Saturday, December 11, 2010

KinderStampO "It's a Small Wordl Blog Hop"

  
Hello everyone and welcome the KinderStampO  "It's a Small World Blog Hop"
by our wonderful hostess Jessica.
If you just left Liz Paper Loft's blog, then you are in the right place.
Wow! Were to begin.  It is my interest to enrich my followers about our latino traditions.  As far as I can remember I would vist my cousins in Mexico and Christmas was the best time
We celebrate
 "La Posada" - "The Poinsetta"
HISTORY
Many parts of Central America, people celebrate La Posada (The Poinsettia) during the nine days before Christmas. It is a reenactment of the journey Joseph and Mary took to find shelter before the birth of their child, Jesus. Starting on the 16th of December and finishing on the 24th.

Typically, each family in a neighborhood will schedule a night for the Posada (The Poinsettia) to be held at their home, Every home has a nativity scene and the hosts of the Posada act as the innkeepers. The neighborhood children and adults are the pilgrims (peregrinos), who have to request lodging by going house to house singing a traditional song about the pilgrims. All the pilgrims carry small lit candles in their hands, and four people carry small statues of Joseph leading a donkey, on which Mary is riding. The head of the procession will have a candle inside a paper lamp shade. At each house, the resident responds by refusing lodging (also in song), until the weary travelers reach the designated site for the party, where Mary and Joseph are finally recognized and allowed to enter. Once the "innkeepers" let them in, the group of guests come into the home and kneel around the Nativity scene to pray (typically, the Rosary). Latin American countries have continued to celebrate this holiday to this day, with very few changes to the tradition. In some places, the final location may be a church instead of a home. Individuals may actually play the various parts of Mary (María) and Joseph with the expectant mother riding a real donkey (burro), with attendants such as angels and shepherds acquired along the way, or the pilgrims may carry images of the holy personages instead. At the end of the long journey, there will be Christmas carols (villancicos), children will break open piñatas by striking these colorful papier-maché objects with bats while blindfolded to obtain candy hidden inside, and there will be a feast. Traditionally, it is expected to meet all the invitees in a previous procession. They also play piñata. Piñatas are made out of clay.

UNABLE TO DO TUTORIALS AT THIS TIME. LIMITED ACCESS
INGREDIENTS

CARD
Cardstock: Recollection kraft, DCWC glitter, Recollection
Stamp:Bilingual/Bilingue SERIES http://www.marketstreetstamps.com/

Ink: StazOn (black tuxedo)
Copic Markers
Stickles


PINATA (STAR) ORNAMENT

3" Paper Mache Ball
Cardstock: Kraft
Tissue Paper: Dollar Tree
Cartridge: Tie the Knot 3"
Decco: Gold Glitter Paint
Emer's Glue mixed with H2O


LANTERN GARLAND
Patterned Paper: 4.5x6.5 DCWC pads Bright and Holiday
Cartridge: Tie the Knot, Winter Wonderland
Die Cut: Tim Holtz Rosette
Gems: Hobby Lobby

BLOG CANDY

1" Pinata kit
and
 SURPRISE (shhh not telling)

Christmas isn’t Santa Claus or gifts.
It's about showing our children and family
 what this holiday really means.
It’s about the birth of Jesus and maintaining faith.






45 comments:

Scrapfaire said...

I LOVE your projects!!! AMAZING that you made your own pinata! The lanterns are my favorite. Thanks for sharing your traditions.

Debbie Flowers said...

What wonderful projects! Thanks for the history of the holidays in Mexico. Loving this blog not only for all the beautiful projects but for the Christmas traditions of the countries!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours!

Debbie Flowers
happiscrapper@xipline.com

Scrappin_3rdeeschik said...

Wow you put a lot of time into all your projects. I love the bright colors. TFS
HUGS
Meighen

terriennz said...

HOW CUTE! I come from a Mexican heritage myself, and I just LOVE poinsetta's!! TFS! I'm already a follower. Happy Holidays!

Terrie Barroso
terriennz@att.net
crafteecards.blogspot.com

Kimberly said...

WOW, so colorful and much fun. Great project thanks for sharing. kimbob27@hotmail.com

Tracy said...

Love thise.
Everything is so bright and cheerful.

Madison said...

Jess, I love your projects! They are awesome. I also liked was your message! Christmas is really about celebrating the birth of Jesus:)
~Madison www.funkycards.blogspot.com

Gill said...

