Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

 Cannot believe it is 12 days to Christmas.

Where has the month gone?

Saturday I host my family for Christmas.

Sunday Bob's family.

Speaking of Saturday.

The whole town where our stores are lost power.

Just 2 hours into opening. UGH

We got our power back Sunday after noon,

but with most of the town still out of power,

hardly any customers.

I cannot complain too much though.

Their were those who lost much more

in the tornadoes.

Even their lives.

Please say a wee prayer for them.  

                            Today is a small display I did in

                                       our spare bedroom.

I like to add a bit of Christmas cheer 

in here for my mom.

This is another linsey woolsey blanket

at the foot of our antique wrought iron bed.

Added one of my handmade dolls

and this memories pillow.

(will remove when my mom comes on Friday)

So this is the view my mom will see.

I also added these cream mittens.

My mom's sister (my aunt) made these for me.

This is my recent Arnett Santa.

I purchased this one at one of my antique friends

Christmas Open House.

I usually find something when I visit her prim shop.

I even won a $25 gift certificate.

She closes her shop in the Winter,

so will visit her back in Spring.

She lives along Lake Huron with a prim shop

and prim house right on her property.

She even has a cabin.

This was my first Arnett Santa.

Guess I love the blue ones. LOL

I always have this one faux feather tree 

decorated in my antique and vintage silver bulbs.

I hope you dont get tired of looking at it each year.

I try to put together a different 

display each year with it.

The garland is new on it though.

I also bought it at the open house.

It is not an antique, but looks festive.

I also purchased this child's quilt.

This is actually the back of it.

I had my eye on it even before Sara

told me it would make a great tree base.

THe real side is red, white and blue.

It will come out again for July 4th.

Now these spongeware pitchers are special to me.

I had one and then another antique friend

of mine who was selling her prims asked me

if I wanted to buy another.

She did not have to ask me twice.

These are rare as the inside is brown glaze not white.

If I ever find another one, I will purchase it.

On my shelves I added in my vintage Santa's.

The black piece on the right is a store display

for sad irons. It displays three of them.

A sad iron was one of the first irons created.

You had to heat them up on a stove or some sort of heat.

I remember gramma B having one on her wood stove.

Hard times back then.

No plugging in an iron to get out those wrinkles.  

Robin Don't drool now.

This ovoid crock was also purchased 

by my antique friend.

I also purchased her 1700's Windsor chair. 

I cherish all of these even more,

because she passed away a few years back.

She was glad I did purchase them,

because she knew I would not sell them.

All of the shelves.

Now this rug is for Saundra.

I did not hook it.

It was a birthday gift from Bob one year.

I love bunnies!

The punched tin light above it was something

Bob made from real tin pieces from a

pie safe. He added barn wood on the bottom

and drilled a hole for a candle.

We sold these one year at a show and I kept one.

Close up of the bunnies eye.

Saundra spotted this rug in one of my previous posts.

This one I drew myself and hooked.

It was my very first rug.

In answer to Carla's question.

the pipes I am talking about are from the 1700's.

They were long and made from clay.

Most are in the $300 range.

This is why I probably will just

end up purchasing a repro one.

Now for Robin's comment on my huge hall

being almost like a castle. LOL

I was told that when the first homeowner

built my house,

he did this so he could add a second floor

and the stairway would go along the wall.

The second story never happened....

and probably wont even now.

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Blessings To All!

Janice