Begining to look alot like Christmas.....

I spent the last TWO weekends getting my house ready for Christmas....I mean cleaning and dusting and getting out the Christmas Decor , putting up lights and the Christmas Tree....phew! Yes I have an artificial tree, but I love it since I don't have to worry about fire! It takes hours to fluff it just right and then put up the ornaments takes another couple of hours, I so wish I wasn't such a perfectionist..but can't change that now! I decided to do simple this year, well my version of simple anyway. I only put out about half of my decorations...and focused on some new ones, white and silver, tatter and torn is my inspiration! see for yourself.....

Simple torn books tied with twine add alittle glitter "JOY" a wreath and candle for a cute vignette.

A table scape of white and silver.....................

This tray I purchased at the Three Speckled Hens Antiques Show in Paso Robles is a new favorite of mine....made out of and old cabinet door. Picked up the silver candle holders at Goodwill for $2.99 each, added a mercury glass one that I had and my cute little soldered box that I made at one of Terri Brushes classes.

This is a silver tray scape of white pitchers that I keep on my kitchen island that I added some holiday decor too..alittle sprig of greenery and my cute little girl image inside of the chicken wire cloche.

Place simple vintage Christmas trees inside of silver aged cups and creamers. The littlest one with the green tree is my silver baby cup , hard to see but it is engraved with my name "JOY" perfect for the season.....

I love my cute galvanized buckets that I picked up at an antiques shop and stenciled with the numbers "2" and "5"............

with that I got the idea to stencil the number "25" on my bags that I made to hold my ornaments for an exchange that I doing...I think they came out cute!

Close up....

Last but not least...my latest purchase of a pair of old ice skates that I placed at the base of my mantle along with a poinsettia.

Thanks for looking...and Have a Merry Christmas!

Missing in Action......

You know we all have times that we just go MISSING IN ACTION ......from our blogging! Well I have been MIA, but for good reasons! I have been busy with a couple of projects. One I am still in the process of finishing up and will post real soon........(don't you just love it when people do that to you....he...he) but the other one ...well check out the picture below. I finally DID IT!!!!! I sent some of my handmade bags off the Stampington submission for Haute Handbags. YIKES...........we will see what happens! It came to be when Beth Livesay (Managing Editor, Stampington & Company)saw my sweet friend Kim Caldwell carrying one of my bags and she asked her about it...well the rest is history. Keep your fingers crossed!