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

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