Thankful Thursday December 31, 2015, Christmas around the house #2

The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!

 Exalted be God my Savior!

Psalm 18:46

Happy New Years Eve, Sweet Friends,

Had most of this post done early and here

 it is almost 8 pm. and stll haven't gotten

 it posted.  So gonna make this short.

Here's the rest of the Christmas Decor

around our house, along with my

thankful post.

Hope you all have a lovely 

New Years Eve, 

whatever that means to you!

I am thankful

#1

for a really lovely Christmas with our

family, it was as perfect as it gets this

side of heaven.

 #2

that our daughter  DeeAnna, got to come the

 day after Christmas and spend 3 1/2 days

with the family.  It was a great time.....

#3

that Dee got here, and home today safe

 and sound and that her flight was on 

time!  A real blessing after her last

trip here.....that took her 24 hrs. to

get home........We were blessed she

even wanted to try coming near

Christmas, after that ordeal.

with posterized affect

#4

that my sweet son-in-love has kept his 

promise to allow her to come home

often, when they moved to Asheville.

Cause he knows what a hard move it

was for her..........but it was a great

career move for him and a blessing

for both of them.

Posterized affect

#5

for all the leftover food after Christmas

that afforded me no cooking for a few

days.............and thankful my hubby

is so good about getting take out.

#6

for a sweet surprise gift that came in the 

mail from one of my blogging buddies.

Very Sweet and Special.....and even
more special  when I found out it
came with a pin that belonged to
her Mom...........

Thanks so much, Mimi

#7
that hubby has been on vacation since
 Christmas eve and will be off until he 
returns to work on Jan. 5th, and the rest
of the time will be nice, restful and
relaxing..................

#8
for the movie, "A Christmas Card,"
it is such a heart warming movie in
a Christmas time setting.  We have
watched it every year since it has
come out........and we just love it.
Watched it last night!

#9
that lil darling seemed to be delighted
 with everything we got her for Christmas
including her new clothes. At her young
age of 2 3/4 years she already loves
clothes, and is such a girly girl, and
we just love it............

#10
for the joy of watching lil darling and
 her Aunt Dee play this morning, they 
don't get much of an opportunity to 
do that, so it was precious, as we could
see how much both of them were 
enjoying it..........

#11
for the joy of watching lil darling run
across the room to her Daddy, excitedly
 yelling "Daddy" when my son came to
 get her.  Have never seen her do that 
before and it was a delight to see 
and hear!  She is always happy to see
 her parents, but have never seen her
be quite so vociferous with it.

#12
that we are perfectly fine with having
no plans for New Years Eve.   lol
We thought about having someone
over, but we just didn't want the 
work of planning it all, as we are
still pretty tired from all the 
wonderful Christmas festivities.
In no way complaining, 
 just saying!!  lol

Well, that's a wrap as they 
would say.............


Thanks for stopping by.......
Always nice to know you dropped 
by for a visit.


If you missed Part one and would
like to see it,  just click here

Love, Hugs and
Happy New Year Blessings,
Nellie

Sharing with:

Shabby Art Boutique with Kerryanne


My Flagstaff Home with Jennifer

Designthusiasm with Lory

Christmas around the house

Hello Sweet Friends,

Hope this finds you feeling rested and relaxed
and looking forward to New Years......

We are feeling a bit more rested after taking
the day off yesterday, which was nice........
Have leftovers for din din tonight too, unless
 we decide to do something else.  That is one
thing nice about doing all that cooking, at
least you have lots of leftovers, which
 means no cooking for a few days!! 
Gotta love that!!  lol

Not sure what we are doing today if any-
thing but have our sweet girl here for a
few more days so excited about that.

I want start taking my Christmas decorations
down for awhile yet.  Will probably take the
tree down on New Years day maybe.........
will see...........lol


Thought I would show you some scenes from
around the house.  These are all from my living
room area.

The header picture and this pic are from 

our foyer.  See my new cute lil 

Rosemary tree? This is how she came...

 with the brown  rapper and red bow.

