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. 

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?

DECORATING TIME #2

 Hello dear Friends!

Every year I look forward to

getting out my angel

collection.  I don't buy anymore

now as I have plenty.

They are certainly some

of my favorite decorations and

are predominately by Nicol Sayre.

At couple years back, I made the

Ephemera Nativity piece

below left.

What's not to love

about decorating

for Christmas?

More to come......

LITTLE LIGHTS AT NIGHT

 

My husband and I spent the day

yesterday hitting a few unique shops

in our town.  I found a little unit of

lights at a floral shop (Kent's)that

 were different than any I had

 seen before.

They are on a very fine wire and 

all come out of a base piece like

a case and with very fine wire you

send them in lots of directions.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Christmas Comes for 2020

We love celebrating Christmas which is

the time we reflect on the birth of our Lord!

This week we took the time

 to get out our decorations.

I did the armoire in the kitchen 

over with cookbooks and

Christmas tea wares.

This is a hearth room with the tree

and fireplace:

I have shared my Nicol Sayre angels

here over the years......

Last year I 

found some real vintage and

Victorian short garland pieces on ebay 

for this tree.

I haven't made or purchased

anything new

this year as I

feel I have

plenty of decorations.

I am going to start baking soon and so look

forward to that.  We have been spending a 

great deal of time in prayer for America and

I sew tea cozies which I sell on Etsy so actually

I pray a lot as I sew.  These are some of my

personal tea cozies and an English teapot:

I have so many photos I will save some for

another day.  Here are two of my larger

Nicol Sayre favorites: