Day 7 Magazine Inspiration

Beautiful photos! Sounds like your husband was a better sport about stopping for "just one more" than mine would have been!

Thank you. Yes he is pretty good about stopping for “just one more” even 7 years later.

Lol my very not Italian in laws have a 'Santa on a rope'as I call him (like 'soap on a rope') & he's the only one of that kind I've seen, so I love that you saw so many & the template you picked looks great for your trip cover!

Love this graphic page! I would be looking for a rappelling Santa in shops if I was there... I can't imagine how people in the US would react to that cool decoration! Beautiful page and pics!

Sounds like my husband LOL! This really is so beautifully done. I love the graphic feel to your page and your use of the arch photo in the center really draws the eye right in. Love!

@bellbird I'm so happy to hear that your in-laws have a Santa on a rope! I've never seen one outside of Venice. Certainly not in Portland.

@norton94 We did check a few shops for rappelling Santas but we kept me from buying one. The power, the plug, the fact that my urban condo HOA prohibits outdoor decorations & the fact that we only found one all kept me from bringing one home. I simply can't understand why they haven't overtaken the market in the US at least for a year or two.

@JenEm Thank you. I chose the Bridge of Sighs for just that purpose. It was tricky to think about cropping into triangles. I had never done that before. I was only right on first guess about the Santa, mostly because most of the ones I photographed were in a vertical format. Easy to pull the only horizontal photo. None of the other three appeared in the spot where I thought they would work. My mind sees it now but who knows when I'll use a template like this again. I may have to learn it again.

This is really eye-catching. I love that central photo and how it draws the eye right in. Great capture of the repelling Santa too!

@ashleywb Thank you.