The lil elf was made by my late

 Father-in-law......gosh, probably

 30+ years ago.

This table is just on your left, as you enter

 the living room.

and here is the Fisher Price Nativity set we bought

for little darling........hubby thought I should set

 it up somewhere, so this was the only place I could

 find since I had already finished our decorating.

We think it is just the cutest thing!

Next is our coffee table, which is

my cedar hope chest that was painted

white, since you probably can't tell

in the picture.  This room is in the

front of the house and as you can

tell gets flooded with light, as you

can see here....................

Just threw this lil vignette together with

items that were leftover after all the other

decorating, and was pleased with the

way it came out.  Lil darling loves the

boxes and likes to put things in them

like her nativity people.  lol

Here is one of her favorite Hallmark 

Snowmen that my Sweet Sister-in-law

 gave me.  He plays rocking around

the Christmas Tree and have a holly

jolly Christmas as he rocks back

and forth on his piano bench.

Very cute! 

 Did you notice the small sign that

says "have a holly jolly Christmas"? 

This was actually a free printable from 

Ann of  "On Sutton Place" last year.

Notice I changed this up a bit....from the

silver/gold snowflake candleholder to the

 cloche with Christmas balls.........

I was looking for a table centerpiece, and 

thought this  might  fit the bill...........

you will see an enhanced version of it on

our Christmas dinner table soon.

This is one of the main shelves on our Etagere.

This lil Christmas tree, with "Tis the Season" 

on it is another free printable from over at 

"On Sutton Place".  If you have never visited 

Ann you are missing out,  she really has a 

lovely blog full of all sorts of great decorating

ideas and wonderful recipes, free printables,

 just good ol' advice, and

she also has an etsy shop if you happen

to be an etsy shop shopper............or want

to become one............lol

To visit her, just click here

Won this adorable cloche in a giveaway from 

my Sweet real time friend (meaning she lives in

 the same area I do, and I knew her from church

before we ever started blogging.  lol)

 Becky is her name and pumpkins are her game,

along with some Shabby chic and vintage items

as well.  She too, has an Etsy Shop.  She has

a lovely blog too,  called "TimeWashed", 

but lately she hasn't been posting too much due

 to a much needed break after the Fall Season.

I understand she will be back after the first

of the year............

To Visit her, just click here

I love using my lil letters from an old

 boggle game I think it is...........and then

hubby and I found these adorable lil

peppermint striped looking Christmas

oraments a few years ago, so just cut

the ribbon hanger off and they are 

stand alone lil trees.............

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Happy to have you visiting with me today

There is more to come ........

So be sure to come back later this week, as

I am trying to get all the rest of my Christ-

mas decorating  pics done before the first

of the year....................if possible.

Hope you are continuing to enjoy this 

lovely season of the year.............

Have a great week ahead,

Love, Hugs, and

Seasons Best Blessings,

Nellie

Sharing with:

Dwellings with Cindy

StoneGable with Yvonne and Friends

A Stroll thru Life with Marty

Ivey and Elephants with Paula and Patti

Between Naps on the Porch with Susan

Shabby Art Boutique with Kerryanne

My Flagstaff Home with Jennifer

Christmas Brunch Table

Happy Monday Sweet Friends,

Hope this find you well and happy and that

 you had a really lovely Christmas Day

 and  Season.!

Have to say our Christmas was lovely 

and still sort of going on.........We had 

Christmas Day with Scott, Megan and lil 

darling and my sister-in-law,  then Sat.

 night late DeeAnna came in from Asheville,

and we had a dinner just the 3 of us, she was 

suppose to be in at 8:15 but didn't arrive until 

10 p.m. so we just had a very late dinner.

Then Sunday afternoon the whole family

came over for that Lasagna I made and

froze earlier in the Season,  so we are

 continuing to celebrate as she will be

 here until Wed. afternoon.  Also, Hubby

 is on vacation until after New Year's,

 which is great!  All the kids  (We call 

them kids, they in their early to late 30's 

and of  course lil darling is only 2 3/4 

yrs. old) went to Disney World today.....

so their Mom and Dad are resting up, 

 as we are whipped!

