Christmas in the Great Room

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to our holiday great room (but please excuse the crazy lighting):</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ylZcmlSMe7SvR_nQryDspyXk052AxsHzJgSFrc3yfh8ItEP__VJHgbouppnzc0XTkKFicR2DyzFasOXvM_qVFeKs4QoBTYkjNil0jf1FmSMUnq17t2MY7l_YswgdPPWo2ABLY3ZlwQ/s1600/xmasgreatoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ylZcmlSMe7SvR_nQryDspyXk052AxsHzJgSFrc3yfh8ItEP__VJHgbouppnzc0XTkKFicR2DyzFasOXvM_qVFeKs4QoBTYkjNil0jf1FmSMUnq17t2MY7l_YswgdPPWo2ABLY3ZlwQ/s640/xmasgreatoverall.jpg" width="570" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Come on in ... have a peek around.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvGMwgcUlZ-TJBSK9dTUTZD7vkw-9AjVg6NZ2q76qsR6N821_K_iYIoO91PubVuXunuDEuNta9dl8bMw5aEnSsrrA6fzPA6uqwbKLQeGd7h6YGzbN9_OFXotiPsaaSoM31_UxSm8X-g/s1600/xmasgreatoveralll.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkvGMwgcUlZ-TJBSK9dTUTZD7vkw-9AjVg6NZ2q76qsR6N821_K_iYIoO91PubVuXunuDEuNta9dl8bMw5aEnSsrrA6fzPA6uqwbKLQeGd7h6YGzbN9_OFXotiPsaaSoM31_UxSm8X-g/s640/xmasgreatoveralll.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go grab some egg nog and have a seat (I even turned the wing chairs around to face the sofa for a better conversation area):</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgVLcUoLp_NoD0F-bFslJV0OO9jeU7BDi7VZlOq9rsQO-kKLUtOe_5rtK7E8FxkirS96dwjPr3ZafeWbi4n0dDTjiKJtG_zYNIb_fnKt1wi8JlepmT6vBOK1NIWVXf1QWSBt_Hd2ohw/s1600/xmasgreatoverallr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgVLcUoLp_NoD0F-bFslJV0OO9jeU7BDi7VZlOq9rsQO-kKLUtOe_5rtK7E8FxkirS96dwjPr3ZafeWbi4n0dDTjiKJtG_zYNIb_fnKt1wi8JlepmT6vBOK1NIWVXf1QWSBt_Hd2ohw/s640/xmasgreatoverallr.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6Xk2bIaKhGtRg46evpK6y36gz05AZK8vWavz-_AZWJ7PLyd8srPJj4qSVR52kZhUS_W1X_oPl1zlP1J4s9PKHNDRkWeMKJitqXjo8pkRLmiDlcd0dysBC4oaKcbcqiQpQrGHZSqqtg/s1600/xmasmantelnight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC6Xk2bIaKhGtRg46evpK6y36gz05AZK8vWavz-_AZWJ7PLyd8srPJj4qSVR52kZhUS_W1X_oPl1zlP1J4s9PKHNDRkWeMKJitqXjo8pkRLmiDlcd0dysBC4oaKcbcqiQpQrGHZSqqtg/s640/xmasmantelnight.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Feel free to toss our holiday pillows from Pottery Barn aside so that you can get comfy:</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33vpnqI8lNjlFJnd6pB368Zwk92l5LYXGZ8kP9QOyvAlQdE8gOQ_4W7E6j01ajrn4z3-su6c9QpN0WzcbQkO_h6km4287E2dyC0Woj0F-DEsD5KUgUSvcPSipo_WohuOHvvR3oyssTQ/s1600/xmasgreatsofa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33vpnqI8lNjlFJnd6pB368Zwk92l5LYXGZ8kP9QOyvAlQdE8gOQ_4W7E6j01ajrn4z3-su6c9QpN0WzcbQkO_h6km4287E2dyC0Woj0F-DEsD5KUgUSvcPSipo_WohuOHvvR3oyssTQ/s640/xmasgreatsofa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That goes for this festive pillow (from Wal-Mart), too ...</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17hp3UrHsDSIV48qsL-ARgLM6NXL4pYvOPviNmn40qamvOOVD6IRmreWVJDJDgGxbvA-dJZld5dITbcug1mAQ_6TXJ4L0i30slBY5TH_FavLodqbzTIa8empqBNgp161yjIj-mm1Z3w/s1600/xmasgreatpillow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17hp3UrHsDSIV48qsL-ARgLM6NXL4pYvOPviNmn40qamvOOVD6IRmreWVJDJDgGxbvA-dJZld5dITbcug1mAQ_6TXJ4L0i30slBY5TH_FavLodqbzTIa8empqBNgp161yjIj-mm1Z3w/s640/xmasgreatpillow.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope Buck, our guest of honor to our mantelscape, appreciates that I mixed in faux shed antlers to our coffee table centerpiece:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdFkbYsWOkyiMLVDBGwi7Wr_ZCntgxQYFsyHlyiUWxOZDUygesOxbMSr0ZWvN2tJMlO96jM5Bs-QhaYPRRDanXClc5IUeUPumErv5BLyR8TSEV1PTwtQENN_G1-WW2sdt0GsTFleSKA/s1600/xmasgreatantlers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdFkbYsWOkyiMLVDBGwi7Wr_ZCntgxQYFsyHlyiUWxOZDUygesOxbMSr0ZWvN2tJMlO96jM5Bs-QhaYPRRDanXClc5IUeUPumErv5BLyR8TSEV1PTwtQENN_G1-WW2sdt0GsTFleSKA/s640/xmasgreatantlers.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hmmmm ... think I should add a little ornament or two to our Charlie Brown tree?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwbHrSHS6SS_URIPFapAtXPrNp1xSGR4gKFLSj-zq5SFLnMsvJsFD_1lXs67wlb1B3S4_uaoqQqvzzNC3bkr7xk1Dv39e7Ek_WumtQ97WW7glFmpfGszlJ19VCbPtMeA81ekCXRmtBA/s1600/xmasgreatmirror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwbHrSHS6SS_URIPFapAtXPrNp1xSGR4gKFLSj-zq5SFLnMsvJsFD_1lXs67wlb1B3S4_uaoqQqvzzNC3bkr7xk1Dv39e7Ek_WumtQ97WW7glFmpfGszlJ19VCbPtMeA81ekCXRmtBA/s640/xmasgreatmirror.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As for our *main* tree ... this year, I decided not to wrap it with mesh, but, instead weaved red, gold and green glittery garland throughout it.  I also decided to add more pops of white:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDisPKlQAnZiDXwnFo_fSi0LwXfcqZsWpjVjjGzv_f_u7jhO3O08eGuNqK0wfs0TSUE6MPI2YdGjxYNMlPIDqYOhmxdtPcMQ6GIR5yJQCJybQaHFnNRpIwGlBDzm_tGH0MyPA5211UNw/s1600/xmasgreattree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDisPKlQAnZiDXwnFo_fSi0LwXfcqZsWpjVjjGzv_f_u7jhO3O08eGuNqK0wfs0TSUE6MPI2YdGjxYNMlPIDqYOhmxdtPcMQ6GIR5yJQCJybQaHFnNRpIwGlBDzm_tGH0MyPA5211UNw/s640/xmasgreattree.