"For it is good to be children sometimes and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself."
-Charles Dickens
In which I am able to recapture the joy of Christmas through the eyes of an excitable, present-unwrapping-machine... otherwise known as an almost-6-year-old child...
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Dress: Resort by Jendi silk
Sandals: Betts for Her patent
Bag: Novo patent
Cuff: Vintage, 1960s Moroccan silver & agate
Bangle: Tree of Life silver
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Spent a wonderful morning exchanging Christmas gifts & sharing a delicious morning tea of festive "nibbles" with my dear friend Belinda & her little boy. For this casual yet festive affair, I decided to go with a vibrant, multi-patterned silk maxi dress from Resort by Jendi.
Owing to my height, I had to have the dress altered - or "taken up" - by my seamstress & rather than waste it, used the left-over material to fashion a scarf with bow-tied ends. See the results below:
Relaxed accessories were then chosen - a pair of black patent gladiator flats & a casual, boxy handbag - as well as a couple of chunky pieces of statement jewellery in the form of a vintage 1960s cuff & a smooth silver bangle.
All ready to play Santa Claus for the day!
Scroll down for a peek at the presents a certain small boy was about to receive...
...and the sweet little Christmas note he wrote - by himself!
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On the eleventh day of Christmas
My true love sent to me:
Eleven pipers piping
Ten lords-a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids-a-milking
Seven swans-a-swimming
Six geese-a-laying
Five gold rings
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree
On a day filled with so many wonderful gifts from friends, it seemed only fitting to showcase a few of the gorgeous Christmas decorations that we've been given as gifts over the years...
A hand-carved wooden bell...
Glittered rose from a special student...
Indigenous art for a truly Australian Christmas...
A souvenir of Christmas in a colder climate.... Russia!
A little koala from a friend who lives on the other side of the world...
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