~just a little Christmas~

hello everyone!

I have been way slow getting my

Christmas decorating going....

but finally have a tiny bit of Christmas

to show you....

I made this cute little banner

after seeing Tracey's post

from Notes from a Cottage Industry

she sells a Christmas kit that includes

this banner and a Peace on Earth paper craft.

if you all could have seen me trying to hang this

thing.....oh man.....trying to take short cuts

trying to do it w/ only my 2 hands & no slaves one

at home to hold it for me so "I can see"

before making it permanent....;)

it only took 4 tries.....3 times dropping the whole

pine cones, greens, bird garland contraption onto

the floor to get it just right & ready for stapling to the

window...........but anyhow.....I finally got it right!

I have to admit......I have felt discombobulated this Christmas season.....with my decor ~

I love the white nordic look but my decorations

aren't really as such, and I just haven't had the time to look for more and/or  focus on it....

 so I think after this season I will be doing a lot of sorting

and purging to get ready for next Christmas.

But I did put a few different things together

for now, a few little things to show you~

I picked up some paperwhites last week & just LOVE them.....

I'm planning on ordering some more paperwhite bulbs..... and possibly some hyacinths

to watch bloom while it's gloomy outside this winter.

any good sources out there??

this front entry table still needs some Christmas magic ~

but I wanted to show you these beautiful blooms

because they are already starting to fade :(

I piled some greens and pine cones into a galvanized

bucket and added a few vintage ornaments

I found this little box at the goodwill bins a couple months ago and held onto it ~not knowing what in the world

I would do with it~

 but got a little idea for it this weekend

Rie from Home and Harmony

tried using the citrasolv technique, I use

on my pillows, (click here for tutorial) on wood~ and it looked

great ~ I would have never thought to try it~

thank you Rie!

so I decided to give it a whirl on this little box...

gave it a quick shabby paint job and added

Joyeux Noel.

I added some pillar candles that I adorned w/ a little vintage sheet music & twine and voila!

so simple & fun!

I picked up this sheep skin rug

last week ~ thought it would cozy up the white slipcovers

a bit during winter.....

it really does make it a difference!

{pay no attention to the upside down monogram pillow.....whoops!! ;) }

I wanted to thank all of you for sharing

 your beautiful Christmas vignettes.....

I have really enjoyed them!

well, you know how the rest of this goes....time

to get back to work ;)

xoxo,

Shellagh



~the winner is.......~

Hello everyone!

Gorgeous blue skies in the NW today!

and it's

 beginning to look a lot like Christmas.......

our family will be decorating our tree in a couple

hours while listening to Christmas music, and

eating goodies......

I love the anticipation!

This is a quick little post to announce

the lucky winner of a beautiful

porcelain enamel address or name plate.....

I used a random number generator

from the web

which picked

No. 43.....

who happens to be sweet

Jo, from

 Secret Garden Cottage



Send me an email Jo,

and I'll get you hooked up with

the folks from Ramsign

so you can pick your prize! :)

Have a wonderful day everyone!

See you in a couple days.....

xo,

Shellagh