Monthly Archive for: ‘December, 2008’
New Year — New Page
2I’ve always thought of New Year’s as a hokey holiday — just some arbitrary date on a man made calendar. Then again, aren’t most holidays exactly that? Still, who can resist the idea of a fresh slate, – a clean ledger page with empty columns to fill [...]
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A Place of Her Own
It looks like I am going to be sick for the final week of the year — just like the end of 2007. Christmas 2007 I started to feel a bit groggy and under-the-weather. By New Years Day, I had sweat-ed through all my PJ’s [...]
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A Tiny Townhome Christmas
Little bits of holiday cheer here and there in every room of the house makes for a wonderful environment. My Norfolk pine lives in the corner of our master bedroom. This year, it’s decked out with small vintage silver ornaments. A view of our dining [...]
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A Mantel Sans Greenery
This year, I donated the ugly gold-tipped garland we’ve had stored for 5 years. I used it once and hated it. I usually don’t like fake flora of any kind. Dried flowers? Absolutely. Plastic or silk? Not so much. Through the lovely Garland Show & Tell [...]
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Der Belsnickel of Pennsylvania Dutch
Perhaps it’s my German and Pennsylvania Dutch heritage that draws me to these rather stern versions of St. Nick. Whether a chocolate mold under a cloche … or a detailed hand carving from a thick block of wood, I simply love the old world charm of [...]
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O Tannenbaum
Our modest little table top tree, loaded with entirely too many ornaments — just the way hubby wanted it. Believe it or not, he didn’t even put all we had on the tannenbaum. There’s still a bin and a half full. That’s what happens when [...]
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The Back Door
Well, it’s really our garage entrance. Let me explain. We live in a townhouse. To get to our front door from the guest parking spots, one must trek a mile to the east, turn north, go up a wonky flight of steps, turn west, travel [...]
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Fun in the Snow
Before clicking on the video, turn off Baby It’s Cold Outside to the right. Enjoy!
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Beautiful Vintage Ornaments
What a lovely score this weekend! Boxes and boxes of pretty baubles. Five sweet pastel Austrian ornaments. Love the dainty wire wraps. But wait! The box says 1/2 made in Austria — I bet it’s the glass part. No one makes such exquisite glass ornaments [...]
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Snowing In Colorado
Ahhh. All it takes is a gentle snow fall to FINALLY get me in the Christmas mood. I just finished a marathon three days re-designing A Lovely Thing’s space at American Classics antique mall. We’ll put up the tree next week!
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