A Little Peek in Our Cottage at Christmas

Merry Christmas!

 

 

Our Festive Wreath!

This has been a great way

to display

a lot of my vintage

Christmas

decorations!

 

 

 

I looove

vintage Christmas plastic...

 

It's like pulling out a

good friend 

each

Christmas...

 

 

Cute chenille Santa's too...

 

 

The flash caught this adorable

 bridal couple off guard...

 

 

 You know by now,

these two platters are

my go to place,

for

Holiday quotes!

 

 

Speaking of quotes...

The chalkboard is so much fun

for

Holiday's

or

a

Party!

 

 

 

This wreath is usually above the mantle,

but the Santa picture gets that special

spot during the Christmas Holiday!

I decided to put this up by the

front door with this little

paper (bag) banner,

I love the simplicity of it!

 

 

This jolly ole' guy hangs on the

china cupboard door each year,

he adds such a festive touch!

 

 

This vintage candy bag hangs on the

opposite door of Jolly ole' St. Nick!

 

 

 

I have a huge collection

of snow globes,

I'll share them with you someday...

but for fun,

I put together this

snowman, with different sized

fish bowls, I used some of my lil

vintage village to decorate with...

a little snow, a top hat,

and used it as our centerpiece

this year,

what do you think?

 

I hope you enjoyed this

little peek into our

humble, little

Cottage. 

 

 

Wishing YOU and YOURS, a

Blessed Christmas!

 

Always, Debbie!

 

 

POE'S The Raven, Inspired Theme

Getting ready for my Bunco girlfriends was a real treat for me.

I mentioned last post, about finding my Grandma's Edgar Allan

Poe's book of poems & stories. I was so taken with The Raven,

it inspired me, and before I knew it, my creative juices were flowing,

I had more ideas than time!

Take a look!

 

~my dining room platters~ 

 

I wrote part of The Raven around the edges,

I got the idea off Pinterest, from here.

 

I had so much fun with this theme!

 

~I covered my shades in black lacey paper~

 

You'll notice I used the lace paper on several

other craft items as well!

 

~I draped my chandelier with a dollar store find~

 

I also added a very cool glittery Raven from JoAnn's

for a little extra bling!

 

 

~polka dots, polka dot, polka dot...Nevermore~

 

~ I made 14 tussie mussies, so each guest could take one home~

 

My sweet neighbor Inez came over the afternoon of my

Bunco party, and helped decorate, she filled, and attached

each tussie mussie to the back of all twelve chairs!!!

 

~angel in costume~

 

~last year I found 5 beautiful lace panels for my windows~

 

Such a wonderful find at Value Village for either 5.99 or 6.99 ea...

Such a deal!

 

~*~

 

I looove pennants, so of course I had to make some

to match everything else...(notice above the lace panels).

 ~more of the dollar store erie material~

 

 

 

~the mantel is so much fun~

 

Martha had wall clings, that are so much fun!

I of course was attracted to the crow/raven

and branch, it seemed to go right along with

my wreath! I added a black feather boa and

a fun crow, that I added a hat, and crepe paper too!

 

~I had candy for each of the 3 tables, refills from here~

 

 

Mr. & Mrs. Bear in costume too...

 

 ~ my beautiful old gray & black shawl~

 

I also draped my black one over my love seat,

(someone sat here, and it got a little messy),

ever so pretty...

 

 

 

 ~I had so much fun with this~

 

My dessert plates came from the dollar store,

I used Sharpie markers, to draw my design

and then I baked them for 30 minutes at 350 degrees,

to set the ink! I looove the way they turned out!

 

 

Each table had a different table cloth, the head table

in my dining room had a black lace tablecloth

with spider webs, and spiders all over it, from

JoAnn's...

The other table had a plain black table cloth on it,

with a spider web cutout placemat centerpiece, 

and adorable white napkin rings with black polka dots!

 

~I had a silver pumpkin on all three Bunco tables,

with a Raven on top for the centerpiece~

 

I found this lovely Harlequin fabric at the thrift store,

I also found 12 brand new black napkins there too...

 

I attached a strip of paper left over from the tussie mussies

and the pennants, to tie in the napkin rings.

 

 

~ this is one of my manny's with witches garb~

 

~an old costume from my Grandson last year~

 

Ooops, my camera gets tossed on the outside of this

door all the time for easy access!

 

 

 

~my dining room table~

 

Sadly I didn't get one picture of all the tussie mussies

tied to the back of all the chairs...

