Gingerbread & Heartbreak

Just came back from a fabulous three days in Arizona at the Scrapbook Answers Girls' Weekend ... and I was planning to post some pics from that  (and rave about how awesome it was so everyone who didn't come would be jealous they missed it).

But apparently fate had a different plan for me.

One of my to-do items for the day was to photograph a deliciously simple gingerbread wreath created by fellow SBA editor Ana Cabrera for our holiday craft guide. My neighbor agreed to let me shoot it on her front door, which is painted a deep dark red and has gorgeous antique leaded glass in it. Wreath--check. Camera gear--check. Ability to carry wreath in one hand and camera gear over the other shoulder ... not so much. A moment of imbalance and the wreath slid off the cardboard box lid it was sitting on, tumbling onto the sidewalk.

Witness the destruction! It was all I could do not to cry right there!

P.S. Speaking of our holiday craft guide, I bought one put out by Better Homes & Gardens at the airport today (it has a felt snowman pillow on the cover) ... and although they obviously beat us to the newsstand, ours is going to be so much cooler! If you just want to do one crafty thing this holiday season--make a card, a gift, a garland, a wreath, a gift tag, a centerpiece--you will love our holiday special because we have tons of projects that are beautiful, unique, and (best of all) easy to make. [End blatant self-promotion.]

Comments

[Kimberly Kwan]

1) I miss you already!
2) Hot glue guns work WONDERS on gingerbread!
3) Yes, SBA's holiay guide will seriously kick butt on anyone else's. Why do they even BOTHER??!?

;-)

[ana]

hehe... no need to cry over broken gingerbread. (no suprize... all the men in my life are BROKEN!) haha. it is that exact reason I make extra and keep it in the freezer!

[thebizofknowledge]

I stumbled upon this site as I was in the process of doing some online research. Having a fondness for gingerbread made me take a look. Sadly it was a wreath, but a delicious looking wreath.