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What didn't change (and, I doubt, ever will) is my love for crazy toppers!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_CS9Y-cQBLft255frHX0An1Rr8v9TKrAnEEeRf5NJcQ6INr7gjxy9bTq9BaraBHjGtyz2kPSIwSj3MshpC8wS08cy3Q9we_hMdzrS8lNLaCj3TJBv4WcXFzXJAbfhA9_kwxcL5_GnQ/s1600/xmasgreattreetopper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_CS9Y-cQBLft255frHX0An1Rr8v9TKrAnEEeRf5NJcQ6INr7gjxy9bTq9BaraBHjGtyz2kPSIwSj3MshpC8wS08cy3Q9we_hMdzrS8lNLaCj3TJBv4WcXFzXJAbfhA9_kwxcL5_GnQ/s640/xmasgreattreetopper.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These fun oversized snowflakes from New River Pottery are the perfect solution for adding more white to our tree:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB42Xy9BrpSOmCLY5b_bWtTJ1mIjP1cGNmIQSyEA4Vv7jzWoe-Bmqn2b_fugmXtxwhQTNlwkvgV_DgxTc8KJMzwlpQGdQtS99jrm5jO3KKM_nNsLrSZ1HqxvU4IPTAM2GUKLrSClE-XA/s1600/xmasgreattreeornament.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB42Xy9BrpSOmCLY5b_bWtTJ1mIjP1cGNmIQSyEA4Vv7jzWoe-Bmqn2b_fugmXtxwhQTNlwkvgV_DgxTc8KJMzwlpQGdQtS99jrm5jO3KKM_nNsLrSZ1HqxvU4IPTAM2GUKLrSClE-XA/s640/xmasgreattreeornament.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As are these cute sparkly fellas (also from New River Pottery):</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMc9ln_qBcqO2Mpc-g_KOGHpWuyrBGrDd5M6-Eepo8Bw3_F12jGPNsNvo6yq-dbWK8yBTcnEUAOBr6OQSIV3vHU5tdSRLq3IbhyphenhyphenJQqDcjcVCIXNXIfDHgFMdVg4UVLS3pgtCWeyDPduQ/s1600/xmasgreattreereindeer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMc9ln_qBcqO2Mpc-g_KOGHpWuyrBGrDd5M6-Eepo8Bw3_F12jGPNsNvo6yq-dbWK8yBTcnEUAOBr6OQSIV3vHU5tdSRLq3IbhyphenhyphenJQqDcjcVCIXNXIfDHgFMdVg4UVLS3pgtCWeyDPduQ/s640/xmasgreattreereindeer.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't you just love the nighttime glow?   </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKY9vaf2k6b4HeHRmQYWRZJfydhze2hHR33yn3B88t_0IB2L3lYMrMfkVrNerv5LmSefbSVGGAfeXkzLwFZIHuDknYEgFRDyrMHtRyc5sJ3oifzDyc6IogrsJz4jUMPW_1YRl3U1eUw/s1600/xmasgreatfromk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKY9vaf2k6b4HeHRmQYWRZJfydhze2hHR33yn3B88t_0IB2L3lYMrMfkVrNerv5LmSefbSVGGAfeXkzLwFZIHuDknYEgFRDyrMHtRyc5sJ3oifzDyc6IogrsJz4jUMPW_1YRl3U1eUw/s640/xmasgreatfromk.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, it's your turn!  I'm off to visit your amazing holiday homes!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm joining:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Savvy Southern Style/<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2012/12/wow-us-wednesdays-95.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SavvySouthernStyle+%28Savvy+Southern+Style%29">WUW</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the Picket Fence/<a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/2012/12/inspiration-friday-92.html">Inspiration Friday</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Jennifer Rizzo/<a href="http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2012/12/welcome-to-holiday-housewalk-linky-party.html">Holiday Housewalk Party</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Housepitality Designs/<a href="http://housepitalitydesigns.com/2012/12/12/a-merry-and-bright-home-and-the-better-late-than-never-christmas-inspirations-linky-party/">Better Late Than Never Christmas Inspiration Linky Party</a></span><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/324/23F7A341254AC000A256EF1E6BE921AB.png" />

Christmas in the Great Room

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Decked and Done! Kitchen Hearth Room Christmas 2012

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My Kitchen~Hearth Room is all decked out for Christmas </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and it's put me in the mood for a party!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Unfortunately,(or maybe fortunately) </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mr. Beaux is not having the company Christmas party </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">here this year.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Maybe I will invite a bunch of friends </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">over for drinks and such.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Come in and take a look at my traditional Christmas </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">decor in my Kitchen~Hearth Room for 2012.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnO3L7SSj2H7A59topIjM6E0-Wbcp2mMiOejYWm0zJquZqmhIwgljLKktX0sY9ANu3ZB67A5pdmZM4lDotDkbA2t15gsBQknhCMkXD-74xCR4FwGUzXKZ_YpFCVbVNZF3X-RPmtee-z8/s1600/IMG_6538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnO3L7SSj2H7A59topIjM6E0-Wbcp2mMiOejYWm0zJquZqmhIwgljLKktX0sY9ANu3ZB67A5pdmZM4lDotDkbA2t15gsBQknhCMkXD-74xCR4FwGUzXKZ_YpFCVbVNZF3X-RPmtee-z8/s640/IMG_6538.