~holiday inspiration & hopes for the weekend!~

Happy Friday!!!!

Partially clear skies here in the NW ~

after a beautiful clear & cold day yesterday....

oh how I love a little blue sky in the midst of all the rain....

Mr. T & T has been out of town all week....

but gets back tonight & our schedules are

*miraculously* clear for tomorrow's...

"tree cuttin' down & lights puttin up, bins haulin'

down & decorations puttin up....."

{really not a redneck...but just sound that way...hahahahaha}

aaaaaannnnnndddd......what if the weather

was actually NICE for the day???

woo-hoo!  amazing for sure!!?? :)

so my hope is that we'll get

a little Christmas around here tomorrow.....

this mantle is just beautiful isn't it??

love the pomegranate....

we've got tons of fir, cedar, spruce & every other

kind of evergreen around here....

{we are the "evergreen" state ya know...}

so part of our Christmas decorating

tradition is to head down to an old road

and trim all kinds of greenery

from some random yard of course not!!

from the side of the old run down barn that

nobody cares about....he he he

at least that's my story & I'm stickin' to it....

then, we use the greens all through the house

~it's so fun & makes the house smell so

wonderful...

still needin' to find me some saplings....

{as opposed to "baby trees" as previously mentioned}

I really LOVE the way that looks....

and how fun to find a vintage drum &

bugle like this??

have you ever been over to visit

Susanne at The Old School

or the swedish name

den gam laskolan??

these cabinet pictures 

and the sapling pics are from her blog

~ it is just full of the most beautiful

inspiration.....

her home is so darling....I could totally

move right in.  If you haven't gone to see her

run right over & be prepared to stay awhile

because it is one amazing picture after another....

you see what I mean???

the very talented Susanne.....

now, back to tomorrow....

 I'm sitting here wondering about

crazy "Clark Griswold" expectations

for all my Saturday plans...

after all, aren't Fridays just full of hope??

"you know how you can get these things all

built up in your mind, Sparky?"

{From the movie Christmas Vacation...if you don't recognize it...not

that I've already watched it 2x this year...no I definitely don't have time

for that kinda thing....}

I'm gonna try not to do that....try not

to  s-q-u-e-e-z-e  too much in....

any of you ever do that??

like all the time???

that would be me....

oh, cute little boxwoods....

never go out of style...

always love them...

well I'm out the door guys.....off to pick up

some fabric & might get a little peak at

this show....since I'll be driving right by

practically....

Have a great weekend!!

xoxo,

Shellagh

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