Sher's 12 Days Of Christmas Book

Me and Sher lived in Malaysia for 5 months in 2004.

While there, I had a Looot of time, so I came up with the idea of making 

him a little book for Christmas.

We didn't have much money,

 so I just had my markers and colored pencils to play with. 

I found a 3 ring binder/photo album at our neighborhood grocery store

and a drawing pad.

I actually did this right under his nose! At the time he didn't really know about the 

12 days of Christmas or how Christmas obsessed I was haha.

-So it was easy to do..when he wasn't looking I finished it with the 

"For Sher" page. Then I packed it up to bring home

with us on Thanksgiving, and presented it to him on Christmas.

We bring it out every year and smile at every page.

Every time I look through it I can remember the specific days and what

was going on in Malaysia as I worked on it.

Here's how it came out:

I painted the outside of the album as soon as I got back home, 

then hid it away until Christmas.

Partridge in a Pear Tree.

2 Turtle Doves.

3 French Hens

(I love this one)

4 Calling Birds

(They are all speaking in Russian, his native language)

5 Golden Rings

6 Geese-a- Laying

(This one has a door you can open up)

7 Swans-a-Swimming

(notice the one in the left bottom corner lol)

8 Maids -a-Milking

This one has a door you can open up also:

9 Ladies Dancing

10 Lords-a-Leaping

11 Pipers Piping

12 Drummer's Drumming

Needless to say, this book created a theme for us. So every

year I try to add something to the theme and we have our master bedroom

decorated with 12 days of Christmas.

I have a quilt I made last year to share with you and

I'll also post pics of the tree we have in there tomorrow.

God bless. :0)