Sunday, January 2, 2011

Happy New Year 2011 & Giveaway

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 everyone!!!
I still can't believe that another year has gone by... and honestly I still thought that I had some more time before the year came to an end. The other day I was having lunch with some scrappy friends and was mentioning how next week for new years, hubby and I were planning to grab some dinner and watch the fireworks. The catch was... that lunch was this past Thursday and new years was on Friday... oops. Needless to say, I kinda lost track to time.

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fireworks at marina bay (not the greatest picture, but still working on my photo taking skills)

And looking back this past year...

  • visited 7 cities/countries (australia, bali, barcelona, belgium, hanoi, london and malacca); not counting Bangkok
  • took a 3 month break from work
  • had a chance to work with another client/project for a short period of time
  • taught my first scrapbooking class (both locally and internationally)
  • had the opportunity to guest design / featured with 10 sponsors
  • amazing opportunity to work with 3 new design teams (lily bee, creating keepsake and pink paislee) - beyond my dreams
  • and bought 8 new bags (something that I really need to cut down for the next year)

And for the coming year, well not really sure just yet... but looking forward to

  • enjoying my work (somehow)
  • reaching a happy weight
  • visiting another 7 countries
  • visiting sis in chicago (and attending CHA W 2011 in LA along the way)
  • and...

And while I continue to work out my resolutions for the new year, I thought it would be great to start off the year with a giveaway!! The piles of goodies shown below will be split evenly between TWO lucky scrappers!! If you are interested, please do leave a comment on this post by midnight Friday Jan 7th and would love to hear how you're new year celebration was.


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Wishing everyone again - a happpy new year and may all your wishes and dreams come true!! Also a big thanks for all your support and encouragement always!

93 comments:

  1. Piradee, Happy New Year! Our celebration was spent with lots of friends. We had fireworks, food, games, and snow! At one point the kids were in their swimsuits (just jumped out of the hot tub) having a snowball fight! So much fun! Thanks for the generous giveaway! -Alisa

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  2. Happy New Year!such a great giweavay:)

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  3. Happy New Year to you. Wow, what a great giveaway. Thanks for a chance to win.
    I had to work on New Years Eve, but when I got home there was still time to open a bottle and celebrate with my parents in law and my parents on the phone.

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  4. Oooo...it would be a great start to the New Year to win some goodies!

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  5. Happy New Year for you and Familly <3

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  6. Happy New Year to you and family. Hope it is an awesome one for you...

    We spent a quiet one at my FIL's place as my DH last his Mom, just before Christmas...

    Thanks for a chance for such awesomeness...♥

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  7. My NYE celebration was derailed by a trip to labor and delivery triage. We thought we were going to have a New Years baby... but I was discharged at 2 am and told to labor at home... so I'm still at home.. laboring away...

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  8. hI piradee!! happy new year!! great resolutions!! hope you will get all you want this year!! we had a lovely familie dinner at home and enjoyed our children's laughters!!

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  9. I wish you a very happy new year! I hope it will be as great for you as 2010 was:) My new year was fun: we just celebrated it at home with the five of us watching a Dutch TV show, which was really amazing. Unfortunately the neighbours were all gone to celebrate New Year's Eve at their friends', but we had fun celebrating it just with the family though.

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  10. Unfortunately it was a travel day for us. So, nothing. But the older I get the less I miss the 'fun' of being out on nights like this one.

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  11. What an exciting year! Happy new year to you!!

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  12. My New Year's celebration was a fabulous dinner made by hubs without the kids! Congrats on all your scrappy success! Thanks for the chance at the RAKs!

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  13. blessed new yr! i had a great start to the year, went for a steamboat dinner on the eve of new yr then i had my very first experience of catching the fireworks from the expressway! it was so amazing to see the cars stopping on the left side of ecp and we had an awesome spot to watch. initially thought we cldn't make it but we did! then the night ended off with some cards playing at my friend's hostel in NUS, all 10 of us (: its definitely a great start to 2011! have another wonderful scrappy yr piradee, tks for the chance to win!

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  14. New Year's was quiet for me. Looking forward to crafting more this year. Thanks for the chance to win the giveaway!

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  15. i was too lazy to cook so my husband and i checked in a hotel.we watched the fireworks from our room at midnight. it was pretty simple but special.happy new year to you too and thank you for the amazing giveaway.:)

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  16. Hey Piradee,

    Happy New year and Thanks for the giveaway! I spent an awesome time with friends and family on New year's eve, juggling between two parties and counting down with the family.

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  17. Hey Piradee,

    You know what? Your fireworks photo looks just like the one my friend took, cause you were both at the Marina Bay countdown =)

    Have a great year (and many many many more years) of scrapping ahead!