 

~it's hard to see the black lace panels on these pictures~

 

 

~this is what greeted my Bunco girlfriends~

 

 

~the ghost pumpkin totem~

 

This was a hoot to make, I did have trouble

attaching each pumpkin to the other...

I used skewers, but I kept knocking them

through...

Finally I got them to work!!!

I spray painted the middle pumpkin

with Krylon, and had some problems

getting the white paint to stick, but all in

all it was easy, and I looove the way it turned out!

 

We had a great time, I enjoy this group of gals so much,

and they were all good sports, and wore black, some

even came in costume...Birds in their hair, what fun!!!

 

I'm linking to these blog parties, please take a few minutes,

to visit, and see what's going on. You won't believe

how crafty, and the fun were all having from

coast to coast!!!

 

My Romantic Home

 

From My Front Porch to Yours

 

French Country Cottage

 

 

 Thank YOU sooo much for visiting my blog, I'd

looove it if  you left me a comment, it's really wonderful

kind of like a present!!! Thanks again for visiting!

 

Always, Debbie~

 

 

This Cottage shows it's True Colors!

They're

RED

~WHITE~

&

BLUE

My Dad's coming

for a few days,

to spend

the

4th.

with

us!

So I'm taking a moment

to show you whats

been happening

around the

cottage!

It was

my McGivers

Birthday

last weekend,

so the kids

came for a BBQ
and
Birthday Pie!

~Apple and Rhubarb Cherry Pie~

~The Grand Kiddos eating a mid afternoon snack~

Cheetos and Red, White & Blue Jello!

Notice how Lulu & Trevor are looking at

Audrey's Cheetos? Two seconds

later, they both announced they

didn't like Jello anymore,

and

could they please have

Cheetos too!

So much for my Jello

surprise!

~I couldn't resist the temptation of such a blank canvas~

~the paint washes off~

~love Red, *White* & Blue~

I found two of these adorable little flag holders

last year at my favorite thrift store!

~my clematis is blooming beautiful~

I can't wait look forward to this every year!

I found this fun bunting

at the Dollar Tree!

~*~

I added the next few pictures, I was

going to post on the 4th.,

but I'm afraid I won't have time!

~chippy & rusty flower cart~

~sweet Betsy Ross pin cushion~

This sweet little vintage lady, was my

 Grandma Stella's, looove it!

~love this~

Is that Uncle Sam?

I'm sooo

Proud to be an American!

I'm linking up with

Cindy's blog

at

My Romantic Home

for

Show & Tell Friday!

and

Beverly's

How Sweet The Sound

for

Pink Saturday

(How do You

Spend Your

Fourth of July)!

Please go visit these

fabulous peeps, they

are so CrEaTiVe!

Thanks so much for

visiting my blog,

and I looove,

love, love

your

comments!

Always, Debbie~

Taking a Nana Break!

Going through some pictures, I

found a few favorites

from the

last few months.

Of Our

Grand kiddos!

You know how we Nana's

are...

Braggers every ONE!!!

Yes, we are!

I'm pretty sure we actually

have braggers rights! :)

Here's one of Lulu at my

Dad's 80th. Birthday party,

she's a little peeved because

Sportz our dog, is hot

on her trail, hoping she'll

feel pity on him, and feed her

the two meat balls and chocolate

chip cookie she has on her plate!

~too stinkin' cute~

~Audreys Princess cake for her 5th. Birthday~

~our little monkeys~

Trevor & Lulu were taking turns riding

and pushing

each other around, he has his monkey

mask up on his head, but earlier

they both were wearing

monkey masks...

Laughing hysterically!

Until...

~plumb tuckered out~

Sweet Dreams Trev!

~Our snow bunny Audrey~

Doesn't it look like she has a winter crown

on her head?

Loving those adorable pink cheeks!

~Audrey checking out Lulu's Birthday cake~

I think she's planning what kind of birthday cake

she'll be asking Nana for!

~Audrey hugging Santa~

This was very special, Lulu & Trevor had

both sat on Santa's lap, but Audrey was

a little apprehensive,

but finally,

she ran up and gave Santa a

GREAT BIG HUG!!!

~sitting in Grandpa's chair~

They were having a blast sitting in

Grandpa's chair watching a movie!

~The guys~

Trevor waiting patiently while Grandpa

raises his training wheels!

~baby Angelo~

~Mama spiked his hair~

(He'd just had his first haircut)...no lie

This little one, is such a joy.

A happy go lucky little guy,

that

loooves laughing

at his big sissy

Lulu!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog,

 I really appreciate it, and 

looove all of your

comments!

Don't forget to follow!

Always, Debbie~