The Tales of the Traveling Tote is a series of adventures that share where our Mackenzie Childs tote bags have taken us. Four times a year a group of bloggers each write a connected post about the places we have been. We have built incredible friendships through our blogs and we hope you enjoy our tales as much as we do!
To read about how it all began, go HERE
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December 2019
To kick off the holiday season, a group of friends got together to make "Kissing Balls" at Beaver Lake Nature Center, Miss Kenzie carried all of my necessary supplies:
To kick off the holiday season, a group of friends got together to make "Kissing Balls" at Beaver Lake Nature Center, Miss Kenzie carried all of my necessary supplies:
Every year I donate to the Everson Museum Festival of the Trees and this is one of the trees I donated this year: The little Grinch Tree with a handmade tassel, sitting in the red truck:
At the Preview Gala I met Thom Felicia:
And as always, December had "Santa Shenanigans":
Right before the New Year I flew to DC to meet our new grandson who surprised us all by arriving 11 days early - I tried to smuggle him in my tote, but got caught by his Mommy:
This map shows all of the areas that my Traveling Tote visited in 2019:
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January 2020
The end of January came quickly and we were off to Hollywood Beach, Florida....
.....there was lots of excitement on the boardwalk: music, dancing, entertainment, and great restaurants and shops along the beach....
....and the next day we hopped onto a cruise ship and sailed for 8 days.
My totes enjoyed the sun and relaxation:
Our first stop was Curacao:
We toured the island by bus, visited the Curacao liqueur factory, and spent a few hours at Mambo Beach.
Sadly, I left my padlock on the ship and it was too late to return, but this HEART was loaded with "locks of love" - shopping in Willemstad, crossing the pontoon bridge and taking in the culture was more important!
The next day we went to Bonaire....
...and visited the slave huts, where slaves who worked in the salt flats slept during the week. Often 7 would sleep in each hut!
Across the street were the slat flats, with pretty pink water, flamingoes in the distance and mountains of salt!
Bonaire is a very colorful island, but Coco Beach was a bit disappointing due to the rocks and coral!
Our third stop was Aruba....we arrived just as Orenjestad was welcoming the sunrise....
We hopped on the Kooku Kunuku tour bus and sang, learned some Papiamento, shook our maracas, and had a fun tour of the island!
We were surprised to see all the cacti: sword cactus and tuna cactus!
Palm Beach was a beautiful beach, but very windy!....
My Traveling Tote matched the stop signs and curb markings in the islands!!
We enjoyed lots of tropical cocktails on the cruise ship and the beaches:
It was a great vacation and before we flew home, we had planned our cruise for February 2021!
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And then this little guy came to NY to visit and I couldn't resist tucking him into Miss Kenzie:
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Valentine's Day was spent in Aurora at MacKenzie-Childs....
....in this dining room...
....and you can read about it here:
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...and then there was this baby shower at a home filled with special MacKenzie-Childs decor and furniture:
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It's been an exciting 3 months and I hope you will follow the links, below, to see where my other friends have been traveling lately:
Jenna is hosting the giveaway this month:
Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths
Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch
* Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron *
Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda
Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply
Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul
Jackie and Miss Madi K @ Purple Chocolat Home
Ricki Jill and Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader
Cherry Kay and Carrie Ann Hall @ Entertaining Women
- DEFINITION: (noun) people whom one has met at the MacKenzie-Childs Barn Sale or Warehouse Sale and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection for MacKenzie-Childs items