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I usually use traditional colors in this room because </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">my furniture lends itself to this scheme, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">but also because I always put out the kids </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">handmade treasures on the tree.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Besides, red and green just says Christmas to me!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_KFcdNNYDRXeCR28Jg9CLV6ft0M3QWs2a4kIUs0pT_095G-vby4AQdNyzG5kL-ltlOLYGUdTszpG3IjvKMaY9H1n1a4ulfhiVY0x7hPD0kJiJOz2nBddYYoKXZYB7wtuEwCoCwvOQt8/s1600/IMG_6520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_KFcdNNYDRXeCR28Jg9CLV6ft0M3QWs2a4kIUs0pT_095G-vby4AQdNyzG5kL-ltlOLYGUdTszpG3IjvKMaY9H1n1a4ulfhiVY0x7hPD0kJiJOz2nBddYYoKXZYB7wtuEwCoCwvOQt8/s640/IMG_6520.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our family tree is in the corner by my French bench </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and it is filled with all of the sentimental ornaments.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just tucked some red berries inside </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and used the burlap bows that I bought at Nell Hill's tent sale. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Santa was a gift to us from our friends in China.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, hey they make everything there right?  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNiNabJY9BpaSmUagxm7dyeYZCLxtye9toiCdugclThSwYuueHKJ3iTz8SuOTXZ-SUfi_ADnbNTJ66I9YMD9nlNrC56_xpOGL-rAWu14rCq33f0K-dbnK3ugQAlyudqPWNfNlOHboBYKQ/s1600/IMG_6553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNiNabJY9BpaSmUagxm7dyeYZCLxtye9toiCdugclThSwYuueHKJ3iTz8SuOTXZ-SUfi_ADnbNTJ66I9YMD9nlNrC56_xpOGL-rAWu14rCq33f0K-dbnK3ugQAlyudqPWNfNlOHboBYKQ/s640/IMG_6553.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He is handsome though isn't he?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimm1mB4e1KCXiVSiv1I88-bHOcuFRJz4BYrjMNJUpOq4rxOgBTfIqD2MgeofjENu3RAvdDtR5hyphenhyphenhBSk-Tzge57G4ajS5NdUOB_X7bY2W7cwb2D7zE1bqBJ2fdvzp8fmMWZmutOzRNoVQA/s1600/IMG_6557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimm1mB4e1KCXiVSiv1I88-bHOcuFRJz4BYrjMNJUpOq4rxOgBTfIqD2MgeofjENu3RAvdDtR5hyphenhyphenhBSk-Tzge57G4ajS5NdUOB_X7bY2W7cwb2D7zE1bqBJ2fdvzp8fmMWZmutOzRNoVQA/s640/IMG_6557.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OK, indulge me here... </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">An ornament only a Mother can love!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOQ1Jb0rC_tov2VQc_1rUOBodYwfBUvGXb6O9geqEn-PSbWyHYLT88_0eKTTyQHU346YQ02YiALGT8jnL9queW3X-KNX45qCsbg-sGzv52lcAdxwp5uTE0gLDVkyIgwlpFlRN5R6-hkw/s1600/IMG_6556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOQ1Jb0rC_tov2VQc_1rUOBodYwfBUvGXb6O9geqEn-PSbWyHYLT88_0eKTTyQHU346YQ02YiALGT8jnL9queW3X-KNX45qCsbg-sGzv52lcAdxwp5uTE0gLDVkyIgwlpFlRN5R6-hkw/s640/IMG_6556.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And some silly reindeer we made one year as gifts.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Most of them are missing one eye. ;)</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWQVsKMpnGNAdnIi-JMnAJGrk3oCbOplfkDGE05OOiwUYvNqSbSRyyteWZAs9zLSGR8fg5249KGYxBzH8sk-_c1cugVaoLgBbCwxEpNfmisv393AG9d9ZP_JQeIiuYxsWV6Kb2Yt25Ck/s1600/IMG_6524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWQVsKMpnGNAdnIi-JMnAJGrk3oCbOplfkDGE05OOiwUYvNqSbSRyyteWZAs9zLSGR8fg5249KGYxBzH8sk-_c1cugVaoLgBbCwxEpNfmisv393AG9d9ZP_JQeIiuYxsWV6Kb2Yt25Ck/s640/IMG_6524.jpg" width="528" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hung three of these pine wreaths along the window wall </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with the script ribbon from Pottery Barn.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They really make the house smell Christmasy.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdVNCYyDhV7wQPuu2RGJlFVCN4aVPKAYhpdfWs_kkbIHp6RxM8pv7zZLPXzSJPxM_5_2u_6KY5hiLBjaU6IljJXLSjpAP36Fssv4QG26lJOOr2yMd-82suGKZnWBshs8JPtC8qs5I2M0/s1600/IMG_6503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdVNCYyDhV7wQPuu2RGJlFVCN4aVPKAYhpdfWs_kkbIHp6RxM8pv7zZLPXzSJPxM_5_2u_6KY5hiLBjaU6IljJXLSjpAP36Fssv4QG26lJOOr2yMd-82suGKZnWBshs8JPtC8qs5I2M0/s640/IMG_6503.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here is a look at the whole room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've switched the old rug back in since it's Winter, although it </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">doesn't feel much like it here! </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I showed you my dish cupboard last week.