Friday 9 January 2009

Show & Tell Friday

Show and Tell

I always really love reading other people's show & tells, and marvel at the amazing china, crockery, ornaments, decorations and dainty things people have in their homes. When I was growing up dusting was one of my weekly chores, and I loathed it. My mother has to this day a house full of beautiful (and dustable...) things which I love to look at, but am so glad I don't have to look after any more! I was determined that I would admire these things in other people's homes too, but avoid as much dusting in my own house as I possibly could. It also makes it much easier now that I have a little one - hopefully fewer things to baby-proof against. The downside is that I have a lack of pretty things to show & tell, so once again my choice is a bit odd. I trust you will bear with me - Baby Kay will thank me when she's older and dusting is something she is helping me with; a much quicker job than it was for me!!

My show and tell is this little lizard - bought in Barcelona by my husband and I, and used to top our wedding cake instead of the more traditional bride & groom when we got married in 2006. It is a replica of the lizard/dragon which welcomes you at the gates of Park Guell in Barcelona, inspired and created by Antonio Gaudi. He is also the man behind La Sagrada Familia - the magnificent unfinished cathedral, also in Barcelona - an awe-inspiring testimony to one man's faith, and to this day a controversial and breathtaking place to visit. It is also the place my husband told me he loved me for the first time.

We hope to take Baby Kay there in March for her 1st birthday to square the circle as it were. The stationery and the colour scheme of our wedding was all tied in with this little guy - to echo Gaudi's love of mosiac and colour. My husband spends a lot of time in Barcelona with work, and before we two were three I would regularly join him there for weekends. It is a city we both love and if we came into an unexpected fortune we would buy an apartment there and split our time between her and this amazing heart of Catalonia. The little lizard sits in the kitchen of our home, so we see him every day; a perpetual reminder of our wedding, and the city we both love so much.

20 comments:

SmilingSally said...

Now, that's an unusual cake topping! Thanks for sharing.

Lisa Cobler said...

That is so cool. What a unique cake topper.

Lorri said...

When I was little dusting was my chore on saturdays and I hated it. Also polishing silver which I really hated. I have pared down amounts of 'dustables' in my house also! Have a great weekend,
Lorri

playsdolls said...

very different for a cake topping,but we all have our ideas.Really cute little guy.

Belinda said...

How interesting! Gosh, I really love seeing all of the different and unusual pretty things everyone shares for show and tell...such fun! Your daughter will treasure that litte lizard one day. :-)

Rechelle ~Walnuthaven Cottage~ said...

I like that you did your own thing and didn't do the traditional thing when it came to your "cake topper".
Now what is this little guy made of?

Jean said...

It certainly is a unique cake topper. I like when people don't follow tradition but make their wedding personal. Love it! Jean

Carla said...

Love your lizard! How cool to use what YOU love for a wedding topper. (I'm a hater of dusting and and looking to really downsize my 'treasures')

BECKY said...

Aawww...now I'm just a gushing! More sentimental show and tell!! I just love your little lizard, and what it represents. Now you've left me smiling!!
Thank you for visiting my blog, and for your sweet comment. (I've got serious travel envy! ARGH!)
Here's to LOVE!!
Blessings,
Becky

Elena said...

I really enjoyed your post. You sound like you are sentimental like me. I like things that are simple and remind me of special and dear times. Have a great weekend!

Heidi Pocketbook said...

What a cool mosaic lizard and a sentimentally sweet story behind it.

Reading about your mom's collection of knickknacks and dusting them sure brought back some memories. I broke a few things while dusting-or trying to be helpful.

Thanks for stopping by to see me. I meant to add into my Show & Tell post that I must have been the one to disassemble the bell parts of "Little Bo Peep"-and that the ballerina has been glued back together more than once.

Jadehollow said...

Thanks for stopping by my blog and for the beautiful comment. I love how you chose something different to adorn the top of your wedding cake.. We chose to do things different as well. My husband is a huge hunter so I surprized him by adding a buck and doe on ours.
Thanks for sharing!
~Blessed Hugs...
Debbie

Lora @ my blessed life said...

What a cool lizard! And a great story to go with it.

Missy Wertz said...

Very sweet!

Mom2my10 @ 11th Heaven said...

I just wanted to come visit your site and tell you thank you for the sweet comment you left on my blog. It literally warmed my heart and I can't wait to show it to my husband. How old is your baby now? The first year is always hard with a baby. I like it when they hit about three and can make their own bowl of cereal! You're doing great!

Elizabeth-Plain and Simple said...

Enjoyed reading your story about Barcelona and the lizard. I can see why both are so special to you. Thanks for sharing.

Elizabeth

Linda C said...

Very colorful lizard. And a unique cake topper--thanks for sharing the memories with us:)

Your baby's picture is so sweet.

Linda C

Kathi said...

I really like the fact that your husband's love for mosaic was part of your wedding theme. How wonderful that you live close enough to your favorite city to travel often. It would be quite difficult for us to make that trip. I hope you eventually get that apartment. Thanks for sharing. Your little ones are adorable. Kathi

Anonymous said...

What an interesting Show & Tell post. It's nice to see something different. Especially the part about the wedding cake. Now that IS different.
Thanks for sharing.
Charlotte

akawest said...

Do you have any photos of the cake? I would enjoy seeing one. I like the idea of an interesting object used as a cake topper.