{"id":2226,"date":"2009-12-07T02:28:11","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T06:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2009-12-07T02:28:11","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T06:28:11","slug":"first-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=2226","title":{"rendered":"First Snow!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am sure\u00a0 blogs across the East Coast are happily announcing the First Snow of the season.\u00a0 We were a bit surprised here in VA to receive much more snow than anticipated! The timing couldn&#8217;t have been better.\u00a0 We were on our way to a gingerbread house -decorating party given by the family of one of my son&#8217;s former classmates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2233\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=2233\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2233 aligncenter\" title=\"first-snow6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow6.jpg\" alt=\"first-snow6\" width=\"515\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow6.jpg 515w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow6-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow6-450x331.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2228\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=2228\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2228 aligncenter\" title=\"first-snow-gingerbread-hous1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow-gingerbread-hous1.jpg\" alt=\"first-snow-gingerbread-hous1\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow-gingerbread-hous1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow-gingerbread-hous1-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow-gingerbread-hous1-450x321.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And what a setting for gingerbread decorating&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amphorabakery.com\/holiday\/holiday.htm\">Amphora Diner<\/a> &#8211; a restaurant group known for their bakery.\u00a0 We were greeted by Santa when we arrived (see, I told ya they had an amazing bakery&#8230;.just look at that glass case).\u00a0 Santa was so sweet and a modern guy at that&#8230;..he was snapping pictures too and handed out his email address so we could request copies of <em>his<\/em> pictures!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2229\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=2229\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2229 aligncenter\" title=\"first-snow2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow2.jpg\" alt=\"first-snow2\" width=\"475\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow2.jpg 475w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow2-300x216.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow2-450x324.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2230\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=2230\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2230 aligncenter\" title=\"first-snow4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow4.jpg\" alt=\"first-snow4\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow4.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow4-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow4-450x298.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There were rows of perfect little gingerbread houses just waiting to take on a candy coating.\u00a0 Just about every seat in the room was eventually filled.\u00a0 It was like walking in to a candy shop with all of the confections set out&#8230; I think my sons were in heaven! \u00a0\u00a0 There was good old fashioned ribbon candy alongside penguin gummis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2231\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=2231\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2231 aligncenter\" title=\"first-snow3-0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow3-0.jpg\" alt=\"first-snow3-0\" width=\"500\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow3-0.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow3-0-300x262.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow3-0-450x393.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The spirit of holiday traditions continued when we returned home.\u00a0 My husband decided it would be the day to make the annual fruit cake.\u00a0 There was talk of secret ingredients and how this little tradition started in the first place (my Grandmother).\u00a0\u00a0 We may not eat a lot of the fruitcake, but like life, it&#8217;s about the memories made a long the way!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2232\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=2232\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2232 aligncenter\" title=\"first-snow5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow5.jpg\" alt=\"first-snow5\" width=\"475\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow5.jpg 475w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow5-253x300.jpg 253w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/first-snow5-379x450.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And speaking of holiday cooking&#8230;thank you to all who have joined in the Artbeads gift certificate give away on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=2209\">previous post<\/a>.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t wait to pick the winner\/s!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2234\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?attachment_id=2234\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2234\" title=\"siggie1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/siggie1.png\" alt=\"siggie1\" width=\"138\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am sure\u00a0 blogs across the East Coast are happily announcing the First Snow of the season.\u00a0 We were a bit surprised here in VA to receive much more snow than anticipated! 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