TIME TO DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS

 As soon as Thanksgiving is over it

is time to pull out the Christmas

decorations.  We are preparing

to be one of the serving homes

tomorrow evening for the youth

at our church so 3 tables will be

used for our part in the progression.

 late note: we had 22

I absolutely swooned over the cake

dome I saw in this month's Victoria

Magazine.  I went on line and searched

Ebay, Etsy, etc and found the old

dome on a site called Mercari.  I made

a low offer and was thrilled when it

was accepted.  It is very heavy.

A while back we moved our former

kitchen buffet up from the basement

and I have really enjoyed having the

surface to decorate and also to

serve food from it:

I have shared so many of these

decorations over the years and also,

my red transferware.  I apologize

for the "reruns" for some of you.

I made the Ephemera Nativity below

a few years back by printing out art 

pictures from online and using silver

and gold background papers, glue,

glitter, etc.

I am sure you already realized that

it was dark when I took these pictures.

We hide our DVD player inside 

this old piece.  I have a collection

of Nicol Sayre angels I love.

My ornaments are a mix of mid

century and Victorian.  Will

share a few more in a few days.....

Are you enjoying decorating?

OH YES, IT'S TIME TO BAKE PUMPKIN RAISIN COOKIES

We will be driving to St. Louis for

Thanksgiving joining our daughter

in law's family.  I will be taking

some desserts so today was the

day to get that done. 

Those that have followed this blog

have seen these cookies before.....over

and over.

I got this recipe many years ago

from Bev Meller

in Colorado Springs.

You can find the recipe

here at the bottom of 

the page.

This week I made myself another tea

cozy using a piece of antique bobbin

lace I purchased many years ago. I have

been learning a little about the hundreds 

of types of antique lace by following

a site called "The Lace

Museum" on Facebook.

  

 Here is 

the back side of my cozy:

So - if you have a need for a

dessert - be sure and try these

cookies:  I got 42 medium large

cookies out of this batch.

And so I wish you all a very

Happy Thanksgiving and say

I am thankful to the Lord

for His many blessings.

COLLAGE ARTWORK FUN

 So lately I have
been having fun
posting collages

on my Facebook

page:

 

 

 

SUNDAY CELEBRATION

 

THE OLD MILL TRANSFERWARE FOR FALL

It's fun getting out the autumn colored

dishes for fall.  Yesterday we had

some senior couples for lunch so

that was an opportunity to change

the table up after washing the

linens and resetting.

The plates ( below left) are

part of a "Historic America"

Johnson Brothers series.

I have had a number of ladies tell

me they keep their dining room table

set all the time.

When out antiquing, I still come 

across other old punch bowls 

just like mine (above).  Each time it

causes me to recall the day I found

 mine at the Salvation Army.