Christmas Decor

 I miss the days that I could pull out the Christmas decorations and have them all up in one day. Alas, that is not the case these days. I moved the chair in the living room over two weeks ago to put up the tree and it did not get done. I did manage to get it up the day before Thanksgiving. 

The wooden deer to the left of the pic I made several, several years ago before I really got into woodworking. 

It took a couple of days to pull off the rest of the decor, between babysitting Misty and watching her to keep her out of trouble, doing laundry and not feeling up to par it has just taken longer.

Yesterday though I got the shelve in the dining room done. I can sit on the couch and see this and I love it. 

I bought the sign after Christmas last year. Tractor Supply had it for 

29.00 bucks but I got it for 6.49.

Got the garland and lights (20 count) at Big Lots. 

As for the hats, I have an obsession I think. I still have a 

few that did not get hung. 

A shot of the whole dining area. 

Sitting on the table is the wooden try I made.

I added lights, purple and silver balls around

the candle holders. 

This lantern used to be in my living room till I broke

a piece of glass in it. The opening is bigger then a 

5x7 and smaller then an 8x10 so I could not 

replace it with frame glass like I thought I could.

I kept telling myself to trash it but I took the rest

of the glass out and thought I would install

a solar light for hanging it outside, or putting

bird feed in it for a feeder but I am glad I did not.

My sis in law, Kim gave me the hanging ball cause

the cat on it looked like Lily.

I added lights and balls and it looks great.

The little candleholder to the right of it was given

to me by one of my agents at the TBI. Its a Lenox piece and

so pretty. The Santa sitting next to the 

lantern was also a gift from the same agent

at the TBI. 

For those that don't know, I paint my Christmas card

in a 5x7 flat canvas board each year. Thinking this will

be year 17, if I get it done!!!

Not really sure where I have them all packed but

here are some I ran across. 

Top left ~ Charlie Brown Christmas tree on

Snopes dog house.  Next to it is 2018's card, a sled with

ice skates hanging on it. Below that is a rein deer. 

The cabin you see next to the deer was painted on a 

piece of log that Amber used in her wedding, not a Christmas

card, just something I wanted to do. Another one that

was not used as a Christmas card is the piece of wood

with the ball hanging from the tree. 

A few years ago my sis in law wanted to go

to one of the galleries in town to paint a pic.

A few of us went together. 

It was a class of three paintings and then

they put them together for us.

I have so many keepsakes from years gone 

by but I decided to not put all that out this year. 

Making it simple. 

Have you put any Christmas decor out?

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Pam