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52/52 The GraceFaith year long art project

Choosing a favourite piece of art, each week of the year...

Getting creative with Nanny

Loving the Christmas food sculpture that the girls created today with Nanny. Gorgeous!

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Making table decorations for Christmas

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...uncovers an earlier painting by Sofia during the building works

and it clearly needs to be recorded: Circa 2014

Chocolate & Teapots

My current slow mo style LIFE AS IT IS means that I'm not yet feeling the Christmas baubles. Even though Fia excelled at Mary in her nativity, (beauty, joy and even grace were mentioned), and Esme wrapped her gifts for us all, well over a week ago, I'm finding the countdown to Christmas 2015 hard to embrace. The building work has only been seven weeks; I can't grumble. Instead I give thanks and a massive shout out to everyone that's helping us. Chocolate and teapots clearly make the world go round. All rather welcome and very much appreciated. Thank you. We think we're going to be complete end of next week? We had better be, I will get the tree tomorrow, and I will feel the baubles, I will!

Northern Highlights - reindeer racing in Lapland 2015

You can read my travel feature on Lapland here.

My guide to a stress free Christmas

For me, this post is sort of ironic, seeing as the house is yet to be finished and I am still upside down... anyway for lots of practical reasons, here's how to ensure your Christmas runs stress free:

49/52 The GraceFaith year long art project

Choosing a favourite piece of art, each week of the year...

Our favourite Christmas gifts

Over the course of the last year, LIFE AS IT IS has been fortunate enough to be sent some amazing products to review. So just in case you need any Christmas shopping inspiration, here are some of our favourites:

My goodness, if travelling with children wasn't already enough fun - just add these into the mix! Disney Samsonite cases, available from www.samsonite.co.uk priced from £59. 

FRAMED - who says you need a kitchen to cook?

Incidentally, that's my kitchen, flat packed in the boxes behind!