Christmas decor, gift wrapping, stockings, and more

Good Morning and Happy Sunday:


We are all excited, the big day is coming, our homes
are beginning to get all decorated.
One of the things that I like is to open the boxes, and look at all the ornaments, decorations, and old Christmas cards.
I love o remember old times, I used to drive all night to get to grandma's house loaded with the kids, gifts, food, just the anticipation to see my parents was so exciting.  I remembered one Christmas I didn't have the time to wrap everything, my mom and I stayed up most of the night and we wrap together, talking, talking and more talking.
My parents loved Christmas, my mom loved the ornaments, the beautiful table setting, and great special menus.


Memories are so important, I have great memories of the holidays, and even thou now my parents are in heaven, I have my memories, pictures, and sweet
thoughts. 
I believe that our love ones have some sort of connections with us here. I can sense sometimes this, maybe I'm dreaming, Merry Christmas Mom and Dad in heaven, hear the angels sing!!!!




























Some inspiration, I'm working on my front door, back door, and coffee table, the mantle is just about done,
I'm adding one little music tree I just made.  Of course pictures are coming.

Happy decorating, one day at a time.

Enjoy your Sunday,

love you all don't forget comments


martha

More Christmas Love going your way, wreaths, and table settings

Hello my good friends,


Thank you for the comments, its good to send love
both ways via blogland.
I heard today at Michaels that some people put their wreaths out the first of December, and by now they are brown.  The bought them at the grocery store
I'm not saying the name, because I shop there too.
But the thing is they had to buy another one artificial this time. Have you ever heard of this??




Here is some more wreath and outdoor decorations,

Lets decorate the kitchen notice the simple rustic trees for the table. Beautiful

A bedroom large enough for a beautiful tree, a wreath and candles.  Love this

and some beautiful table settings.

A beautiful tree

lovely table!!!!

Dessert table:

Use  color


silver and simple:







Table for two, lovely idea.

Bring Grandmas good crystal, sterling out LOL


This is us gals,  LOL

white and pink, rustic but festive, check the planter/urn for the wine, check the little chair pictures, and the candelabras in white.  Just lovely,

Have a wonderful Saturday, do a little decorating to make you home festive and begin to celebrate

the most important holiday for us Christians.

I hope you got inspired, and please send me some love, (comments) you are all so so kind.

martha

COMMENTS I LOVE THEM!!!!!

 adventuresindinner said...

I had never thought of all grey before. Lovely.

December 7, 2011 11:43 AM

 Pam @ Frippery said...

Love the mantel. Oh and grey is so lovely and calm.

December 7, 2011 12:12 PM

I love your comments, thank you all.

How are you doing with the fuss and rush of

Christmas, well if you are like me, I'm Behind

with a capital B.

Oh well, I decided to enjoy the season and

decorate and do all the "Xmas" things that we

love anyway,

More goodness and inspirations:

Wrap presents with brown paper, I love it,

love these, simple and cute, CHEAP, newspaper, sheets.

also, use twine, music sheets cut outs, faux snow, and everything natural.

Do you have your wreaths up??  oops!!!

I have the tutorial for this one, I'll post it tomorow, its very very simple, just your Sunday paper and glue.  very very green!!!!!! don't you think????

I like this one, I have a huge old frame its a bit missing gesso but so chic, I'm thinking on
putting one of my wreaths inside the frame, what do you think gals????? shabby enough,eh he,

little boxwood, or pine wrapped around a small wreath with wire.  Very easy,
you can make them with an old hanger. I did one, and put them on your shelves.  So cute don't you think?????

This is almost my fireplace, I had tons of pinecones, and some BIG ones, so I just
place them on candlesticks, and on little pots on the simple mantle. I prefer rustic, and shabby, but this is just me. you like???????

How about the stockings????? great idea, just use your old patterns, so simple and elegant, my opinion????








Hope you are inspired, I am, ready to continue our simple decorations, more ideas and inspiration tomorow

love

martha

Christmas, mantles and more decorating

Hello friends:

I found this simple mantle and I just had to share, great vignette???

Some more gray Christmas, so shabby and chic.

gorgeous wreath!!!!


happy Christmas decorating


martha

Christmas everywhere!!!!! Great photography

Snow globes, by Anthropology, just so cute!!!! and unique.

Christmas is a paradise for a photographer. I'm not very good at taking pictures, it is a "work in progress".  Even thou, I own a lot of antique cameras, my dream is to get one of those "famous" great camera, maybe Santa is listening. For now my little inexpensive cannon will do.


I want to show you some impressive Christmas displays, one of my favorites is Anthropology, and
New York, Have fun,

I FOUND ONE CRATE JUST LIKE THIS ONE, CHECK THIS OUT

I had a lot of comments on this vignette, and yesterday I found a crate just like it, I'm making a vignette, and a its going in my living room corner.

picture without anything, I think is so gorgeous!!!!!

    
Look at the typography, its awsome  LOL I scored.



love

martha