A good whipped,  but whipped........

Thought I would show you are Christmas

brunch table...........and  will try to get all 

the rest of my Christmas pics in this

week before New years if that is

 possible............lol

Remember you can click on any pic to 

expand all of them for better viewing

Pleasure!

I was comtemplating 2 tables for Christmas day, 
so happened to remember I still had some of 
these paper goods left.  I actually bought these
 at Target about 12 yrs. or so ago, and wound 
up finding something I liked better for a party 
we were having, and meant to take these back,
 but didn't get to it soon enough, so they have
 been sitting in my closet up until a few years
ago, when I used some finally.

You can see it here if you like

Tried them on a gold tablecloth but the
 white one just looked so much more elegant, 
 so went with it.

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The plates look a bit washed out that is 

why I did the big one a few pics back.

These luminary bags were made to go with

 the plates and napkins so I had purchased 

those as well and never used them until now.

Poster edges affect

Just tucked one in the glass, and thought
it looked cute...........

Overview

I had purchased a rosemary tree
 for the first time ever,  have always 
wanted one,  but if you buy them at
 a florist or even garden dept, they
were so expensive,  so our local
Publix grocery store had them
 this year for $12. so..........
I finally bought one.

Wanted to  do something that would 
take up the whole table since it was
 just the 3 of us.
So decided to use all my trees. 
 I used my double topiary and the
 rosemary one,  and then my ceramic
 white tree and the 3 tree luminary
bags.............

Soft omni lighting affect


Figured out a new affect and
Love it!

cutout affect

Glass distortion affect

Overview

Photocopy affect

So there you have it our
 Christmas Brunch Table.


I was happy with the way it turned out 
and think it looked way prettier in person,
but  of well..........you can only capture
so much in pics.  Funny how things can
sometimes look worse in pics but then
other times they can look way better.....

Glad you could stop by,  and hope you
have a really good week.

lens flair affect

Love, Hugs, and

May the Spirit of Christmas

continue in the New Year,

Nellie

Sharing over at:

Dwellings with Cindy

StoneGable with Yvonne and Friends

A stroll thru life with Marty

Ivey and Elephants with Patti and Paula

Between Naps on the Porch with Susan

Shabby Art Boutique with Kerryanne

My Flagstaff Home with Jennifer

Designthusiasm with Lory

Shared this in July 2016

with

Grammie Time with Michelle

Merry Christmas!

Merry Merry Christmas 
Sweet Friends,

At this Holy Season of the year may

we remember not just only the little

baby Jesus in the manger,  but the

grown up Jesus as well. who is the

light and salvation to the world.

It is so Wonderful to be able to

celebrate the day He was born, but

it is also wonderful to not only know
 who He is, but to know Him personally.

John 3:16-18 says,

"For God so loved the world that he gave 

his one and only Son, that whoever believes

 in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 

 For God did not send his Son into the world

 to condemn the world, but to save the world

 through him. 

 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,

but whoever does not believe stands

 condemned already because he has not

 believed in the name of 

God's one and only Son. 

God loves us all, and loves us so much

He wants to spend eternity with us.......

that is why He sent Jesus!

Jesus said in John 4:6

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth 

and the life. No one comes to the Father

 except through me. 

In this crazy, confusing, sometimes scary

world we are living in I can tell you that

I am so thankful and grateful to know Him, 

because He has changed my life, saved my

marriage and given us a great family and

 he gives me Peace and Joy in the midst of

 all these tumultuous times. If you don't

 know Him you are missing out on the 

Greatest Gift

there ever was, is, or will be..............

and if you want to know more please

feel free to contact me, my email is

in the right side bar.

Merry Christmas Sweet Friends,

I appreciate each and every one of you,

as you are a blessing to my life, and I

 pray you have a really lovely, peaceful,

 joyful time with your loved ones.

 and a Hopeful, Happy New Year!

Love, Hugs, and 

Special Christmas Blessings,

Nellie