NATIVITY CHRISTMAS AND ANGELS

 

CHRISTMAS DECORATING FOR 2025

 At the Thanksgiving table someone asked me if I plan

to put up a tree this year.  Often, when people get older

they "drop out of the decorating phase" in life and I do

understand.  As long as I am able, I do plan to keep finding

joy in holiday and seasonal decorations.

I took an existing tablecloth and cut a strip off the

longer sides.  Then I added a deeper ruffle in a different

toile fabric.  I am pleased with the way it turned out.

I have had this tea cosy for a long time.  It is

made with a tea towel piece on the front by

an artist who was big in the 90's.  You might remember Sandy

Clough who illustrated so many of Emelie Barnes 

earliest books.

My other Christmas tea cosy is from

a long time back too.  I love this older Anne

of Green Gables fabric.  I rarely can find this

fabric from the 90's.

I love angels that were designed by Nicol Sayre.

Mine are all from years ago including this

sweet Nativity:

And one last collage:

On Monday we got a little snow....not much but we love it!

CHRISTMASTIME #2

 

I am sharing a little more of our

Christmas decorations:

I apologize for showing the same

items that I have had "forever"

and have shared for years. 

2024 CHRISTMASTIME

 

Hanging some bulbs on the kitchen

chandelier was one of the first

steps in decorating for Christmas.

I don't decorate very formal 

because frankly, we live in

 a cottage - not a

castle.

I recently found this fabric on Ebay and made a tablecloth.  I did make a mistake in sewing it as I centered the French couple cameo design.  Really, they

should have not been centered as then

they get covered up with the 

centerpiece.  I still make mistakes!

I wanted the cameos to 

show better but

placed them wrong when I cut

the fabric.

I missed some red and green

transferware in the armoire.

We have our tree in the dining

area which is a small

area off the kitchen but without

a wall dividing it.

I think I just remembered

that last year we turned

the table to allow more room.

And one more photo for today:

ENJOYING THE CHRISTMAS TABLE

 

If you enjoy some of the groups

on Facebook and love table settings,

you might enjoy this group:

Beautiful Table Settings

of America

Also,  my site is called

a "Page" rather than

a group and I invite

you there as well:

Bernideen's Tea Time,

Cottage and Garden 

MORE CHRISTMAS DECORATING

 I am sharing a few more photos of

our Christmas decorations.

We had unusually warm weather today

so those of you who have snow must

be "feeling the season" a little more.

I reset my table this week after using

it last Sunday when we participated

in a youth progressive dinner.  We

had 22 here at 3 tables for lasagna

for our part of the evening.

 I used cloth napkins for all the youth so

afterwards I washed linens and ironed

them all.  Fortunately, I enjoy ironing.

I made the tea cozy many years ago:

I think I will get some different 

candles for my candlabras.  I 

shared this 19th century lithograph

here on this blog many years back.

I found it at one of the flea markets

in Fort Collins, Colorado.  This

year I decided to put it out in our

dining room for 

the season.  

We may not be putting our nativity up

outside this year as my husband is

having eye issues.  We certainly will

enjoy our indoor decorations. 

I hadn't participated in a link party

for years but today I am going to

do that:

Create, Bake

Grow & Gather

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?