Finally~Our Tree!

Better late than never is such a great saying~
and this case it applies to our Christmas Tree. 

 We finally got the tree up this weekend, 

and it was Sunday afternoon, not Saturday like we thought because 

we had a hockey game for the little one and then

 he was performing in a kids theatre production 

with two shows on Saturday at 3 and 6 pm.  

By the time we rolled in the door after 8 

there wasn't much enthusiasm for putting up the tree.

 Then came Sunday morning.... 

we had waited to have Colin home from school

 and time it with our little guy being here too to put up the tree,

 but now  they both had homework to take care

 of before we could decorate the tree.  

It seemed like one delay after another. 

Would the tree ever get up? 

 While they worked side by side at the dining room table,

( which really was a cute sight after not having them here together for months~)

I got busy making a corn chowder I found on Susan Branch's blog.

She is a famous cookbook author and she lives on Martha's Vineyard~

the same place where my parents live. 

Her blog is on my sidebar if you would like to visit her.

Yum~anything cooked with bacon is always good, right? 

The weather was finally getting cold, and the 

corn chowder would make a nice lunch after we finished the tree. 

Yes!! It did get up!!

 So come on into the living room and check it out.

Everyone helped piling on the ornaments with no plan, 

just me telling them to not put the same colors side by side. 

 Honestly, I was just happy it was decorated!!

 More vintage ornaments joined the party on the living room chandelier too.

 Woah~it is the time of year that this room

feels like it has shrunk a size or two.  

There won't be any dancing in this room!

And since we have a Christmas Eve party,

I have to have as much seating as possible

 so I squeeze in chairs where ever I can.

 Pink trees and putz houses and vintage balls decorate the piano corner~

 The dining room chest has the feather tree on it with

 the same pinks and blues used throughout the living room.

 I save all of my favorite christmas cards and use them for decorations each year.

 They are seasonal works of art.

 Ho Ho Ho and Merry Christmas to all of my blog readers~

wishing for a fun week with no bumps

 in the road as we head towards the finish line!

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And More Christmas at Gails

Part 3, pictures of my friend, Gail's Christmas decor. You can see the 1st part HERE. And the 2nd part HERE.


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Christmas Sneak Peek!

Sure it's started looking a lot like Christmas......why not its only a week away. Finally my Christmas tree is also up....not that big one rather its a tiny one made out of something that you can't even think of.

Actually I've never ever celebrated Christmas in this way like decorating tree and making wreaths but this time I wanted to let my kid know that how diverse is our Indian culture, how colourful and bright is every festival here and how people from different casts and religion come together and celebrate every festival with great enthusiasm. :-)

My lil' one is also very keen to know about different countries and their culture. So I involved him in process that's going on in my home for Christmas, from making wreath to decorating tree he helped me out. Now he has started dreaming about gift he will going to recieve from Santa who will come riding his sleigh with all that Tinga-linga-ling & ho ho ho on Christmas night.

Well here's what my lil' one and I did for Christmas.............

Wreath made of paper Quilling and beans........

Tree made out of used broom (pardon me). We coloured it green then glued red beans and silver glitter. Filled a pot with silver bolls made of foil and placed tree in it.

Some more images of Christmas vignette.

For more Christmas craft ideas click here. 

Hope you liked this craft idea. 

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Christmas Sitting Room

Looks like I have a lot of Christmas catching up to do ... so, my apologies in advance that I'm going to be *smothering* you with festive picstures this last week (eek!) before the big day!

Today, it's the sitting room ... come on in!

I wanted to keep this simple in here this year, with a palette of red, white and gold.

This tree used to be in our kitchen  during the Fall ... it was our Fall Family Tree.  My sweet husband and I carefully dragged it to its new spot ... removed the Fall leaves and brown ornaments and replaced them with Chistmas pretties!

Don't you just love these sweet churches from Wal-Mart!  I also added our 12 Days of Christmas ornaments that I found at Kirkland's a few years ago:

Family photos bring stories and laughter from years past ... like that little chubster in the background (a/k/a yours truly)!

Next to the tree, I just *had* to add a splash of red to the mirror ... the feather wreath is from Michael's:

Down below is a sweet nativity from Kirkland's, along with two gold fininals from Lowes (a few years ago).  I placed one of the finials in a glass hurricane and then added snow and a sweet picture of my 97 year old grandmother and Jax:

I love the reflection of the tree in the mirrored accent table:

The bookcase has Christmas embellishments, as well.  I tucked three small trees (Michael's) into leftover burlap and placed them in my IKEA pots.  As for the "JOY" ... they came from Wal-Mart ... it was one ornament that I simply broke apart so that I'd have seperate letters ... easy peasy!

Santa and the reindeer sit on the shelf perched under the glittery snowflakes.  Of course, I had to place them all on a small pile of snow:

Another sweet church from Wal-Mart:

A simple Christmas sprig sits in front of our family picture, along with a sweet saying:

Over on the sofa, I had leftover burlap and a Christmas spray, so I wrapped the pillow and tucked the spray into it:

I just had to include this shot of our wooden bowl filled with ornaments on the ottoman.  If you look into the gold ball, you can see a fun, circular reflection of the room ... love the gold ceiling's reflection!

Ahhh ... the nighttime glow of Christmas lights is my favorite!



Have a fabulous day and, as always, thanks so much for stopping by!

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More Christmas At Gails

Part 2, pictures of my friend, Gail's Christmas decor. You can see the 1st part HERE.
 
Part 3 is on another post. Go check it out, you'll be glad you did.

NOTE: You should be able to click on most of the pictures to enlarge to see further details.
These parties I love to link up to or check out my Blog Parties tab
Party Time @ It's So Very Cheri
Metamorphosis Monday @ Between Naps On The Porch

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Christmas At Gails House

My friend Gail has a very large attic to be able to store a bunch of stuff. Each year she picks a different theme and this year it is vintage for her living room...

One unique thing she does, after Thanksgiving, she spray paints her real pumpkins gold and decorates them for Christmas outside...
 There are two more posts on Gail's Christmas Decor! Go check it out.

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Christmas Great Room

Me ... again !! 

Who is feeling the rush of Christmas ?!  I know I am ... I have SOOO much shopping yet to do ... somehow, it all gets done.  I love this season, however, admittedly, I'm a bit relieved when it's over ... am I alone ?!

I've shared snippets of our great room, and now wanted to share the "rest of the story."

I'll keep my commentary to a minimum and just flood you with pictures instead.

So, come on in!

Christmas pillows from Pottery Barn (on sale!).  Our vintage tool box is filled with greenery, balls, pinecones and battery operated  lights ... love the soft glow:

 

"Peace" pillow from Wal-Mart (last year):

Just *had* to share our Santa mantel one.more.time.

There's our other red feather tree ... love how the glittered "JOY" sparkles in the reflection of the mirrored table: 

One last overall view ... "Seasons Greetings!"

 

As always, thanks for stopping by!

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