Christmas Home Tour

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Christmas Home Tour

Hello! I am so glad you have stopped by for day three of the, "Tis The Season Blog Tour!"

Come on in. I do hope you enjoy my little tour.

The list and dates for the other homes are at the bottom of this post.

Let's begin at my desk where I start each day. My sister Mary gave me this ornament for Christmas after our mom passed away January 14, 2011. I love the saying because it is so true, she truly is always in my heart. I promise you this is not a sad Christmas post. Isn't the ornament lovely! My concrete angel holds it safely in her hands.

Also on my desk are a couple of items that keep me in the holiday spirit. A simple wintry scene in a gold oval frame and some red candle holders with gold sparkly ornaments to top them off.

Our tv sits on top of a buffet in our living room. My sister Katie made the wooden Santa and reindeer, and it is a most treasured item that we get to enjoy each year.

The reindeer seem so joyful.

I like the way the clear lights make everything seem so festive and a Christmas throw for cold nights.

On the cocktail table I created a simple greenery arrangement in my dough bowl.

I have a 4' tree that is on a side table which I decorated in white and silver.

The white ornament is of my father-in-law who went to be with God on December the 2nd of 2011. My friend Lisa Sayre who was 50 years old also went to Heaven on August the 9th of 2011. 2011 was a very good year in Heaven but it was a hell of a year here on earth. My mom always said things happen in three's.

This is an ornament that is suppose to resemble my little Malti-poo Priscilla. Priscilla doesn't think much of the ornament, of course is isn't edible, it doesn't even squeak, it just sits there. I think it is adorable and it does remind me of her, a bit.

What do you think? Any likeness?

In the guest bedroom I have just a couple of holiday items. The ceramic Christmas tree was made by my husbands Aunt May. You don't see these much anymore.

Back in the foyer, I have arranged two winter wonderlands of white, silver and crystal.

The second winter wonderland is on top of the wine cabinet. I did share more of this arrangement in a previous post which you can read here.

I have a raised bar counter in the kitchen and I decorated it with several silver pieces and placed silver and white ornaments on them.

On the dining room table I have a large pewter bowl which I filled with greenery, silver ornaments, pine cones and candles.

In the dining room is a sofa table with yet another winter white vignette.

The last room is our bedroom. I did two previous post on the bedroom which you can see part one here and part two here. Our bedroom already feels a bit in the holiday spirit without adding much Christmas decor with all the colors in the pillows, and gold accents on the frames of the mirrors and the lamps. So I just added a bit of Christmas on the side tables and the lingerie chest.

One final ornament I simply must share since my sister Ebba gave it to me and it always makes me laugh. My mother had an incredible sense of humor, and I guess we girls got a bit of it also, although some of us more than others. It's a sock monkey! Sometime after my mom died my sister Ebba spotted an adult woman in Florida sitting outside at a restaurant eating her lunch in 90 degree weather wearing a winter sock monkey hat, and she got the giggles. Did you ever get the giggles as a little girl, do you get giggles now as a grown woman? I hope you do! Well after that we all seem to spot people wearing sock monkey hats and of course.... we get the giggles. So now the sock monkey always reminds me to laugh and to find the humor in everyday things.

I hope you have enjoyed stopping by and seeing my holiday decorations, and I hope you come back. Feel free to follow along with me by following my blog - the easiest way is to subscribe by email. Also feel free to pin to your Pinterest boards. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all!!

Today the ladies of Red Rose Alley are also participating in the, Tis The Season Blog Tour, so make sure you go here next.

Remember to go see all the other homes in this wonderful, Tis The Season Blog Tour.