O Christmas Tree

O Christmas Tree

How lovely are thy branches.

O Christmas Tree

O Christmas Tree

How lovely are thy branches.

Your boughs so green in Summertime

Stay bravely green in Wintertime.

O Tannenbaum

O Christmas Tree

How lovely are thy branches.

Let us all remember

In our gift giving & merriment

With our family and friends and loved ones

The real and true meaning of Christmas

The birth of our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ

O Tannenbaum  O Tannenbaum

How lovely are thy branches.

The life size Santa was once a store display.

Only 3 more days til Christmas.

Hope you all enjoy the remaining time

before the birth.

One more post to go.

Hope you are ready for this Christmas!

My choice of lights this year 

for my snowman tree were

blue, teal, white and bigger white lights.

O Christmas Tree Blessings To All!

Janice

December CupboardScape

All That Is Merry & Bright!

I fell in love with this Santa silhouette 

last year when I saw it at another antique store.

It was hard for me not to show it off then,

I saved it for a WHOLE year to feature here.

Another brush tree 
with wonky fabric candy canes that I purchased.

Antique Santa in a cloche.

Orange peels in bowl with candy canes.

Fruit tree with leather reindeer.

Lit up.

Stone fruit in rye basket.

Fruit and pine sprigs. 

Faux artichokes and pomegranates. 

My linsey woolsey blanket.

Perfect colors for Christmas.

Our other blue cabinet where I feature

my CupboardScapes.

I decided to incorporate the entire cabinet this month.

A festive one this time!

Don't be afraid to mix in antiques

 with vintage, along with new items.

I do it all of the time!

Do you like to mix it up?

Today Bob and I will be mixing it up at our store.
Adding industrial in with prims.
{hopefully we will finish today}

Merry & Bright Blessings To All!

Janice

I'll Have A Blue Christmas

Without You.

Today I just had to show you what I did with

my blue cabinets for Christmas.

For the railroad rack above I just changed 

the coverlet on top to my new one.

A Christmas present to me.

Dressed up my horse in holiday finery.

Now I cannot show you the entire cabinet yet...

only because every time I try,

our Christmas tree gets in the way.

I want to show that in a different post.

So this is what I have at the bottom of the cabinet.

I know I am being sneaky...

but the tree will be worth the wait,

Now for our blue cabinet in the kitchen.

I hung my fabric gingerbreads I made eons ago

onto some red ribbon.
Took a safety pin to attach them,
and can be removed later on.

Also added some red and white ribbon to my

bunny chocolate molds.

My handmade spoon rack.

A little peek in our kitchen.

Do you decorate your kitchen for Christmas?

Can you believe only 7 more days until Christmas?

Let the countdown begin!

I am officially on vacation now until

the first of the year.

However today I am off to work our store,

and continue to do much needed inventory.

Well off I go.

Hope your day is a sparkling festive one!

Blue Christmas Blessings To All!

Janice

The First Noel

The Angels Did Say.

So you remember my stocking tree and Santa.

I decided I wanted to make another stocking.

Much larger.

The candy canes were chain stitched 

using red valdani. 

I love how they turned out.

Now for the holly berries,

I like to make a square first.

Then I cut my squares to make circles.

Perfect berries... each one a bit different.

Did you know Noel is the English synonym for

Christmas.

I used all wool to make my Noel stocking.

It was a pattern from a book I purchased.

Now what to put on each side?

Roses hips and white tallow berries.

Tied together with the same fabric as my

lil stockings.

So glad I was able to finish this.

My original plan was to make three stockings.

Looks like next year for the others.

It seems I never have enough time to

finish some things.

Do you have trouble finishing things? 

Noel Blessings To All!

Janice

Toys Toys

And More Toys!

Let's try this again folks.

So I do not have my computer yet,

but am at the store doing inventory.

Light bulb goes off...

Computer...Store...Blog

Don't tell Bob I am playing hooky. LOL

Our living room tree.

Once again paper Santas and trees.

Fabric hearts and cinnamon ornaments.

The peppermint stick was from 

Notforgotten Farm

Same with the holly.

Added my crocheted garland and raffia.

A sweet little corner filled with more toys.

If I had children around...

they would want to play with these.

Teddies, dolls, horse to ride.

Checkers, blocks and more.

Hope you like.

Well back to inventory.

What's on your agenda for today?

Toy Blessings To All!

Janice

Those Darn Elves

Afternoon everyone.

So last night my computer died.

I took it in for repair this morning.

             

I won’t get it back until
Saturday or Sunday.
UGH
Those darn elves. LOL
Because of them no
Christmas posts until
I get my computer back.

Just wanted to let you all know.

Thank you for your patience
Through my difficult time.

Bad Elf Blessings To All!
Janice

Oh Up On

The housetop Reindeer Pause

Out jumps good old Santa Claus

Down through the Chimney

With lots of Toys

All for the little Ones

Christmas Joys!

What a perfect song for

my Christmas mantle.

Hope it does not offend anyone...

with all of the backlash over

certain Christmas songs this year.

All I can say is...

I want to go back to the simpler times.

HO HO HO

Up On The Rooftop Blessings To All!

Janice