Lookin' a lot like Christmas

Hey, it's Ivy here, a little patch of sunshine in a wonderfully cloudy world! Well, at our house, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And I LOVE it!

Here's a fun bokeh effect:

If you don't have a DSLR, bokeh can be tricky. I do mine by standing a far way off, and then zooming in. Next, I place my little dolly hand (if you're a human, it's much easier) in front of the lens. I press the shutter halfway down, letting the camera focus on my hand. Before I take the photo, I just take my hand away. Ta-da!!

Here's our tree before lights and decorations.

And here's our tree, all decked out in sparkling yellow lights! Yay! We have an angel topper on it now, and angel and globe lights wrapped around it.

Ha ha, I noticed Spicemuffin didn't have anywhere to put her (extremely noisy) jingle bell wreath, so she wrapped it around this artificial flower arrangement. Hee hee!

Well, this little dolly will have to snap more photos, but she needs help with the giant camera. I still have to wait just a little while for Spicemuffin to feel better, so sit tight, lovely followers!


With Christmassy love...