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can see it again <a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/11/cardinals-and-christmas-in-my-kitchen.html" target="_blank">here. </a> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I went out looking for new pillows this week </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and came up short.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I stenciled these pillows that I bought at Decor Steals </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with a kind of snowflake pattern.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKr_V6muZAjuMdCESd6QzTle3hT7Siq9EPXFTKBwndtavdqXrPLXlqqjQq2AMvjmAt07jgaxQCL4PM1WwSy3u1uP5jIh8AXjVqOQrPJfeIvoWN7WMiOB8W6Armg6-y5lL-bCu_qd95dwE/s1600/IMG_6527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKr_V6muZAjuMdCESd6QzTle3hT7Siq9EPXFTKBwndtavdqXrPLXlqqjQq2AMvjmAt07jgaxQCL4PM1WwSy3u1uP5jIh8AXjVqOQrPJfeIvoWN7WMiOB8W6Armg6-y5lL-bCu_qd95dwE/s640/IMG_6527.jpg" width="600" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sorry, really bad picture... but you get the idea.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Z4VIQ1UqXC9fJq_-Vn_ubidok4Uh-fvCwj6pfurEvMIu653oz7AAdY__0w5m4kuAa6WeQc36NGwo-wRwkA2IBFvDWOL5PXgl9BVQL0BRjFmwuhhgXlDFXVQs87D3dTr2iIv4BZVGHWk/s1600/IMG_6548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Z4VIQ1UqXC9fJq_-Vn_ubidok4Uh-fvCwj6pfurEvMIu653oz7AAdY__0w5m4kuAa6WeQc36NGwo-wRwkA2IBFvDWOL5PXgl9BVQL0BRjFmwuhhgXlDFXVQs87D3dTr2iIv4BZVGHWk/s640/IMG_6548.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I picked up this cute pillow at Marshall's.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love mixing patterns and fabrics.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk8NbT0KhzdVM4wEdIw4VxW_c7AYJYgZjKhWjRPVX37E-3U5pWJtouSkORXOTCbmOpRzc6hodHPGnXnfjh06ZE_ZZVKVi5HEyeRVbzzfm_i1-iiJ8tiwDDQ3nZTmJdSy9AvWKtf-HYYEI/s1600/IMG_6516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk8NbT0KhzdVM4wEdIw4VxW_c7AYJYgZjKhWjRPVX37E-3U5pWJtouSkORXOTCbmOpRzc6hodHPGnXnfjh06ZE_ZZVKVi5HEyeRVbzzfm_i1-iiJ8tiwDDQ3nZTmJdSy9AvWKtf-HYYEI/s640/IMG_6516.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I kept my built in cabinets simple with a real tree in a wine box and a Santa from my collection.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZYY2vc0G_KKUMIH_7fPLr_xwozkWpmigcDg6YWDJlHiBR53lcvsUPIBqQAhAG0AUpbGC6NNBQCcEV4uDH0UnBDBigs9igUne4fUP8FwrdiVml482Pazc0mFMam8IstUGN0IGojHgVFk/s1600/IMG_6517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZYY2vc0G_KKUMIH_7fPLr_xwozkWpmigcDg6YWDJlHiBR53lcvsUPIBqQAhAG0AUpbGC6NNBQCcEV4uDH0UnBDBigs9igUne4fUP8FwrdiVml482Pazc0mFMam8IstUGN0IGojHgVFk/s640/IMG_6517.jpg" width="558" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'll plant the trees outside after Christmas.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I can always use more evergreen trees.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4Ko7ZsCF0bDBuTSJCbRdJQQlT4bKiDaUciTXxew44KQR91DcNtV_hBl-vJxVbDZAmfaG1ZHmDVjltw8MVDICiT7aP-obBDrOMd_A4ec18eqzUnPFKZV_uTIWyVGkEKQmKB_iiTIb7Ec/s1600/IMG_6507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4Ko7ZsCF0bDBuTSJCbRdJQQlT4bKiDaUciTXxew44KQR91DcNtV_hBl-vJxVbDZAmfaG1ZHmDVjltw8MVDICiT7aP-obBDrOMd_A4ec18eqzUnPFKZV_uTIWyVGkEKQmKB_iiTIb7Ec/s640/IMG_6507.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On the Kitchen side I've decked out the upper cabinets </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with garland, lights and berries.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3h6oGat8HlNmJPNmWcv3bsvdv6qDXNhK9pNd5K5puRU5coIcZmVY_7n4-EXnd3I-EsqOB0X6pIgyET_ZSkvYtOhYGTSmma9GUMVCROsQcuHRXZaW_MJXfLx8Z_GKuhzaeTkzgpWf1WNQ/s1600/IMG_6541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3h6oGat8HlNmJPNmWcv3bsvdv6qDXNhK9pNd5K5puRU5coIcZmVY_7n4-EXnd3I-EsqOB0X6pIgyET_ZSkvYtOhYGTSmma9GUMVCROsQcuHRXZaW_MJXfLx8Z_GKuhzaeTkzgpWf1WNQ/s640/IMG_6541.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My ironstone platters and new crown plates make a good backdrop for Christmas!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBNUfPiO1CY0yfPDcPHcLYqC6lCxu3rnuAsP43gnXYc6gg8tPTstQ6IVsJhqACqzyN1FcVQnbZ0LOQCBJQAMkJnuj0m9UUf42wMRRfZOksJhEWCLc4uQKi8AYrIBVrt1q6OqFTy-DMjM/s1600/IMG_6542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBNUfPiO1CY0yfPDcPHcLYqC6lCxu3rnuAsP43gnXYc6gg8tPTstQ6IVsJhqACqzyN1FcVQnbZ0LOQCBJQAMkJnuj0m9UUf42wMRRfZOksJhEWCLc4uQKi8AYrIBVrt1q6OqFTy-DMjM/s640/IMG_6542.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I threw some old garland, berries and lights </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">inside the galvanized bucket.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I was up there earlier this fall I saw that I still had electrical outlets there but no over cabinet lighting.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After our flood I guess some things fell between the cracks!