Oh I Need A Little Christmas

 Just this very minute

 

 I need a little Christmas....right now!

I didn't think it was going to happen. 

 I questioned if all this would get up.

But it did.

 Christmas Mantel 2019.

I'll share other photos of it at night.

 My sister gave me this tree a few years ago. 

It has yellowed over the years.

Just makes it look more vintage. I think.

I hope.

 

I could not bring myself to take the frames down off my mantel. 

I have had them up for a couple of years and just decorate around them. 

I just like the way they fill out the wall. 

I did manage to finally gold leaf this small vintage frame. 

It's been up here for two years in a dingy brown.

Now it's finally a crusty gold leaf. Much better.

Now it fits right in with the other vintage frames.

I love bottle brush trees. Can you tell?

The tree. 

This little tree I've had for several years and sadly this is 

the first year it's gotten fully decorated. 

I've just done lights for the past three or four years. 

A shame cause I have many beautiful vintage ornaments.

I'll share more tomorrow.

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Stockings Are Hung

This morning the sun finally came out and I shot a few pics before rushing off

for a busy day at the store.

The weenie's stockings are hung all in a row.

A few weeks ago one of my long time readers, Karla sent a surprise for my dogs.

Handmade stockings for each!

And they were full of gifts!

I've been keeping these hidden ever since they came.

 

Aren't they cute? All sewn up using strips of different ribbon and satin.

 They add to the candy colored effect of my Christmas decor.

It's not Christmas without Hermey the Elf wanna be dentist.

This year he got a spot under my pink tinsel tree. 

My sister surprised me with another tinsel tree

similar to this one the other day...but in white.

That's another tree to decorate...not this year but next.

See the sorry state of my woodwork? 

That is going to be a job.

 I intended on taking more photos but I was running short on time before work.

Story of my life...

 Just a couple of shots of ornaments on the tree.

 Love these ornies. I need lots more!

 Really like the look of this over exposed photo...it looks so vintage!

 Isn't it amazing how Karla picked up all the colors of my Christmas stuff and included them in these handmade beauties? So very sweet. I can't imagine how many hours it took to make them.

Thank you Karla! I'll post photos of the weenies opening them.

 Now that my Christmas is all arranged...I just want to sit in the room but I have to keep going places. 

So many last Holiday things to do.

 Like I said in a previous post...those twinkles lights are soooo staying inside the fireplace after Christmas.

 I wanted to get some perfect shots of the tree but not enough time.

The chandelier all done up for Christmas.

See how much better all looks with my new wall color?

I'm in love with this room again!

Now I just need to paint the windows and hang drapes.

I really think the room needs some neutral colored drapes.

Tonight after work cause I won't have much time I'm going to make some 

simple Christmas treats like these...

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tortilla rollups with cranberries, feta cheese, cream cheese and chives

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but I'm hoping to stack them like this on a cake plate.

We'll see if I get that far.

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These will be sooooo easy to make...

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Making these too but using a red velvet cake mix to do them.

Merry Christmas to You!!!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

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Christmas Comes

But Once A Year...

 I'm going to put off Mod Mix Monday till next week.

Because...Christmas comes but once a year.

And I can't do it all. I can't even do a small part of it.

I didn't post Sunday morning because I thought my internet was down.

We had a giant ice storm and yesterday afternoon I realized I had no internet.

But I still had cable...which was odd.

So I thought I'd just wait awhile and surely it would be back up.

Sunday morning I went to church services at my Mom's church.

She sings in the choir and was very very happy that I came.

After church Mom and I went out to dinner and then I went to visit my sister, 

my brother in law and all their dogs.

When I got home...I still didn't have internet.

Time to call my cable provider and ask if it was out in my area.

So I call technical support and they tell me to look at the back of my modem

"Look for a gray wire," he says.

I find the gray wire and realize it's been chewed in two!

I was like...

"is it the skinny one?"

And he said, "No", that would be your phone.

Me: "that would be why my house phone has not worked in 6 months"

Yes, I've been paying for a phone that does not work for at least 6 months...hey, maybe a year.

Not smart.

So he tells me to check the other wire or cable and it is loose on the back of my computer....

problem solved. 

So actually, my internet was never out.

Things are always going wrong with all these dogs around.

Anyway...after that....

I was just about to lose light for taking more photos of my Christmas.

Yesterday's photos were not the best because I was losing light then too...but I snapped a few to share anyway.

I'll try again tomorrow.

One of my newer putz houses. A friend gave me this one a few years ago.

Some of you noticed the new wall color in the living room.

I am totally loving it! It's just the perfect color.

Windows are still not painted and neither is the dining room.

Here is another reason why I didn't get many photos done...Franklin.

He was running loose in the room. He and Harvey are insisting upon helping me decorate.

Light quality is not great...but I snapped this good pose of him in front of Xmas pillows.

He seems thrilled with all the Christmas going on in the room.

 There's Franklin's tail as he explores.

 Another putz house...yes this one is the same as the other.

Shannon doesn't know she gave me two alike but that's ok.

They don't sit next to each other and I love them lots.

I keep thinking I'll change one of them up but I haven't done it so far.

So hopefully, I'll get more photos shot tomorrow...and I can show you the rest...

but you never know how things are going to go...do you?....

because this is how things go here.....

Got a love him anyway.

He doesn't like pooping on icy grass.

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