December Daily - the 9th

December 9, 2017

Let the decking begin!

All new pink pieces

in an older terrarium.

(deer is from Target

and the bottle brush trees are from Target and Hobby Lobby)

Merry Hugs,

Kim

December Daily - the 7th

Throw Back Thursday

Our entry foyer last Christmas.

Merry Hugs,

Kim

Is It Too Late To Wish You...

 

 

A Happy New Year?

I thought I would share my New Year's decor,
before I redecorate for Valentine's Day.

I completely stole the idea to hang the typewriter from some other
(more creative and original)
blogger than I.
I love how it looks
and am busy thinking up ideas for monthly themes.

Wishing you a beautiful day, week, month and year to
enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly

 



A Few Last Glimpses Of Christmas 2011

The dining room is set for the younger generation's Christmas dinner.

The Santa and sleigh over the mirror is a fillet crochet piece I did years ago.

The dishes are Mikasa Holly,

which my Mom-in-law has gifted me each Christmas,

I have a full service now.

Both tables (the "adult" and "kids" - almost all the kids are of legal age, but they are still our kids)

were set with silver flatware from both of my grandmothers.

This tablecloth was an antiquing find.

It still had it's original labels and was in perfect condition.

I love that it works for Christmas without being a Christmas tablecloth.

This is part of my Santa collection.

My favorite is the first on the left,

it is Santa from

A Nightmare Before Christmas.

I love him most because my sister found him a few Christmases ago on ebay.

My sister does not do antiques or ebay,

but she loves me that much.

This angel is a year round decoration.

At Christmas he holds my little angel in a bell ornament.

"Every time a bell rings

an angel gets his wings."

I keep my little village collecting contained in this beautiful terrarium,

a birthday gift from my parents,

the light up church and several of the other pieces inside were also from them.

Our front parlor,

or as we call it "our morning coffee room,"

has an electric fire place.

The angel above the fireplace was a gift of my Mom and Dad's making.

Mom's design, and Dad's woodworking.

They used old wood from the shed in the yard of my childhood home.

Oldest son made this sweet watercolor in cub scouts many Christmases ago.

This one has no sentimental value,

just for giggles.

At Christmas, I add this silly girl to the wreath that I keep on the inside of our front door all year.

We had a Merry,

hope you did too.

enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly

Christmas House Tour Day 2

The first and second generations (aka, us old folks)

sat down for dinner in the Morning Room.

I made the table runner last year

using drop cloth and an assortment of doilies from my mother.

I have to remember to take a better picture to share.

It was a huge project,

must have taken 10 hours,

but I love the finished product.

I kept my decorations fairly simple,

I love how flowers look in this room

with the sun streaming through the windows.

I used roses and arborvitae

and amaryllis grown from bulbs.

Last year, they didn't bloom in time for Christmas,

this year I planted them 2 weeks before Thanksgiving

and they were perfect.

Wishing you a Merry Winter's night.

More tomorrow.

enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly

A Little Late, But Thought I Would Share

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas,

filled with love, laughter, and JOYful memory-making.

Today, I would like to share my family room decorations.

Earlier this year we began some renovation and redecorating projects to bring some vintage character to our 7 year old home.

The family room is most complete.

(please ignore the doggie bed in this picture)

I have been collecting vintage frames for 10+ years,

but this is the first time any of them have made it onto a wall.

This little sitting area was the most difficult to decorate.

It is an awkward spot between the kitchen and family room.

The turquoise table is a flea market find of my mothers'.

It was in our living room when I was a child.

I changed the color and found a marble table top which fit it perfectly.

View of the room from one angle.

Do you like the black hole

that the TV creates?

yikes!!! 

Here it is from the other angle.

No black hole. 

I found wrapping paper to coordinate with the room.

The pretty little owl tags were made using an image from

The Graphics Fairy.

I love these sweet French baskets.

Their only downfall is they are embroidered

"pain"

which works wonderfully for French "bread" baskets,

but questionable as Christmas decor.

Night starts to fall.

The candles are turned on.

(I have a cat,

no open flames allowed)

My favorite vintage ornament find.

Wishing you a warm and wonderful winter.

I hope to share more tomorrow.

enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly



Fall Entertaining

I was blessed to have a son born on the first day of Autumn,

my favorite season by far.

I always try to celebrate these two momentous occasions by pulling out the first of my Fall decorations.

This is how the table looked on a September evening,

ready for family to gather around.

Happy, Happy Autumn!

enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly