Time Spent Decorating The Family Christmas Trees Over The Years & Now Our Own...Each Tree Having A Special Meaning About Family & Friends Gathering Together To Open Gifts And/Or Share In A Wonderful Meal,Sharing Some Wonderful Decadent Desserts & Cherishing The Conversations That Are Made In Laughter,Love & Fun!...Christmas Is A Special Time Of Year Either Way You Slice It...For Me The Tree Is Everything...The Decorations,The Presents But Especially The LIGHTS!!!!!!...Those Wonderful Lights!...Twinkling & Shining Ever So Brightly...They Remind Me Of My Childhood Christmases Spent With Family & Especially My Mom Who Is No Longer Among Us Physically But Is Strong In Her Spirit & That To Me Is Carried In All Those Twinkling Lights...She Is Alive In All Those Twinkling Lights & In My Heart...Sorry...For A Minute I Had To Stop & Collect Myself...A Few Tears Came To My Eyes As I Am Talking About My Mom...A Few More Tears Now...Mom Really Loved Christmas & She Passed That Tradition On To Me & Our Family...This Layout Definitely Describes Her Personality...Full Of Love For Life & Family & She Just Loved Bright Colors & Had A Vibrant Personality To Match & She Herself Was A Bright Light In My Life That Will Always Stay With Me...So My Layout Is Dedicated To Her Memory In All Those Beautiful & Wonderful Twinkling Lights...Surrounded By All The Stars Of Light & Love...Love & Miss You So Very Much Mom...xoxo...

*I Would Also Like To Take The Time To Wish All Of Our Wonderful Lilypad Members & Their Families & Friends A Wonderful,Merry & Happy Holiday Season! & All The Best In 2019!...Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Everyone!...Hope To See You All At The MOC7 In January!...

*For My Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle Layout-I Used:

*Shine Bright-Bundle-Rachel Jefferies
*Down The Chimney-Pink Reptile Designs
*The Rainbow Tree-Collab-2018-The Digital Scrapbooking Studio(3 Items Used)
*Merry & Bright-Collab-Oscraps(1 Item Used)