CHRISTMAS TREES DECORATED

Our trees are decorated.  This is our first year to use artificial trees, and I think I'm going to love them. No wrapping lights around the trees or crawling on the floor to water them.

CHRISTMAS TABLESCAPES

On Christmas Eve, we serve dinner to the same family members who were here for Thanksgiving, so I set a lot of tables for both celebrations. Last year, the theme for the tables was Christmas trees and red plaids.
 



HALLOWEEN AT BACK DOOR

Our back entry is ready for trick-or-treaters. Elsie photo bombed this image. She wanted to come out to play.

BARNYARD BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Our youngest granddaughter turned two last week, and we celebrated with a barnyard animal birthday dinner.

INTERACTIVE PATRIOTIC VIGNETTE

This little 4th of July vignette contains some interactive elements. Our grands love to put on star beads to celebrate. Unfortunately, they also enjoy driving us crazy twisting the sticks on these drums, making the attached balls on strings hit each side of the drum over and over and....

TEN 4TH OF JULY TABLESCAPES

2015

I'm sharing our Independence Day tablescapes from past years.  If you'd like to see the full post of any of these tables, you can click on the year under that image.

 

INDPENDENCE DAY PARADE on the MANTLE

 

Our 12 year-old granddaughter, Carly, adheres to the philosophy of "Go big or go home". You can probably tell she helped me decorate the mantle for Independence Day.

 

BIRTHDAY PARTY DECOR

Both of our children were born in the month of April, and both of them married people who were born in April (well, one of them was born the end of March), so this weekend, we had a birthday dinner for the four of them.

A SIMPLE VALENTINE TABLE

 

Our simple Valentine tablescape began with a tablecloth I bought at an estate sale years ago. There are little red and white hearts scattered across the fabric.

NINE VALENTINE TABLE IDEAS

 



A MANTEL THROUGH THE YEAR

Valentine Mantel

The fireplace mantel in our family room goes through a lot of changes throughout the year. To see the full post for any of these mantels, you may click on the name under the image.

 

NEW YEAR’S DINNER TABLE

We don't do a big New Year's Eve celebration, but we have to have our "good-luck" New Year's Day dinner.

NEW YEAR DECOR

Christmas came and went and so did my Christmas mantel. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas celebration.

HAVE YOURSELF A VINTAGE LITTLE CHRISTMAS

This post contains a lot of photos and very few words.

CHRISTMAS DECOR BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

We have a lot of Christmas décor that I haven't shared with you yet. I decided I'd better share some more before I have to start taking it all down. I shared our Christmas mantel here, but we didn't have the trees up at that time.

CHRISTMAS ON THE DOORS

 

I just realized that I hadn't shown you our entry doors decorated for Christmas. I thought I'd better show them before Christmas comes and goes.

CHRISTMAS DECOR CONTINUES

For the past ten years, I have displayed this Fontannini nativity set on the mantel. This year, I decided to go for a change on the mantel. You can see this year's mantel here.

CHRISTMAS IN THE BREAKFAST NOOK

Our breakfast nook is ready for Christmas.

KITCHEN CHRISTMAS DECOR

 

This year, during the Christmas season, cranberries, candy canes, and lollipops are falling from the sky in our kitchen.

CHRISTMAS SANTA COLLECTION

 

Some of our Christmas Santas have come out to play. Yes, that's what I said. This is only part of the collection! I apologize for my centered text. I've tried to get it to stop centering about five times.