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  18. You certainly accomplished a lot in 2010; I'm looking forward to seeing your work in 2011!

    We didn't do much - watched the hockey game and went to bed. Sheesh, I'm getting old!

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  19. happy new year!! I went to a friend's house and watched a movie. Nothing too big, but we like it that way. :)

    -Lauren
    lauren51990 AT aol DOT com

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  20. i spent my new year at downtown east!
    Playing xbox kinetic. :D
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  21. Happy New Year!!!

    My New Year was spent playing hours on Kinect with my cousins jumping up/down, sqautting left/right and dancing away to the groves of the music!! It was awesome fun & awfully tiring!

    Many thanks for the giveaway!! =D

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  22. happy new year to you all.
    lorve a fab giveaway at this time of year....bring it on!
    i spent new years with family and friends here in newcastle australia, listening to a fab local band play down by the lake, then watched the family friendly timed fireworks at 10pm.. off home to put my kidlet to bed, then hubby and i watched the sydney fireworks on the telly, then music vdos, then finally crashed.
    lorve my family and life, lorve my scrapbooking too!!!

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  23. hey there! first time to stop by! nice to meet you! i spent my time with my boyfriend and watching firework together in Hong Kong! I have been away home for 5 years studying in California. I was very exciting to wait for 2011~!

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  24. We had a rainy, homey new year - lunch with my family and dinner with my husband's!

    May your new year bring lots of new surprises and blessings in all ways! Thanks for the lovely giveaway!

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  25. happy new year piradee... 2011 is another great to look forward too... And congratulations for all the scrappy stints you've got... you deserved it!

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  26. Hi Piradee,
    I had a blast this new year..staying up to 2am as I had friends over at my place! It's awesome!

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  27. We had a family gathering to celebrate the new year. It will ne the last with my grandmother who is ill so it was a special time for our family. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  28. what a lovely giveaway. Looking forward to see more of your work and have fun in CHA. do take more pictures!!!!

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  29. Wish I can be one of the lucky one! My family ...count down with our pyjamas *_*!

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  30. Happy New Year to you ! Thanks for the chance to win !

    We had a quiet New Year at home with steamboat dinner and watching free HBO programmes on tv.

    ~Mich~

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  31. happy new year to everyone! coincidentally my new year resolution is to complete one artwork per month. So i hope i can be the lucky one. yay!

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  32. hey hey lucky you going to CHA!! sure fun... wait to see all the goodies sneak! Happy new YEAR!!

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  33. Hi Piradee! Great to be visiting your blog again! The Holidays was great specially that I get to spend most of my time with my 2 sons. I'd been out of touch because I'm teaching now, but its great that I had a break to really enjoy the Holidays. Happy New Year to you... and I hope I have the luck of winning your great rak!

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  34. Happy New Year - our New Year was quiet - spent with Family, which is ALWAYS good - Looking forward to 2011 with loads of scrapping ...

    Love, Tracy G

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  35. Blessed New Year Piradee! We were pleased as punch to be back from Australia to celebrate the new year with family, both in Singapore and Malaysia. The grandparents were estatic to spend time with their grand daughter! Thanks for the chance to win the goodies! Being away from my stash is making me real sad and these will certainly help me for the nect few months while I'm back in the country!

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  36. And a Happy New Year to you to.
    My New Years Eve was mainly spent travelling. But we got home in time to sit and watch some fireworks from our front yard!

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  37. happy new year to u and ur family too, piradee :D

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  38. Happy New Year to you! :D
    I had a meaningful New Year with friends, volunteering @ a home for the elderly! (: A great kickstart to 2011!

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  39. happy new year !!! a love your blog :o)

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  40. Happy New Year, I'm so excited to see all the wonderful inspiration I know you will share with us in 2011! We rang in the new year with friends. We had a wonderful evening and am very much looking forward to 2011 being the best year yet! Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  42. Happy New Year!!! :D
    Hope it'll be one that'd be even more exciting, fun-packed and meaningful than the already fabulous 2010!

    I spent my new year at a sleepover having fun till we didn't realise it was already 2011 :D

    Thanks for the giveaway! :)

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  43. congrats on your DT position, looking forward to see your pink paislee layouts! I totally love all their collections and can't wait to see their new lines. My reolutions for 2011 are mainly, scrap more, run more and try to be a bit more organised.Happy 2011!

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  44. Happy new year piradee...congratulations on the past years many achievements...including the handbags!!! othing wrong with that!! we went to a dance in Athens, music was a bit dissapointing! have a good year...

