Holidays

Timber!

December 31, 2013

Yesterday I took down the tree and all the decorations around the house, although I really didn't want to. I feel like December snuck up on me, and I had very little time to enjoy it and take it all in! I'm just happy I started watching Christmas movies in November while I worked on charts (even watched Elf back-to-back three times, and Holiday Inn twice!).

And now everything (except for the stirring creatures) is packed away until next year..

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This marshmallow jar was curiously fuller a few days ago…

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This is an old Prairie Schoole I stitched back in the early 90's (Santa's Ark, I believe it's called?)…

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My reproduction antique candy dish (Santa's top half comes off to reveal a small "bowl" for candy in the bottom half)… I love his wreath, btw, since I'm a sucker for bottle-brush!

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Every year Sophie loves to set up the Boyds Bears nativity, given to me by a friend before Sophie was even born. This year, when I opened the box, I found a note she'd scribbled on a sheet of paper last year, laying on top of the figures: "THIS GOES IN SOPHIE'S FUTURE HOUSE," the note read. Clearly, she doens't trust me to remember it in my will.

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Another Santa, this one with a barn owl on his shoulder…

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I moved out lots of stuff from the china cabinet so that Mike could put his Lego advent calendar figures and village inside…

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It's the only way to keep them safe from Tilly-Roux and her pesky little brother…

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(My goodness, that little fella carries a lot of dust around on his face!)

I love vintage mercury glass ornaments, even if they're not really vintage!

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I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas season! So many of you have asked about the winter sampler exchange Mom and I do, and I've been wanting to show you the few pictures we took, but just haven't gotten around to uploading them yet to my computer. I will soon though! As usual, it was so much fun fun fun, and I can't wait to do it again next year!

Happy New Year, everyone!

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