I'd love to make a pinata!
Gill

Unknown said...

Very cool projects! Thanks so much for sharing so many different ideas. Beautifully done!

stefeni said...

Wow, this is beautiful! Such great projects. Thanks for sharing.

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Heather said...

Great projects! TFS!
ra6352 (at) gmail (dot) com

scrapaholicjen said...

Your projects look fabulous! Love the bright colours! I am having so much fun learning about all of these CHristmas traditions from around the world!
qtme2003 at yahoo dot ca

Miria said...

Love all the projects. The piñata is amazing. TFS

Celeste B. said...

WOW!! So creative!! I'm so glad you participated in the hop so that I could find you! You're so talented and I love your style!! TFS! :)

Celeste B.
ccscards.blogspot.com
mctdbillman at gmail dot com

Unknown said...

Cute projects! TFS
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BlueCrayons said...

love this.

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Anna said...

Great projucts!!!
Thanks for the chance to win.
annadowdy at gmail dot com

Pammejo said...

WOW!!!!Ilove the tradition and celbration you selected. Your projcets are amazing. I can't say enough. How awesome. pammejo1@yahoo.com
http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/

Dina said...

I love it! Dina arm1997@msn.com

kathlee said...

Absolutely beautiful! The way you presented the history was awesome! TFS the culture of Mexico!
Happy Holidays to you and yours!
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http://kathleessnippitsncricuts.blogspot.com

Tanya said...

Cool projects!! Very creative :)

Tanya
phenis2031 at yahoo dot com

Monica said...

Thank you for sharing the history of the holidays for latino. I'll have to share this with my son.
I love what you made. Merry Christmas.


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http://happyscrappn2.blogspot.com/

My Quilling Nest said...

Your project is awesome!
TFS
Hugs,
Linda K.

Unknown said...

these projects are stunning! love them!!!

lovescrapreflect said...

loved it all great job jess

CyndiU said...

Truly unique projects. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talents.
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Lisa W said...

I love the bright colours that you used in your projects. I especially like the Pinata ornament.

jenni said...

Wonderful projects, I love your sentiment about Christmas being about Christ!
jpshirley@ymail.com

Lisa J said...

I love all the work but I must say that the garland is genius and very Uneek! ;)

TFS

tjsgal at gmail dot com

Susan said...

Hi Jess,
Your colourful and creative projects are inspiring. I particularly appreciated your message about what Christmas is really all about -- it is too often lost in the bustle of the season.

Paper Sewn Visions said...

Thanx for sharing such wonderful projects.

Paper Sewn Visions said...

Thank you for sharing your projects. Love them all. Not sure if the first post went through.

Melissa said...

Wow! You've been busy! I love all the vibrant colors that Mexico uses for their decorations! Thanks so much for sharing the history.

Melissa
www.disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com

Scrappers' Ranch said...

Hey Jessica

Thanks for the history, I am really going to ask my mother in law about this one, I never hear her talk about ti, only TAMALES!!!Your projects are amazing.
I am already a follower of your blog
TFS and a chance to win
Bonnie C
http://ascrapabove.blogspot.com
ascrapabove(at)aol(dot)com

Ladybugz Creations said...

Love it.. hte projects are amazing and the Pinata is cool.. though we do different traditions in our house this is very neat. I love the history you told us about thanks..

Shelley said...

This is a really great project! So bright and colorful!
Shelley
shelldian@hotmail.com

Anonymous said...

Very very neat!!

TFS

New & now following

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arlsmom aka Lynda said...

Wonderful project!

silvia said...

Fabulous projects!! i LOVE the pinata!!

Manhattan Mandie said...

WOW! Your projects are amazing and the tradition sounds lovely. I can just picture it :) Thanks for sharing!!!

Sandy Hentzel said...

I love all your projects! Thanks so much for sharing. And you are 100% right! Jesus is the reason for the season!

liz at liz's paper loft said...

wow! I love all of your projects, the colors are so amazing and festive!
liz :o)

craft dreams said...

I loved your and Gaby's post very much. It shows us how to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. Beautiful and colorful work. Martha C.
mcaballerobrito@hotmail,com

Marilyn Nimmo said...

WOW - love your projects. They are absolutely wonderful! Thanks for sharing.

quilt4fun2 said...

Enjoyed your story and projects. So colorful and the stamp set makes me smile. Thank You for being in the hop and for chances to win great prizes.
quilt 4 fun 2 at hot mail dot com

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