~I need a little Christmas~

Good Morning bloggy friends!

weather alert......after many days of rain

rain

and more

rain.......

The sun is shining!!!

hooray!

You know that song,

"I need a little Christmas right this very moment,

candles in the window, carols at the spinet..."

that's me today....

So here's a little Christmas

~wow, huh? cozy and lovely....

love the major chippy cabinet...barely any paint left

~

you know, I have a dresser like that....

sitting out in my garage....

I removed most the paint

and was so overwhelmed

by how difficult was!!!

I stopped.

?

I feel some inspiration coming on......

moving along...

not really Christmas but there is snow.....

so it qualifies

here ya go.....more Christmas.

I really love wrapping packages

in brown packing paper.

but

have any of you ever tried to convince your children

that this is better than Frosty the Snowman paper??????

it's a losing proposition....

Now

I have a question for you!

let me 'splain first....

for the last several years

I have had my tree & a kiddy tree

you know where this is going?

So my sweet 9 year old Allie

is asking me.....

"Mom...do we have to have the fancy tree in the living room this year???"  The one that we can't put our stuff on? ouch.

seriously.....ouch....

Ok...to my defense

we have had a tree in our family room

{where we spend 90% of our time}

that the kids can decorate any way they want!

~

is this not enough?

must I relinquish the fancy tree as well?

~

ok...that was my question for you

how do all of you do this?

I know you have fabulous trees out there

vintage ornaments & all! :)

it's a little bit of a balancing act...

to create the home we love

decor & all

all a certain way, with a certain theme...

and the sweet little child.....

one of several whom you are creating the home for...

~

throws a monkey wrench into it.

~

with that little tiny question......

are we taking enough time to relish in the wonder

of Christmas seen through the eyes of a child?

I know I could definitely do a better job....

~ 

a little less stressed about the 'clean house'

a little more enjoying the mess of baking...

~

a little less worrying about the frosting going on perfect

a little more letting them "do it themselves"

even

on

 the trays of cookies to give away.......

after all....

our kids don't remember how clean the house was...

they remember the love they felt

they don't remember the pile of laundry on the bed...

they remember snuggling up & watching a movie together

and the memories created...

behold our little ones....

Till Next time...

Shellagh

p.s.  I almost forgot to show you
 my latest pillow design...

ya' like it?

here's a close up of the vintage lace

the very top w/ a tiny vintage button on the pleat

and here's a picture of the back~

(if interested, the pillow is in my Etsy shop)



thanks for coming by today! xoxo

{most pics by country living...a couple from an unnoted source...oops)