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzgh65XjYdpU7-pJY9wYv-1NGO3cdDgHj8LzTgSOp__6CMu-oB-hDSOM1yyml9dlzN2ZolDQF3mNZ7Owc1_IigvblI349lE0NZoqG9bN0f7wCn_lyljahEQyeJtEPlwUvT1B0LcrEFn0/s1600/IMG_6532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzgh65XjYdpU7-pJY9wYv-1NGO3cdDgHj8LzTgSOp__6CMu-oB-hDSOM1yyml9dlzN2ZolDQF3mNZ7Owc1_IigvblI349lE0NZoqG9bN0f7wCn_lyljahEQyeJtEPlwUvT1B0LcrEFn0/s640/IMG_6532.jpg" width="392" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another Santa stands on top of my cake plate.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqCZnZq8-WrQ_9e7xEs7jP4GQZFh6qXtfvYkKtNPoJbma2SnyCyCyHNvdrytHjEYdKPyX-XLHempWS_Tzexz10KyZQ-rCWmb1R7hrY3Af0Qz9nYIdKtMobB42K-H6SwFvzkl4-jsoGDA/s1600/IMG_6529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqCZnZq8-WrQ_9e7xEs7jP4GQZFh6qXtfvYkKtNPoJbma2SnyCyCyHNvdrytHjEYdKPyX-XLHempWS_Tzexz10KyZQ-rCWmb1R7hrY3Af0Qz9nYIdKtMobB42K-H6SwFvzkl4-jsoGDA/s640/IMG_6529.jpg" width="396" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And look at my Paperwhites </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I planted just a few weeks ago!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I tied them up with a red ribbon and placed them in my doughbowl filled with pinecones.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Little green and red mini ornaments </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">rest inside the red transferware dish.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzV9jV_agQfKYW9eeiL9FFtJ2VLtU-towiG1uNUlvuBAIGRt6GnmDJNIQXVxno1cTUZk3Vv3LNONLk6MEHnPa2U4wxrCoPbD3-_xoBaVoNdJ0NKU5cXAe_ILbQMRbIDWJNnlHOHIoxZ0/s1600/IMG_6528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzV9jV_agQfKYW9eeiL9FFtJ2VLtU-towiG1uNUlvuBAIGRt6GnmDJNIQXVxno1cTUZk3Vv3LNONLk6MEHnPa2U4wxrCoPbD3-_xoBaVoNdJ0NKU5cXAe_ILbQMRbIDWJNnlHOHIoxZ0/s640/IMG_6528.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My new purchase: Miss Beaux calls him </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Alternative Santa" and his reindeer.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He is sitting next to my rustic candle holder</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> on the kitchen island.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you enjoyed a look at Christmas 2012 in my Kitchen~Hearth Room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; 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Decked and Done! Kitchen Hearth Room Christmas 2012

My Kitchen~Hearth Room is all decked out for Christmas  and it's put me in the mood for a party!   Unfortunately,(or maybe fortunately) ...

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If Furniture Could Talk ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm pretty sure if our furniture and accessories could talk, they'd have quite the stories to tell ... especially around the holidays.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVpewSHhArLH9C1Hvrx5cOKAMCyIz81GvJmCMGoG69SIB_TyDIhzb37yKMktv3yqeY4bkf6hGwGlC3tRYfNvSkgAE3YK_8-peA_lh309gPOJiMfsH8nXfdaULhHR-v3Ro1KcPLZiizQ/s1600/xmasbuffetoverall1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVpewSHhArLH9C1Hvrx5cOKAMCyIz81GvJmCMGoG69SIB_TyDIhzb37yKMktv3yqeY4bkf6hGwGlC3tRYfNvSkgAE3YK_8-peA_lh309gPOJiMfsH8nXfdaULhHR-v3Ro1KcPLZiizQ/s640/xmasbuffetoverall1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They'd share how they watch in amusement each year at the *pained* look on my face as I stare at them (while pacing, stopping only to tilt my head back and forth and scratch my head), wondering how I'll decorate them *this* year:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1lHpB7gO0sOnkRv02jj1_TeRDJpEopDgDQ3HRkGiagQUNcdCbbqodoeuj41Jhaao4FWMiyZuK5niSsLuLO_SgqlJWVpfk_yD4n-FjUrySRfhKchoV3V-cEvqJ3OYkFcQ2a3SPEG7Rg/s1600/xmasbuffetclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1lHpB7gO0sOnkRv02jj1_TeRDJpEopDgDQ3HRkGiagQUNcdCbbqodoeuj41Jhaao4FWMiyZuK5niSsLuLO_SgqlJWVpfk_yD4n-FjUrySRfhKchoV3V-cEvqJ3OYkFcQ2a3SPEG7Rg/s640/xmasbuffetclose.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An *every day* piece would share its delight as Mr. Reindeer moved on in for the holidays:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEO1kDif1tFvdhxDsOHx-SlC2KUcvjp6fxjLYmkHZgoMOl6nFgCOR0DY9qUip8prckaXgFu2UDqBnM3Z_RS98SG3O2u6KlzXjgDtnFVb6PwvWoBY9QfA_xgkArHCH6vmhEofDQKxQxgA/s1600/xmasbuffetreindeer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEO1kDif1tFvdhxDsOHx-SlC2KUcvjp6fxjLYmkHZgoMOl6nFgCOR0DY9qUip8prckaXgFu2UDqBnM3Z_RS98SG3O2u6KlzXjgDtnFVb6PwvWoBY9QfA_xgkArHCH6vmhEofDQKxQxgA/s640/xmasbuffetreindeer.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This small white pitcher would tell you how it laughed (and grimmaced, just a bit) as I gently *shoved* holiday greenery, berries and light up branches down into it:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Q00dtZO1R743kU0qBSXG4DNhpsAfDitSNigWpvLBZGpmo_qIWRwvAN_oe2zvCc5AQUYf4_nyTBVDkXaVE7VQkl9hq0lBmay3T3hP8wFRiepntg0xSRrdvr2KiUqv21soQ5Orc6zY9Q/s1600/xmasbuffetfloral.