After procrastinating since Thanksgiving because I had so much other stuff to do and I HATE decorating, I finally put the ornaments on the tree Saturday, and my wonderful daughter Beth came over and did most of the decorating. At least 2/3 of the ornaments on the tree are either antiques that belonged to my mother and grandmother or handmade by me or friends.
The next picture is of a sled that I bought at an antique shop at Hampstead, NC. I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do with it, but when Beth found a tree in one of the boxes of decorations, she knew just what to do. I think it looks great!
This is another picture of it including the rocker. The snowman is one that I bought years ago and then lost. I knew it was here, but I just could not find it. When I cleaned out a closet in the laundry room last month, there was the box with the snowman and my frog that croaks Jingle Bells. I am so thrilled to be able to enjoy them again..
When I told Beth that I wanted the nativity on the hutch with the snowmen mugs, she thought I was crazy. She doesn't think that particularly goes together, but I like it! My mother, brother, and I made the figures in the nativity with plaster of paris when I was a child, at the church I grew up in, Immanuel Presbyterian.
Lastly, I love the placemats that Daphene gave me last Christmas.
Well, I hope you enjoyed my decorations. Now that they are up, I am happy, but I sure didn't want to bother with it. I'd rather be stamping!
Blessings,
Janis
As we get older decorating seems too much like work to me. However, I'm glad we have decorations up now. Richard did most of them.
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