It’s funny you should ask. Last year, we spent the last half saying good bye to our sweet 4-legged friend of 13 years. He was a wonderful little boy who brought us so much joy and laughter. It made for a slightly sad holiday. With his passing, we quickly realized we are a dog family.
I can’t tell you how long it’s been since we last took our Winter Village to any event. As a matter of fact, I dug through the blog archives and found we last took the village for display was in 2017 to the Books and Bricks event at the Marietta library! So you know I’m
I don’t know about you, but I find myself coming back to LEGO in seasons. I’ll play hard for a bit and then work will pick up, or activities with friends and family, events at church, etc… and I find myself stepping away. These last year though, I suspect the story has been the same
Welcome back to Trains! Trains! Trains! PeachLug (yes, our LEGO User Group changed names during the pandemic – more on that another time) is an annual participant at this show ever since 2016. Unfortunately, the show was canceled for 2020 and 2021. The 2020 cancellation was hard on everyone, since it was the show’s 10th
Microbuilds draw me in. Every time. Small builds packed with details are just amazing. They also feed my penchant for the LEGO Architecture theme. If you are a regular reader, I’m sure you already know that. And sharing this Winter Wonderland – Winter Village Architecture build will come as no surprise! Description of the Winter
Phew! It’s been an interesting two weeks at work. But before the week is over, I wanted to share with you guys a LEGO Idea for a mountain refuge that would make a great winter village cafe! Meet the Tyrolean Mountain Refuge LEGO Ideas submission! Description of the Tyrolean Mountain Refuge The Tyrolean Mountain Refuge
You’re probably wondering when I’m going to run out of winter seasonal-themed posts, but I saw so many good things this past year! I can’t imagine that happening anytime soon. For example, check out this awesome LEGO Architecture Advent Calendar MOC. How could I not share this with you guys? LEGO Architecture Advent Calendar MOC
You guys know all the ups and downs we’ve experienced with our LEGO chairlift. A labor of love, indeed, especially since Mr. Family Brick and I are not traditional engineers by any means. Can’t tell you the number of times we’ve torn down our ski lift or repositioned it just to figure out the magic
You guys know I’ve always loved a good Mosaic. I write about them on the blog a lot. When LEGO Art Mosaics came out, I was thinking it was really about time. So imagine my surprise when I saw that you can finally make your own LEGO Mosaic online at Shop@Home! I immediately checked it
So I know I just wrote a similar post for the recently supported LEGO Ideas Claus Toys submission, but we got the announcement from LEGO that they released the LEGO Ideas Medieval Blacksmith to stores as of today and I’m curious… Would you add this set to your Winter Village? About the LEGO Ideas Medieval