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  45. For years my husband loved to have a NYE party of two, but now we've expanded the guest list to include our daughter as well. 8-)

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  46. What a great giveaway to kick of 2011!
    aubreyfick@yahoo.com

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  47. Wow! You have been busy in 2010! We stayed at home and had a real Michael Jackson Wii party. 8 controllers going on at one time and then when 12:00am hit we yelled Happy New Year!

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  48. Hi Piradee, great year to u ahead!

    I spent my new year's eve on the plane... Luckily to catch a glimpse of the fireworks from the plane, moments before touching down in sg...

    Great giveaway! Thanks Piradee

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  49. My family and I attended a dinner at Resort World Sentosa, Singapore :)

    Wasn't as fun as I hoped for it to be but it's the company that mattered!

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  50. Hi Piradee, I hope to see more layouts from you this year, you are a great artist and an inspiration to my pages!! Thanks for sharing this giveaway with us!

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  51. Happy new year to you Piradee.
    It's a tradition in our clan to celebrate New Year of having a reunion with all my relatives, bonding moments, games, gift giving, singing, dancing and lots of fun.

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  52. My New Years was spent trying to get our baby to sleep...I was bounce walking him around the living room while we waited for the ball to drop on TV...he dozed off...a whispered "happy New Year!" and a kiss...then WAAAAH! The noise outside woke him back up. lol We live across the street from the fairgrounds, between the neighbors and the fireworks, we were back at square one getting to sleep. lol

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  53. Happy New Year to you Piradee! I see that you are already on new 2 DT in 2011 (CK and MME). Great start to a new year. Looking forward to seeing your wonderful work in 2011.

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  54. Happy new year! I spent new years with my family in the province, a first time for my kids!

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  55. Happy New Year Piradee! Grats on your Creative Team Memberships! Our New Years was quiet...our 3 year old wore us out and my husband and I barely made it to midnite!

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  56. Happy new year, Piradee! The last day of 2010 was as eventful as the rest of the year was for us... Just as we were preparing to go home after a friend's house party, my daughter had really bad abdominal pains and we had to take her to the doctor that night. Thankfully, it wasn't too late yet - just before 10 pm - so we managed to find a clinic near our place that was still open.

    Thanks for organizing the giveaway! =)

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  57. Happy New Year! I love your layouts and use them for inspiration! thanks

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  58. I spent New Year's Eve with 2 of my grandchildren. We had tacos for dinner. We played games, watched movies and saw the new year in. It doesn't get better than that!

    Grandma in KS

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  59. Happy new year!
    You have been in belgium, great!
    Of course i would like to join your candy.
    We have had a nice dinner, me , my hubbie and our son of 6, and then we played games the entire evening/ night.
    Marie-Anne

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  60. hi Piradee - Debbie here in Hong Kong. we are going to CHA as well - would love to meet up!
    Love MME and also following your blog!
    mine is http://tckscrapbooker.blogspot.com/
    if you want to visit!

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  61. Wow. Would love to win goodies. Thanks.

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  62. Happy New Year! I had a quiet one.Went to the show with my grandnephews to see Yogi Bear! LOL!!

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  63. A very Happy New Year to you! I spent the evening at home playing games with the kids! Very quiet and very fun!

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  64. We got together with my husband's family and played Just Dance on the wii. So much fun! Thanks for the chance!

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  65. What a lovely collection! I'd love to participate in the giveaway :)

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  66. I rang in the New Year at home alone with my sweet hubby. Our kids are all grown now and on their own (well, the *baby* is 19 and still 'living' at home, but he's always gone with friends....ahhh to be young and always on the go!). So, we are back to finding the joy of quality alone time together! :) Not to mention that last year was kind of wild and crazy, so we just wanted to bring the new year in with peace and tranquility, hopefully to set the tone for the whole year! :)

    I love love LOVE your layouts! And I wish you and everyone reading here a great 2011!

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  67. Happy New Year!!!!
    We stayed at home, wishing that my baby boy didn´t wake up with the fireworks!!! ..and he did't :)
    Monica

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  68. The actual stroke of midnight was quiet for me but the day before was great. Dana got married (remember her? My friend who you met?) and then the next day we had friends over.

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  69. i visited my boyfriend in Hong Kong and we celebrated new year on the tram! we didn't have to squeeze with the crowd but at the same time managed to catch the fireworks. may you achieve your new year resolutions and have a smashing 2011 (:

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  70. Hi! Happy New Year to you too! I celebrated with my husband, parents and sister, since it's my sister's birthday!

