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Fireworks & Fun 2016
We had another year of fantastic Fireworks & Fun for the Fourth of July! The parking shuttle service was used for the first time ever, and 24 of us enjoyed a warm afternoon but a chilly evening with barbecue, snow … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th of july, cookies, fireworks, ice cream, outdoors, parties, rock band, s'mores, watermelon keg
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Cinema Brittahytta Season Premiere – 50 Years of Star Trek
This weekend 18 of us celebrated 50 Years of Star Trek as the Cinema Brittahytta Season Premiere…as Jen said in her RSVP, “Yay, it’s officially summer!” Since it was so hot, I wore my Classic Trek lieutenant’s uniform I made … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, cinema brittahytta, cocktails, costumes, marshmallows, movie night, outdoors, parties, pizza, recipes, star trek
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Holiday Happy Hour 2015
I took a break for 2014, so I was eager to have my Holiday Happy Hour again in 2015! This year had a theme…Crystals & Diamonds! Not only do they go well with ice and snow, but December 13th, 2015, … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Parties
Tagged christmas, christmas2015, cookies, decor, food, icicles, jingle bells, parties, projection, recipes, reindeer, santa, scandinavian, snow
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Halloween 2015 – The Party!
Whew! My Halloween 2015 party was thankfully another grand success! Since people brought friends I didn’t know I’m not exactly sure, but I think it looks like our total this year was 67 people including 8 kids. Not an all-time … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Parties
Tagged cookies, costumes, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, edible medals, ghosts, gravestones, graveyard, halloween, Halloween2015, la muerte, parties, skeletons, skulls
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Giant Gravestones!
My artistic vision for this Dia de los Muertos inspired Halloween has a secret plan that requires truly giant gravestones, larger than I have ever made before! Even though I recycled as much of the Spirit Materializer and other foam … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Parties
Tagged aging, candles, carving, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, electronics, foam, gravestones, halloween, Halloween2015, LED, lighting, parties, projects, solder, tombstones
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modifying skeletons to move!
One of our major projects for Halloween 2015 is the Mariachis de Muerte, our skeleton mariachi band! We had already hacked one 3-axis skull kit to make Jack Skellington’s head for Halloween 2013, so we felt pretty confident we could … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Parties
Tagged animatronics, bones, crafts, day of the dead, decor, dia de los muertos, fingers, halloween, Halloween2015, motor, parties, projects, servo, shoulder, skeletons, skull, wrist
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Halloween 2015 is well underway!
I had decided my Halloween 2015 theme last summer, as soon as I saw the first trailer for the movie The Book of Life about the Mexican traditional celebrations of Dia de los Muertos. I really wanted to make the … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Parties
Tagged animatronics, bread, crafts, day of the dead, decor, dia de los muertos, flowers, gravestones, graveyard, halloween, Halloween2015, moon, pan de muertos, parties, projects, skeletons, tombstones
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The Hills are Alive with a Birthday Cinema Brittahytta!
My summer movie nights are good chances to view old favorites again, and 2015 is the 50th anniversary of a true classic…The Sound of Music! I invited my friends to sing along to help me celebrate my birthday weekend with … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, chocolate cake, cinema brittahytta, do re mi, favorite things, outdoors, parties, s'mores, sing along, sound of music
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Fantastic Fireworks & Fun for ’15!
Another year of fantastic free fireworks from Santa Clara so I had another fabulous Fourth…hooray! I love living one block away from the park with such a great fireworks view from my backyard! This year was the smallest fireworks party … Continue reading
Cinema Brittahytta – Big Hero 6
Families with kids understandably often have to change plans on a dime, so instead of the 16 expected, we just had a cozy crew of 8 this weekend for Big Hero 6 at Cinema Brittahytta, thoroughly enjoying our grilled pizzas, … Continue reading
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Tagged baymax, big hero 6, cinema brittahytta, edibleart, marshmallows, movies, parties, pizza, s'mores
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