A Mini Christmas Home Tour

For we need a little Christmas!

Right this very minute...

We need a little Christmas now.....

 

 

Just a few lyrics from one of my favorite

songs to listen to while getting out

all of the stuff....

you know, the boxes and bags.

And more boxes, and bags!

 

 

Take a little trip with me

as we peek inside my

home this Christmas...

 

 

 

 

This is my mantel.

I love using this easy to

use, pre-lit garland from my

days of working at QVC.

Easy peasy and it looks great!

I added the poinsettias.

 

 

 

These are "new to me" nativity figurines.

(The reason for the season!)

 

Purchased from Four Sisters In a Cottage.

 

Love it. It was made in Italy.

I try to add a little something

from all sides of my family's heritage.

The stable was from our previous set and

worked out great for the "new" vintage pieces.

I just started the nutcracker

collection. I have five of them now.

Not old, just collectible.

 

Also an homage to my days dancing,

and my love for the Nutcracker Ballet.

 

Silver trays are so festive during the

holidays and SO easy to use.

Almost anything looks good on them!

 

I like to add little touches here and there.

 

The little wooden stackable

set (Santa, snowman and tree)

were bought for Bebe at the recent

Nutcracker show we went to see.

Many of the dancers were from

a ballet company in the Ukraine.

Some of the dancers had

friends and family from the Ukraine

there, selling their crafts to raise

money for the ballet.

 

 

These cuties were in my hubby's

Christmas collection. I think they

were given to him by my MIL.

 

Sweet!

 

I received this glass cloche and

pastry stand at our wedding.

It is fun to use it for a Christmas

display!

 

 

This tall, antique mercury glass piece

has been for sale in my shop...

no one ever buys it so I get to

keep enjoying it every year!

 

Hoping to add to the collection...

the angel is new.

 

....and apothecary jars in the kitchen,

filled with vintage candy colored

glass ornaments, to go with

my LuRay dinnerware collection.

 

One of our trees....
I've had this one for

 seventeen years!

 

 

These were also in my

hubby's collection.

Adorable!

I could put a candle in each one

but I don't.
I barely have time to decorate

and keep up with everything else!

 

But, hubby's birthday is Christmas Eve

so maybe I will use them as cake

toppers this year.

Shhhhh! Don't ruin the surprise!

 

 

Our entry way.

Another easy peasy swag from QVC.

 

The photo in the whimsical frame was taken by

me in about 1996 while visiting Chicago

for a shopping trip down on Michigan Ave....

(wow, it was cold!)

My friend and I were so cold

we kept popping in to different

buildings to get warm...

and that is when I found

a beautiful Christmas tree and

snapped the photo.

 

Memories are fun, especially

 during the holidays!
A time to remember, look back,

and reflect... and to count our blessings.

Hope you enjoyed my mini Christmas home tour.

 

I like to mix the old and the new.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Linking with Pink Saturday...

at How Sweet the Sound

and

Fabulously Creative Friday

with Jennifer Rizzo

and

Be Inspired Party

at The Common Ground

and

Feathered Nest Friday

at The French Country Cottage.