Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Christmas with the Leon-Guerreros

Before Franklin and I head out to spend time with family on christmas, we like to have our own little private christmas at home, just the two of us. This was our first christmas together as a married couple, huzzah! and we've already acquired some sweet holiday traditions:

1. make the house smell like breakfast
2. wear silly hats


 What I got Franklin: Vintage Suzuki Omnichord, Vintage GE Keyboard, Clash of the Kings

My favorite part of christmas was Franklin's reactions to his gifts, haha. Doesn't he look so happy in that last picture? ha! I see christmas gifts as an opportunity to show him how well I know him :) I think I did pretty good this year, heehee. If you've never heard of an omnichord, here's a demo video I found on youtube for your viewing pleasure: CLICK HERE to see what an omnichord sounds like!
What Franklin got me: Diana F+ lomography camera, Speedball screenprinting kit, a Camera Obscura record and a REALLY AWESOME DRAFTING TABLE!

I've been super obsessed with my new Diana F+ camera. It's completely manual, right down to opening and closing the shutter. It takes 120 film, which I've never used before, but I'm oh so excited to see how my photos turn out. After looking through all the photo albums at Franklin's grandma's house, it makes me really want to be more conscious about collecting tangible photos for future generations to gaze upon. It's sad how all my photographic memories are digital, and if my computer crashed, they'd be lost forever.

Anyway, how was everyone's christmas? I hope it was fun! It gets hard to make your own christmas and find your way of cultivating that christmas spirit when you get older, without feeling like you're trying too hard to recreate your own childhood memories. but you get there eventually! I feel like we finally got there this year. It definitely helps to wear silly hats, I tell ya what.

-Elizabeth




7 comments:

  1. I love Franklin's face when he's opening his omnichord! ha! You guys are so cute. :)
    And I LOVE that Camera Obscura album.
    Trish

    www.jellybonesblog.blogspot.com

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    1. haha, I know! He thinks it's embarrassing, but I think it's cute, so it's staying up, haha. and, me too, I love the album. and I'd always wanted to hear it on vinyl. so good! :)

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  2. The Diana F camera's are amazing. You can do a little hack using a paddle pop stick and some tape to get them to take 35mm too.

    I love your hats!

    www.cepheisaur.blogspot.com

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    1. Ooo, thanks for the tip! I looked up the details on google after you mentioned it, and I love the way it includes the film holes in the image! I'll definitely have to try that. ah, darn, tried to check out your blog but it says your blog doesn't exist! :(

      -Elizabeth

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    2. Ah, I JUST changed my blog =] new link is http://lifeoncephei.blogspot.com.au =]

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  3. I love how you celebrate with just the two of you first. I'm thinking I may need to add crazy hats to my Christmas day traditions too. They look like fun! Have fun with your new toys. :)

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    1. It's funny how wearing a hat can make everything a little more fun, haha. It's true though! haha.

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