And Christmas Came Late...

With my computer dead over Christmas Break

I did not have a  chance to share any of

my Christmas decorations.

Since this blog is also a personal journal

I wanted to post a few photos

to remember Christmas 2012!

The Fireplace

To make room for the tree

we moved the large farm table to the breakfast room

and in it's place went the small round table.

I left the tree lights on for 3 weeks straight,

notice that half the lights burned out by the end

of the time!

On the white table went my handmade feather tree...

and some vintage ornaments I bought last year!

My vintage Santa found a perch on the book shelf!

And our true JOY of Christmas

was in knowing

that God loves us so much

that sent his son, Jesus

as our Redeemer!

Belated Christmas Wishes from our house to Yours!

I am linking up to Feathered Nest Friday over at
French Country Cottage!

Cookies Wishes

This week we distributed

a wagon full 

of cookies and wishes

to our wonderful neighbors.

We

Believe

that this Christmas will be

Merry

 and full of

JOY

That Santa's delightful

HoHoHo

will be heard though out the malls and rooftops!

And most importantly....

that the Peace

 of God will wrap around you the 

whole season long!

My daughter Madison and I

 had so much fun making the wooden ornaments

out of left over wood, printed words

and colorful Christmas ribbon!

It's Kinda Looking Alittle Bit More....

 Like Christmas!

May your Day be

Bright and Merry!

Dee Dee

I'm linking to Feathered Nest Friday

at French Country Cottage

and

A Pinteresting Party

at Space 46.

Sharing the JOY

 Yesterday my hubby- Wayne, 

 my daughter- Madison

and her friend -Savannah

helped me make Christmas Cookies!

We made some:

Sugar Cookies

Buck Eyes

&

No Bakes!

I divided them out onto paper plates...

Slipped the plates into gallon sized baggies

(I cut the the zipper tops off)

And tied them off with a colorful Christmas ribbon!

Wayne helped me tie on the JOY

ornaments I made!

Then we had the fun of delivering them

to all our new neighbors!

In keeping with sharing the joy...

I wanted to introduce you to a new blogger!

Harrison Home!

click to visit blog

My sister-in-law, Jen recently

started her wonderful new blog!

(Harrison Home Photo)

She is a fabulous decorator!

Her lovely home is ready for the Holidays!

(Harrison Home Photo)

Beautiful Tree

(Harrison Home Photo)

I just love her snow globes

made from mason jars!

I know she would love a visit from

each of you!

Have a wonderful day!

Dee Dee

A Bowl Full of JOY

I have seen so many wonderful handmade

ornaments on blog land this year!

I decided to make some of my own

using odd and ends I had here at home.

I cut small wooden blocks out of scrap board.

My board was once part of my daughters

picket fence headboard and was already painted white.

 I printed off the word JOY

and decoupaged it onto the board.

I then drilled holes in the corners,

some received one hole

(I'm attending a Pretty In Pink themed

Christmas brunch this Saturday.)

and some received two!

Using recycled and scrap ribbon

I tied on bows and hangers!

These I hope to pass out to new neighbors,

friends, family and teachers!

I put them all in a bowl for an easy display.

The feather tree is one I made years ago!

I added some vintage ornaments to the bowl

to finish out my display!

(sneak peek of my dining room!)

I am linking to Table Top Tuesday

over at A Stroll Thru Life!

May the JOY of the season be with you!

Christmas Decor Galore!

 No matter how hard I try to be ahead of the game,

lately it seems like I'm one step behind!

Last week I worked so hard

to complete my office to post on

Metamorphosis Monday...

only to find out that last week was

solely dedicated to Christmas decor!

By the time I finished last weeks post...

I was just too exhausted to photo and post

Christmas!

All this to say....

if you want to see the office

click here!

Today, being one step behind again

I am sharing some of

my favorite Christmas Decor!

The Entry

I have a two trees in our home.

This small tree is in our entry.

I raise it up on a round table

and decorate it with faux hydrangeas, 

glittered leaves,

lights and tiny brown and green ornaments!

I guess you could refer to this tree as

our formal Christmas Tree!

Most of the year the hydrangeas hang

out in a white pitcher on my breakfast room table!

The Stair Case

This year I wrapped the staircase

with green "pine" garland,

lights and silver bows!

Every few stairs, I tied on an antique ornament!

The Dining Room

 The antique hot pink ornament once

belonged to Mom Mom Friend.

This year I will be searching high and low

at local thrift stores for more of this color!

I would just love to incorporate more hot pink

into my Christmas Decorations next year!

I adorned the light fixture with

pine boughs and more heirloom

fragile, antique ornaments!

The feather tree was a simple craft project

I whipped together a few years ago.

The Family Room

I filled my ceramic bowl with red, yellow

and cream ornaments!

Christmas decor in the family room

tends to be more relaxed

and colorful!

Red is the accent color of choice

for this room!

The gingerbread garland was also a

craft project from many, many years ago.

I am linking to Metamorphosis Monday

at Between Naps on the Porch!

Thank you for visiting today!