~a glimpse of Christmas at home~

Hello everyone!

Happy Monday to you :)

I had fun decorating a little

over the weekend......

we've had our tree up & decorated for a week

now but not too much else......

but I finally had some time to "play" and

it was so much fun!

I really didn't want to "think" too much ~
just wanted to let it flow....

so I opened all my bins &

grabbed a little here & there

and started playing around....

robbed the Linen Shoppe of a display

stocking....thought "hey, I know where

some cute stockings are ~ might as well

use them!"

climbed & tugged on branches from our

cedar tree for some nice greens to play with....

and mixed it up w/ a little glitter here & there

I started with my front entry table....once I got

it done, I was motivated to keep going....

I actually did a lot on my front porch, but

will have to show you pictures another

day ~ because my camera is really acting up!!

I got this cute bundle of books from

Michelle at Petite Michelle Louise

I replaced the floral ribbon with

the red plaid for Christmas

she has the cutest little Etsy store~

head over if you haven't been there...

you won't be disappointed!

I actually had this old enamelware bowl

in the goodwill pile not too long ago....

{I know a moment of sheer insanity...}

Mr. T & T snagged it out & gave me a tongue

lashing!! ha ha not really but he did snatch it out of

the box! 

I swapped out the antique blue striped

grainsack, on my sofa, for a red striped one....

I love the touch of red this year!

I made up this little "believe" pillow ~

thought it so fitting for our girls...

those who don't "believe" don't get any presents

from Santa...right?

I remember my mom never would admit

the possibility of "no Santa" to me...

n.e.v.e.r.....

I've never admitted it to my kiddos either ~

they've pretty much cornered me & said

"Mom, we know..."

"know what???" I say...

they just laugh & go on with their day! hee hee

I just remember how depressing it felt when

I knew for sure.....

it definitely put a bit of a damper on the season

for me....but that only lasted until I had my own

children.....and what a joy...to have Christmas with

little ones!! :)

my little Allie....still wonders about Santa....

although I think this will be the last year

for her....it's kinda hard for a kiddo to believe

when all the kids on the school bus tell them

"it's your parents!!!"

argh!!!  I wish they'd stop!!

my camera completely pooped out after this

shot....so this is just a snippet of our tree....

it's pretty simple along with the rest of our decor

this year....a little red, a little white & cream

a lot of homemade ornaments of the kids'....

little school pictures glued onto construction

paper & such...

I love it!

almost forgot to show you this darling

little postcard I picked up last week....

the little "frog" is so teeny & adorable!!

it's probably less than an inch wide!

I was sold instantly, although I'm sure

I paid too much.... ;)

I hope you're all doing fantastic &

merrily going about getting ready

for Christmas!

xoxo,

Shellagh