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Q00dtZO1R743kU0qBSXG4DNhpsAfDitSNigWpvLBZGpmo_qIWRwvAN_oe2zvCc5AQUYf4_nyTBVDkXaVE7VQkl9hq0lBmay3T3hP8wFRiepntg0xSRrdvr2KiUqv21soQ5Orc6zY9Q/s640/xmasbuffetfloral.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our otherwise plain lantern would tell you how it loves the new *hat* I concocted, made of greenery, ornaments and glittery garland:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS99FCVwj8xrEn5AnYsFoXKWshFqioNRG-fbp9HeXA_cFip6cvHFKiukiaT3LSFi-DU4S4ftOpPUbSKNm9wbN55qKzb2Dd3Wt1gVEQfcyiXIRzFBLKfUG1mpPQrzQHPWLgbnUi2cgXbg/s1600/xmasbuffetlantern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS99FCVwj8xrEn5AnYsFoXKWshFqioNRG-fbp9HeXA_cFip6cvHFKiukiaT3LSFi-DU4S4ftOpPUbSKNm9wbN55qKzb2Dd3Wt1gVEQfcyiXIRzFBLKfUG1mpPQrzQHPWLgbnUi2cgXbg/s640/xmasbuffetlantern.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX0uN2fWIsI5i9hBhKanSltC_DyESbz1ujv5-ZKCzxpc5dGFvkvHSgxytFOOcKXYjviCgfY1QzMZkR7C2YvCgB5r9O4oj3ZYISqAYeT5P2q2j7yrCGBVZ-vQdCpHLjkURlIJeBKu_Ug/s1600/xmasbuffetlanternclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggX0uN2fWIsI5i9hBhKanSltC_DyESbz1ujv5-ZKCzxpc5dGFvkvHSgxytFOOcKXYjviCgfY1QzMZkR7C2YvCgB5r9O4oj3ZYISqAYeT5P2q2j7yrCGBVZ-vQdCpHLjkURlIJeBKu_Ug/s640/xmasbuffetlanternclose.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A bowl once filled with seashells would share its excitement with you as it welcomed holiday ornaments, pinecones and snowflakes:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzFGQk2kJxnyQstjx1F3la1HDVHiAsckcXoK7Tsb67AJgIuv7NBxIDNIoosw5lh5RyitVWeBkmOSTJWniyQVcCJzTrkLdZQnXK8Yab4D_a5qM_rMSYIqb_7978S15WNW95Taf9Zfs8FQ/s1600/xmasbuffetbowl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzFGQk2kJxnyQstjx1F3la1HDVHiAsckcXoK7Tsb67AJgIuv7NBxIDNIoosw5lh5RyitVWeBkmOSTJWniyQVcCJzTrkLdZQnXK8Yab4D_a5qM_rMSYIqb_7978S15WNW95Taf9Zfs8FQ/s640/xmasbuffetbowl.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Annnnd, I'm positive our mirror would tell you it had *nooo* what was going on when I unexpectedly covered it in Christmas cards from years gone by (especially since I usually put them on one of our Christmas trees).  </span></div> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy4u1TJNgLsR0Z6PCQmgl-7k4SvNCs3avx-bn_4L4NRMd_Dye-hPMxlERDwJThN-lNXSfjA8JdHVTRIbwhNyPpciGwkPug8SzQcdlfMuKu5QVTp9n6TA848GawUxuIwJNEdoqmhtINw/s1600/xmasbuffetmirror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuy4u1TJNgLsR0Z6PCQmgl-7k4SvNCs3avx-bn_4L4NRMd_Dye-hPMxlERDwJThN-lNXSfjA8JdHVTRIbwhNyPpciGwkPug8SzQcdlfMuKu5QVTp9n6TA848GawUxuIwJNEdoqmhtINw/s640/xmasbuffetmirror.jpg" width="360" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUAP6WZbbFfsD5K4A2UMApnU0JEHJAKznruDgooMZHNjZ5KNCH1-BsKYzXUbBuhRBDzaBGc5r-HjLzhgijpQNvXE_zNV72rrBb5TVUVDQJhwDsmT3auSq11WpF9Qct2IpVHLtp2d12w/s640/xmasbuffetpics.jpg" width="360" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"We Say Merry Christmas" and more greenery seemed only fitting to place above everyone sharing their holiday cheer!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfo_RGXg6XMP15-fVglovzCHFlENgtC37SybNztV-Whx5-QrHa1HFBGkGyglYLF9JkDkneDGYZLQSrc23mFCHP5GZh2ftwny94VYhEzYvr9YPX4SrVIUJ2Fjo5nMarVeCwZhmxZHKPug/s1600/xmasbuffetwesay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfo_RGXg6XMP15-fVglovzCHFlENgtC37SybNztV-Whx5-QrHa1HFBGkGyglYLF9JkDkneDGYZLQSrc23mFCHP5GZh2ftwny94VYhEzYvr9YPX4SrVIUJ2Fjo5nMarVeCwZhmxZHKPug/s640/xmasbuffetwesay.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, before we know it, those pieces will be empty again after the holidays ... they'll see that same pained expression on my face as I wonder "what next?"  For now, I hope that they continue to enjoy the holiday merriment that has been added:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTj3SXy1GIecj3rEHI84RS3eFneO1qsOL1V_aCnz2d0BHpl1_5cV0i2J0F8p0ceGZ39XQhQ_MLp_fu4yW6ZVVhwGdWVKWR7Ka3o7R66rifi5HqTULaF9RRiOJej95XvloRT19IayKCA/s1600/xmasbuffetoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTj3SXy1GIecj3rEHI84RS3eFneO1qsOL1V_aCnz2d0BHpl1_5cV0i2J0F8p0ceGZ39XQhQ_MLp_fu4yW6ZVVhwGdWVKWR7Ka3o7R66rifi5HqTULaF9RRiOJej95XvloRT19IayKCA/s640/xmasbuffetoverall.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, tell me ... what would *your* furniture and accessories say if they could talk?</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Come on over and play at:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Savvy Southern Style/<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2012/12/a-homespun-christmasvignettes-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SavvySouthernStyle+%28Savvy+Southern+Style%29">Holiday Vignettes and Mantels Party</a></span><br /><br /><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/324/23F7A341254AC000A256EF1E6BE921AB.png" />

If Furniture Could Talk ...

