Christmas Trees and Cats
I love this....
its all about having a mix of
fantasy and childhood dreams in
your life.
HAHA....but I know an actual
mermaid too in real life. I think
it would be cool to be a mermaid but
did I ever tell you I have a BIG
fear of water!
Yep, I have to even HOLD my
breathe to stick my face under
the shower.
We all need some childhood
memories and
fantasy in our
life. Mine would be a mix between
the Wizard of Oz (childhood memories)
and clowns. I LOVE clowns. For years that
was my go to for Halloween. I used to have a
collection of clown figurines ~ like over a 100.
I packed the bulk of them up when Caleb and
Amber moved in with me when Caleb was
a yr old. They stayed with me for six yrs.
I realized I did not miss them so I left them
packed up then one yr I pulled them out
and sold them at a yard sale. But I still
love my clowns.
We are up to year 11 on the
Christmas cards!
Another one of my fave ones.
Check these out. ADORABLE!
These would be so easy to make.
Yesterday was the day.
I need to stop purchasing these hats!
HAHA.
I acquried 3 new ones this yr.
Got them for my brother and sis in laws
Christmas pics but we did not use them.
I had to actually double hang a couple of
them on my hooks on the window.
Lily walked by the tree, smelled it
and walked off.
I love that this is her second
Christmas and cares nothing
for the tree!
Here is a pic from last
yr with her.
This is as far as she
went with it last yr.
My brother Mark and Kim
are hanging there tree from the
ceiling to keep the cats
out of it.
Zuzu knocked their
tree down the yr before last.
Last yr they did not put one up.
How many folks have had
that issue before?
And that is it.
I used to do the kitchen, the bathroom,
the hall and the living room....
that is yet another thing I have had
to give up for
Today I have hopes of doing somethings
outside. I did get a wreath hung on the
downstairs window outside....but replacement
windows are a miracle when it comes
to doing things like that.
Open the top, slide it down and
throw the wreath outside, close the
window on the wire that holds it in
place.
I will hang the two on my bedroom
window today. Is it bad that I took
them down after Christmas last yr and
never got them packed up, they sat in
the corner of my bedroom all yr long.
Yep, for me, that is BAD.
One of these would be cute, so easy
to make this too.
I love Christmas decorations
just like Halloween ones.
Although...after I took my
Halloween ones down this yr,
I packed them up and gave them
to my daughter. I also packed
up a bunch of stuff for her
from my Christmas stuff
yesterday. Life continues to change.
My sis in law Lori quilts. She taught herself
how several years ago. She does some
amazing work. I saw this on
Pinterest this morning and
thought of her. She has a couple
of old windows that she could do
something like this with. I past
the pic on to her.
Comments
xoxo
Speaking of not "packing-things-away"! We have 2 small-ish fake Trees. One for table in Hearth Room, and one for in 1 window of Front Room. He used to take them up stairs. Which is a chore, even if they aren't really heavy. They are unweildy, all decorated. (Yes, I do not remove decorations from trees!)
Last year, I covered each, with big plastic bags. Put them in corner of Front room, behind a chair. LOL
Now I know, Martha Stewart would not approve. But I don't care. The Front Room just sits there. Only time it is used, is when he plays the piano... And when I take naps on the couch.
Things change. Yes, they do. We get wiser.
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I have over a dozen of his books, but there are just a few I thought you might like to start off with. One is called The Magical Household. There are a few other titles, one is all about crystals and gems, Kitchen wicca...magical herbs...if you're interested, I'll find a way to send them to you!!! :) Let me know okay?
I love all your crafts. Those snowmen are adorable.
Have a fabulous day. Scritches to Dakota and Lily. ♥
I have a snowman made out of log slices like that. I bought it at a craft show a year or so ago.
That had been my plan -- the tree -- but it went astray. Maybe this week...
I've given up Christmas hats. I love my headband from last year. Have you heard of flat Christmas trees? (I wonder if it's on Pinterest...)
I hope you have a good night and a wonderful week. xo Diana
Around My Kitchen Table
Have a wonderful week, Pam.
~Sheri
All the best Jan
Many thanks for your recent comment on the peppermint latte post, where I used this lovely reindeer.
It does make a lovely card, as I've just seen again in this post :)
All the best Jan