It seems that the past few years life has just gotten in the way of my blog this time of year. This year my daughter in law was ill. It took the doctors several weeks to figure out that her gallbladder had problems, then the surgery, then the recovery. So during all this time I had my grand babies. Taking on a 14 month old when you have MS is an ENORMOUS undertaking! Sitting at the computer while watching him was mission impossible! Although his brother who is 5 helped a lot, by time I got him in bed at night I would just collapse. Then to top that off hubby has kidney stones and was on the couch for several weeks too.... no help there...lol.
Once the boys went home, I had Christmas staring me in the face. I usually have the decorations up and the gifts bought by the day after Thanksgiving. This year we skipped Thanksgiving and I was still doing some shopping the day before my big Christmas eve party. So I thought I would share some pictures of our holiday decor and the little graphic for my ornaments. I know it is too late for this year but maybe you can save them for next year :)
Our tree was dressed in crystal icicles, little news print houses and little music print churches. The graphic for these will be at the bottom of this post. Also I glued a heavy wood bead inside the house to weight the other side. That way the little tree did not make the ornament hang crooked.
I wrapped the gifts in newspaper and burlap ribbons
The stockings were hung by the chim... well the coat rack with care :)) I made them from vintage lace table cloth and they are reversible. You can cuff them if you like but I ended up with too much to put in them so by Christmas they were hung without the cuff.
I thought they looked nice even empty!
The topiary was dressed in gold this year.
And my daughter in law did a lovely job decorating the chandelier.
We hung glitter snowflakes from the ceiling as we always do. This picture really doesn't do them justice. They spin and twinkle with every movement and it just sets such a holiday mood.
I even changed the display in my glass cloche for the season.
Well there you have it :))
Here are the graphics for the little ornaments. I used a free pattern from the internet and made the steeple to fit. I have included my copyright because of the background papers are mine. Your more than welcome to make and sell as many as you can make but please don't sell the graphic :) Just click on the little images below to go to the larger printable. If you link to this graphic, Please link to the post and not directly to the image itself... Thanks so much and enjoy!














11 comments:
Holiday greetings,lovely to see your post. Do hope all the health problems are better and thank you for sharing the houses. They are darling!
Happy ,healthy New Year to all.
Hugs, Amy Jo
I'm glad things have settled down for you now ~ and I hope you've been taking good care of yourself.
Thanks for the great templates ~ I can't wait to make some little houses!
I hope you are feeling stronger and those you love are doing well. Thank you for sharing this pattern. How generous of you.
I am a new friend to your blog. Beautiful Christmas decorations, and thank you so much for the adorable church printable. I will use it.
Nice to see you back in the Christmas spirit! I miss you... I feel a "field trip" to Emmett coming on! Love seeing your house and it's holiday glory! I love the glitter house we made a few years ago :)
Hope to see you soon!
Nice to see you back in the Christmas spirit! I miss you... I feel a "field trip" to Emmett coming on! Love seeing your house and it's holiday glory! I love the glitter house we made a few years ago :)
Hope to see you soon!
Hi Inka, I hung one of your Christmas cottage ornaments on my tree that you made some time back along with the Star ornament we made with your pattern at ArtisticSouls. Also hung the glass ornaments which brought back so many happy memories of art club when you were feeling better.
I hope you continue to improve; have more time for yourself and we can all get together again soon.
Sorry to hear about Dennis with kidney stones; how miserable for him.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Hugs,
C
It is so nice to see you back and feeling well.
The Houses are just lovely. Thank you for your generosity in sharing them.
Wishing you Health and Happiness, Peace, and Joy to You and your Family in the New Year.
Susan
It's always a pleasure to read your posts and see your fabulous projects.
I hope 2013 is a year of good health for you and your family.
I love your work. Very interesting and beautiful your blog, congratulations. Kisses from Spain.
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Happy New Year.
Thank you for these beautiful models of creations!
I hope that 2013 will be you of the happiest and will bring the health to those that you love!
Beautiful day
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