I'm pretty sure if our furniture and accessories could talk, they'd have quite the stories to tell ... especially around the holiday...

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Traditions & Collections~Holiday Nutcrackers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfkD4zDi79mLnFhtvrtmCmTYY_T3UH3r_nHxDYtrZPFt5TULh2RDx-l57-I3cGXjTDiDTV0fyJI3fWQ29iRJjPGgzV0eeQXDvcWJm7CBpfyt1hp-1UU_YuNPVr8bVQmjCTDrqz2Z3WUo/s1600/IMG_6484.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfkD4zDi79mLnFhtvrtmCmTYY_T3UH3r_nHxDYtrZPFt5TULh2RDx-l57-I3cGXjTDiDTV0fyJI3fWQ29iRJjPGgzV0eeQXDvcWJm7CBpfyt1hp-1UU_YuNPVr8bVQmjCTDrqz2Z3WUo/s640/IMG_6484.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's a tradition in our family to take the kids </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to see The Nutcracker Ballet </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">every year at the Kansas City Ballet.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course now only Miss Beaux </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">will go as the boys are 26 and 22.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But Miss Beaux loves it most of all anyway!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoR5XwNvJD8toqutfuco2b_L9h40bRtD8RcEmBjNBMWwmygpyiOhA29_lHDHHeRtof62O8QGLVUF3ZdZh8F0n6g780bG5sISICXvT-3Keo6ffFcc_RzrarMGS0hRNHoJ5LiIZMGdT2tVI/s1600/IMG_6483.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoR5XwNvJD8toqutfuco2b_L9h40bRtD8RcEmBjNBMWwmygpyiOhA29_lHDHHeRtof62O8QGLVUF3ZdZh8F0n6g780bG5sISICXvT-3Keo6ffFcc_RzrarMGS0hRNHoJ5LiIZMGdT2tVI/s640/IMG_6483.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She has loved Nutcrackers ever since I can remember.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She used to play with them and study </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">each one in our growing collection.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWekTNb8cmk1lLLmeka2KH_tUWv-ByDhZdeVSo47VkfhAReQ-udKIkLHI9danoU0GbrtrD9oTTo3ZiMhaqQ7d45CfnASwshBgdFMhkCORaGxJT7nulIXHZKUpqL0P_hTnaQX-ieJqaf0/s1600/IMG_6482.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKWekTNb8cmk1lLLmeka2KH_tUWv-ByDhZdeVSo47VkfhAReQ-udKIkLHI9danoU0GbrtrD9oTTo3ZiMhaqQ7d45CfnASwshBgdFMhkCORaGxJT7nulIXHZKUpqL0P_hTnaQX-ieJqaf0/s640/IMG_6482.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One year after Christmas Mr. Beaux and little missy </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">went shopping and came home with this blingy guy </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">here on the right.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I swear she slept with him for a month after Christmas.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I lovingly referred to him as her "boyfriend".  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5QJZRL_FgFSy9Jz0GQSz9mDMHXDV1cyh7LiRoSXtYNG3C2s0IdXAlin8zpOKtNL_6KINUStpY1SJfex8l3uhS8cQz7rWnjq8T3GVSsaM4VK6oSSPMsngdtiapduhEkYg9quJDI7E5UA/s1600/IMG_6481.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5QJZRL_FgFSy9Jz0GQSz9mDMHXDV1cyh7LiRoSXtYNG3C2s0IdXAlin8zpOKtNL_6KINUStpY1SJfex8l3uhS8cQz7rWnjq8T3GVSsaM4VK6oSSPMsngdtiapduhEkYg9quJDI7E5UA/s640/IMG_6481.jpg" width="446" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And so every year I have to display </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">the "Nutcracker" collection.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(One year I just refused and I still hear about it from the kids)  It doesn't matter how old your kids get </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">they still love their traditions.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know I do!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This year I decided to display the collection </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in the Built in Hutch in the Kitchen/Hearth room.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnLqGMUqXEsV8oddmlrB8jTUXiIRMgfXq_RgjCiGAIXz-yNNkd77mDTdxGh0b4VGvI9qE7wDpL5gKEuDHz1ZJAITIKzzWi_ApP73VMUFcQabbUIRcy03la-UnlyISnvFa_BsNlyFtZG0/s1600/IMG_6496.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnLqGMUqXEsV8oddmlrB8jTUXiIRMgfXq_RgjCiGAIXz-yNNkd77mDTdxGh0b4VGvI9qE7wDpL5gKEuDHz1ZJAITIKzzWi_ApP73VMUFcQabbUIRcy03la-UnlyISnvFa_BsNlyFtZG0/s640/IMG_6496.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Th<span style="font-size: large;">is</span> cabinet formerly held all of my white covered dishes and pitchers.  I elevated some of the nutcrackers on overturned bowls so I hid that with my fluffy snow.  The cubbies for wine bottles now hold small place card ornaments from Micheal's that were half off last year.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl70fA8QOVVtw-Ea79tkHhNf-XnDEpnFTdAOcByEB4Uo59Oz4lrm4Rp7fd5oXK6d_VkCW5EgIUxjZXuKUUVLeARNEA5o8iv57aWpiRUxdaODtY4KyoIFjIG6KoXOQ_DyFYpjIPL6r94LY/s1600/IMG_6498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl70fA8QOVVtw-Ea79tkHhNf-XnDEpnFTdAOcByEB4Uo59Oz4lrm4Rp7fd5oXK6d_VkCW5EgIUxjZXuKUUVLeARNEA5o8iv57aWpiRUxdaODtY4KyoIFjIG6KoXOQ_DyFYpjIPL6r94LY/s640/IMG_6498.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> "Merry" seemed to fit these jolly guys.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I printed the letters on <span style="font-size: large;">card stock</span> and cut them into squares.