The start of my Christmas Tour

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Hiddy Ho Lovlies,

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Hope you are doing well this Monday

and that you all had a great weekend,

of decorating or fellowshipping or shopping

or whatever it was you wanted or needed

to get done!

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I am happy to report I am feeling some better

and have gotten quite a bit done this morning,

starting to clean up all the debri so I can

vaccum and enjoy the fruits of my labor! lol

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Guess you can see I got my mantle redone

for this year.  Actually,  I got it done last week but...

 decided to wait till I was about done decorating

 everything to post so there would be some continuity

am pretty much finished,  but the tree, the tree,  oh yes,

the tree!  lol

Throwing snow on it and having a natural

look was never more appealing,  so will

see what happens! lol

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Thought I would give you a few close up shots.

We found this wonderful magnolia garland with

those pretty pink berries and variagated leaves.

I use poinsettias to decorate just about everything

 in here.

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Threw in a few pinecones here and there

and poinsettia and then drizzle the gold beads

throughout.  I really wish I had put lights in

too,  but didn't think they would fit with

the candles back there.  Those are the

cream colored intricately cut cups.

I love those,  I use them for everything!

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These are grapevine topiaries that I got at Ross years ago

for $6.00 each,   then later,  I  put them in the urn type planters

I found at Target for $5.00 each.  I use them all year long

but decorate them for whatever holiday it is, and just

move them to a new location. 

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This is the top of my dining server which sits between

the dining room and family room.

A dear friend wrote a lovely Christmas poem

called "The Gift" about 5 years back and gave it to us,

so this is it's place of honor along side the stack of gifts

that another friend gave us one year that was full

of candies, nuts and goodies.  Course, the goodies

are long gone and were delicious,  but I loved that

I could keep the boxes and that they could become

an every year Christmas decoration to join our

poem,  and of course, more poinsettias,  they

cover a multitude of problems areas.

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Wrappped around the lamp is actually a poinsettia

swag, and I fill in underneath with just a few more

to make it look good from the front.

Don't know if you notice that I mix the color

of reds from the Christmas red to the burgundy.

That is because I already had a lot of Christmas

red but also had burgundy in my curtains and some

other pieces,  so that worked out the problem.

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Here's a few shots of the guest powder room.

Found these cute lil poinsettias at K-mart,  they

are from Martha Stewart probably 7-8 years

ago.  Loved them,  and I love using beads to

decorate,  they looks so festive and they

are so easy to drape on the shower curtain
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I like using picks cause once purchased they last for years,

and you can use them in all sorts of different places and

ways.  Also Christmas cards are 0 dollar items that

look pretty when you mix them in among other

decorations, like the Christmas tree card above.

I keep the ones I really like and think I can use from

year to year, cause some are pretty and some are

outstandingly pretty, and some have really great messages

 or sentiments as well.  Any that you like well are

keepers,  just put them in a ziploc bag and store

them with the rest of your decorations if you

don't already do that!

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Here is an adorable lil Bisque Christmas tree

that I got from Cracker Barrel probably close

to 20 years ago.  She was $10.00 and you

plug her in and she lights up,  just love it,  and

she matches well in the powder room.  I used

the irredescent paper behind it to hide the

cord,  works semi well!  lol

Look better than the cords all hanging out

anyway! lol

This was taken with the light off so you

could see the lights shining through it.

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These are across the sink from the Christmas

tree.  I used the epsom salt in the glass

candleholders before putting the candles in,

love how it looks.

Then used plastic snow all around it, mainly

to cover up the back of the picks, loved

the way it came out.  It is really hard to

get good photos in the powder room for

some reason,  can't get far enough away

from things I guess is the problem.

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Back of the potty,  lil Santa my daughter

gave me years and years ago with Bath

and Body stuff.  I think he is so cute!

and  another pick.  I made the pictures

above  the potty from the wallpaper

and framed them.  There are actually

2,  there is another one above this one,

but couldn't get it all in the picture.

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Here was a shot before I added the snow,

and I hadn't added candle cups, knew

I would have a mess if I didn't have

candle cup.  I usually have these candle

sticks up on the shelf  above the towel

rack,  and they are never burned so

I can get away with it there.

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More poinsettias and beads on the mirror.

and  you can see a lil bit of the bathroom.

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Well,  that ends my tour for the day.

I have the camera charging right now,  so

I can take some more pics of the rest.

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See ya tomorrow,  I am going to

lay down for a bit before hubby gets home.

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Merry Christmas!

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Spread that Christmas Cheer around

to everyone you See!

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I'll be glad when I can get out and do that,
I'm afraid all I would spread right now is Christmas germs!!  lol
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Blessings and hugs,

Nellie