Team Up Thursday - Week 17 - Bottles

It was Mariette's choice this week - she chose BOTTLES -  I enjoyed the theme - I thought of finding 10 bottles and painting them green and hanging them on a wall (Ten Green Bottles Hanging on a Wall) - but it was a fleeting idea, and whilst it may have been a good idea, we were still in holiday mode and did not have the motivation to make the idea a reality.

Mariette and I both chose perfume bottles - although we chose different perfumes...Mariette's picture is of a bottle of Boss Femme - she says that she struggeled this week, because the really pretty perfume bottles did not photograph as well as she had thought they would, however, the picture she chose has good light and is pretty in it's own way.

I chose a picture of a Baby Jadore bottle - the Jadore bottle is a really pretty bottle and whilst the photo probably does not do justice to the bottle, I did try something different as a back ground and I like the reflection of the hearts from the background in the lid

I think we both wanted to do better this week - and I think we imagined photos like we see in the magazine adverts, but I guess we will have to keep trying.

Here is all my baby perfume bottles together - it is a Christian Dior collection that Mike bought me one year on an oversea business trip - I like the way the light has caught in the Jadore bottle and it looks like a little dimple in the liquid.

I also took a picture of a fancy shaped bottle that my mom gave me many years ago - I have never used it for anything except decoration.

Last year Kayla-Fern came home one day and told me that they were going to make a Dream Bottle at school - A few days later she asked me if I could give her a bottle for her Dream Bottle....About a week later I remembered to give her an empty bottle ( I am sure the school and teachers make allowances for moms like me and give a really long notice period) and then a few days later she aske me for decorations and I gave her some ribbon and some scrapbooking stickers....This is her Dream Bottle - the piece of pink paper in the bottle is what she has written her dream on - And she won't tell me what it is, because then she won't dream it....I really like the concept of a Dream Bottle and hope that my little girl always has many dreams that come true - I think as a New Year project, we should look at making our own Dream Bottles...Great idea me thinks...Perhaps photos on our blogs would also be nice...

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year...

Our Christmas was better then we anticipated I think...Lunch with my dad was lovely, and then Mike and I and the kids left on Boxing Day for a very peaceful and relaxed few days at a resort near Hartebeesport Dam - It was lovely, and just the perfect place for relaxing and reflecting on the events of the year that has just passed.  I love the Hartebeesport/Magaliesburg area and I re-found my "NESS"...Still am not sure where my "TIGER" is or what it is doing, but I am feeling much more peaceful and not as sad - Maybe my "TIGER" has woken and is just lying quietly until it is needed again, but whatever - I am fine and my "TIGER" can rest/slumber on - It worked very hard last year and I am fine without it for a while...

I will try and load some gorgeous pictures (well I think they are gorgeous) from our break, so until then take care everyone and lots of love...