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xzp_ArcjRL1YdbL8ktFB-328RetA-nVY3FZywWHXBipPtGnlinvj1fRoudgTrxMl5bOV-uQXbDZwIxApRIlOinSTspAaAEBzHamfcu3CiypPJUn0JDvbhn7lPpnzloNMkhvBEhJmCo8/s1600/IMG_6501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xzp_ArcjRL1YdbL8ktFB-328RetA-nVY3FZywWHXBipPtGnlinvj1fRoudgTrxMl5bOV-uQXbDZwIxApRIlOinSTspAaAEBzHamfcu3CiypPJUn0JDvbhn7lPpnzloNMkhvBEhJmCo8/s640/IMG_6501.jpg" width="630" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The little ornaments will later make it onto one of my tablescapes I'm sure!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghi_DE7NqQPjxMPvnRJ1KY5NJDhWkC3zIQJqpXnJ8ITWxLMJLANbPbYl_t5022c2Vp3GySDeQChswvT-8sSlDGL2weDUJYGiVuio0Hs_FRdHmiVXwDt4mrikwCvcRyF7aA9WcKfL_n0Qo/s1600/IMG_6499.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghi_DE7NqQPjxMPvnRJ1KY5NJDhWkC3zIQJqpXnJ8ITWxLMJLANbPbYl_t5022c2Vp3GySDeQChswvT-8sSlDGL2weDUJYGiVuio0Hs_FRdHmiVXwDt4mrikwCvcRyF7aA9WcKfL_n0Qo/s640/IMG_6499.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Because it was so busy up above, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I kept it simple on the countertop.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The white covered dishes are taking center stage </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with a backdrop of greenery and berries.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The platter is from Fitz and Floyd a long long time ago.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5F1pPeV10G1Z7fLn7s5QzivQ2mQlE1Ga5Q2XpafOTZefxgODoXiVX3pewNN0n8lDett27dscPAljFQsbW9CDjHCxDEPCBgxETKwxg4sEyzfcQBuqQyQ2ab3CeMv5j3kpUvz-Xm2u1lw/s1600/IMG_6490.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5F1pPeV10G1Z7fLn7s5QzivQ2mQlE1Ga5Q2XpafOTZefxgODoXiVX3pewNN0n8lDett27dscPAljFQsbW9CDjHCxDEPCBgxETKwxg4sEyzfcQBuqQyQ2ab3CeMv5j3kpUvz-Xm2u1lw/s640/IMG_6490.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Again, I am mixing the old with the new...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This covered dish is from One Kings Lane </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">while the others are vintage finds from Estate Sales.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGCKVqhvc0Y5PTGWt3XrWm5zdpRxdO4YHZQ7vwFlWCwS6pWgAS7l42i-gzW2sXD7nFldyE_tb6poX-Y-wyk_HcXtsJhwx27GfX_VxLfqSvXDE4GzTfIoQt_KcmCPWm-8nEejd6WfCSOs/s1600/IMG_6492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGCKVqhvc0Y5PTGWt3XrWm5zdpRxdO4YHZQ7vwFlWCwS6pWgAS7l42i-gzW2sXD7nFldyE_tb6poX-Y-wyk_HcXtsJhwx27GfX_VxLfqSvXDE4GzTfIoQt_KcmCPWm-8nEejd6WfCSOs/s640/IMG_6492.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This vintage pitcher is filled with faux pepper berries and ribbon from Pottery Barn that I found last year at the After Christmas Sales.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvm-1LfY1q8Ce2KsjioGZN-6gOJV0oXS1kNh-2Tl04gpBpdJnllwypVei5m9nd_Im6m6GwXYgn2jWZ7ONgmkY3crCMplkF4NhnRENh2fQhwdqu1IyuHkgGrc3NoZOK6CAi9dSx3-dvwsU/s1600/IMG_6486.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvm-1LfY1q8Ce2KsjioGZN-6gOJV0oXS1kNh-2Tl04gpBpdJnllwypVei5m9nd_Im6m6GwXYgn2jWZ7ONgmkY3crCMplkF4NhnRENh2fQhwdqu1IyuHkgGrc3NoZOK6CAi9dSx3-dvwsU/s640/IMG_6486.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course, I have to add something sentimental </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that the kids made!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I bring out this Christmas tree dish every year </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that one of the boys made.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This year I placed a cute little burlap tree </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in it from Nell Hill's.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGsf9p3MJaDkEshlKNsCtS5T7RNBDXtmjvVrcldVUlA2pZOaqjes_x3HJN78Qm2wyPuAXFClwv588sit33NKHsxaoFsiYCEwD1PcZmJKOuitznzJfkc9RCKGY5osralE45JoAG3PQfco/s1600/IMG_6495.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGsf9p3MJaDkEshlKNsCtS5T7RNBDXtmjvVrcldVUlA2pZOaqjes_x3HJN78Qm2wyPuAXFClwv588sit33NKHsxaoFsiYCEwD1PcZmJKOuitznzJfkc9RCKGY5osralE45JoAG3PQfco/s640/IMG_6495.jpg" width="460" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What Traditions and Holiday Collections do you have?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I would love to know!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks for coming by for a visit.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Joining:</span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Kim at <a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank">Savvy Southern Style </a>for</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMMxpHJxx-Vbk0NIid3Agq9q-weExvWYJI0Nn63wXPPJf_OYlfmgh8o9_GkEqZe0tYfvUVlmC2flBp-NOWDtM4af5VvBCL8za-tQjVNAEs3eQ0WBuOulEotJ57NlGhHIIvfcJkIky-Ms/s200/Homespun+Christmas1+%281%29.png" width="198" /><br /><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Susan at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"> </a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Between Naps on the Porch</a></span></i></span></i></span></i></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></i></span></i></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Marty at <a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/">A Stroll Thru Life</a> for Tabletop Tuesday</span></span></i></span></div>

Traditions & Collections~Holiday Nutcrackers

It's a tradition in our family to take the kids  to see The Nutcracker Ballet  every year at the Kansas City Ballet.   Of course now onl...

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