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  71. Happy New Year! I celebrated with family, fireworks and sledding. I had a great time. Thanks for a chance to win the goodies. :)

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  72. Happy New Year! I came over from MME.. thanks for the giveaway chance. on New year's Eve i finished a scrapbook layout that i had been trying to complete for days.. then played games and made sugar cookies with my 2 daughters & husband -- fun!
    from Ohio vschnorr at zoomtown dot com

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  73. Hi Piradee, we had a great festive new year at home with our family. Plenty of fruits and dishes on our table. We ended the countdown by pricking all the balloons we've blown earlier to substitute for firecrackers...it was a blAst....

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  74. So excited to find your blog and see all your gorgeous work :-)
    Happy New Year! And thanks for the chance to win! Our New Years was very quiet, 2 small children here so we went out to dinner with family and then we were tucked up in bed by 11pm or so :-)

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  75. Hi Piradee

    NY's was spent with home-cooked Shepherd's Pie and champagne at home. :) A quiet nite, followed by fireworks outside the windows, yea kinda lucky we were able to catch a very distant view of the pretty thing. New Year resolution, travel, explore and discover more countries! Have a great 2011, hope to see u soon.

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  76. Mine was pretty plain.. no count down, but managed to have a glimpse of the firework just happened in our neighborhood.

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  77. Happy New Year!

    Just got back from Philippines where we celebrated Christmas and New Year! Our tradition there is light up fireworks and sparklers! And for the kids, we urge them to jump at the strike of 12mn hehehe to make them taller!!! hahaha

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  78. Hi Piradee..what an aspiring blog u have here :)

    entering New Year is a blast, very happy to see all the bloggers are enjoying the great New Year Eve

    My one is not much to tell,that night.. i'm on the car driving around with my 7m son (trying desperately to get him to sleep hehe) with my husband singing beside me :)..simple yet very happy

    Oh yeah..nice meeting u

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  79. Hello Piradee and Happy New Year! I spent the holidays in the Philippines with family and on New Year's Eve, we went outside the house to view the fireworks display from neighbors (we have small kids at home hence no firecrackers allowed), followed by a long drawn midnight supper (Media Noche) that lasted until 2 am!
    Thanks for a chance at a generous giveaway.

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  80. Hi Piradee...
    Happy new year :) firstly congratulations for being selected as a Pink Pasley DT and GDT For MME.I do always love your creations eventhough i dont do scrapbook often :)
    Thanks for the chance to win such a yummy goodies.By the way..i spent my new year night just sit and relax at home as i dont like crowded place (FYI : i stay at singapore as well like you :)
    from my house i able to see the fireworks so it is quite entertaining :)

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  81. Happy New Year!

    I spent the new year with my bf..
    we watched the fireworks @ marina bay..

    thanks for having this giveaway! =)

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  82. Congrats on all your new achievments! Our New Year's celebration was very quiet, We went out to diner w/ our kids & then took them to see some Christmas decorations downtown. We all stayed up til midnight to watch the ball drop in NYC on t.v.! Life w/ kids.....but we love it!!!!!!

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  83. Happy New Year Piradee :) we kicked off the New Year watching some spectacular fireworks, and spent the first day of 2011 by the sea.

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  84. Wow congrats on everything that has happened for you in 2010, and looking forward to seeing all your work in 2011.

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  85. What an awesome giveaway. Happy New Year!

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  86. Happy new year to you and your family!
    I love your blog and hope to see much more this year.

    I went to Berlin for the biggest New Years-party in Germany, had so much fun.
    Greetings from Germany
    Christina

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  87. Tina M
    Happy New Year!!! I love your layouts, so easy to see why you are a guest designer!!! Thank you for sharing and the chance to win. My husband actually stayed home and safe and warm this News Years! It was wonderful, just me and the love of my life!!!!
    st_mccall@yahoo.com

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  88. Hi Piradee! Celebrated the new year at home with my family. Our celebration this year turned out to be the best ever even without the fireworks because the family is complete!

    Blessed new year to you!

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  89. Happy New Year!

    Same as the past years, I celebrated it with my mom this year, as a single mom, I know how hard it would be to raise up a naughty girl like me...I wish I could celebrate all the festival with her to keep her accompanied.

    Chatting with her about my childwood and what are we going to do next year is a well enough celebration for both of us!

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  90. Happy New Year! We had a little gathering at my in-laws', with some home-cooked dish by me and one of my sis-in-law. Simple and cozy, that's how I like it.

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  91. oooh. did i make it on time?
    we spent our new year night watching the countdown on tv and falling asleep as soon as the clock struck 12. :)

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  92. Well it's still Fri the 7th my time so here it goes...My family has a tradition getting together and making gumbo it a creole seafood disk.

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