Wednesday

Yellow Santa Collection

 

I haven't shared my yellow Santa collection in a few years. It started with this big Santa dressed in yellow velveteen, he is holding a gold glass ornament. I found him at TJ Maxx several years ago. He is displayed in our guest room with a few other Santas dressed in yellow.


These small Santas were bought at Kirkland's a few years ago.
 

 Here is a closeup:
 
Some of the Santas below are moveable:
 


 
A long shot of the big Santa on the antique iron bed:


I bought this Santa because he has on a yellow coat! He is tole painted on a narrow sled. I found him at a craft show about 15 years ago.

The little bell in front of this picture is a Santa wearing a gold suit:


These angels are sitting on a little antique rocker with matching stool. This is also in the guest room.
 

I hope you enjoyed seeing my yellow Santas, in my yellow guest room!

Merry Christmas!



Katherine

Nativity Tablescape

I love to do Nativity tablescapes at Christmas. I found a new plaid tablecloth at Ross last month and since it was only $8.99 I bought it even though I didn't think I had anything to go with it. I was pleasantly surprised that it looks so good with the religious theme!


I collect Nativities and this white one is a favorite. I bought it at Hobby Lobby a few years ago for only about $9.99, and probably at half that price!

I used green chargers, with white plates (from Dollar Tree) The red rimmed plates came from Cracker Barrel about three years ago.  I didn't have matching plaid napkins so I used red and green napkins together. Actually I prefer the napkins not to match the tablecloth, gives more of a pop don't you agree! 

The salad plates have a holly design on the border, the little bread plates don't have the holly.
I forgot to take pictures of the other plates, all of them have either - Love, Joy, Peace, or Hope on them.

The crystal is gold rimmed. The silverware has clear handles. (All found at Ross years ago.)

I'm joining Cuisine Kathleen's Let's Dish, Susan at Between Naps on the Porch, and Yvonne at Stone Gable. Thanks, ladies for hosting. Click on their names for lots more inspiration.
Katherine
P.S. - I hope to share my Nativity collection soon with the new designs I did. I try to do new designs with them each year. I'm finished decorating, are you? I'm still wrapping presents though. We'll have a house full of family this year! I'm excited!

Outdoor Decor


 I'm posting my outdoor decor and will link to a couple of parties. I had planned to make new outside decorations and had bought some new things to work with.  My plans changed when I just couldn't get it to come together, so I went to Plan B and the above door decor is what I came up with.
I've had the little toy sled for years and the little ice skates were purchased from Kohl's last year, or the year before. All I had to buy was the ribbon and some faux greenery.

 
 It's not real original, but we are pleased with the look! Below shows the courtyard next to our entryway:

A neighbor gave us this little iron bench years ago, my husband painted it black. 
 
 The red poinsettias show up nicely on the black.

 A shot of the courtyard with the bouganvillia growing.  See the little lantern on the right? There are two more on either side of the garage. They are decorated with greenery and the plaid ribbon. (The cars were outside and in the way so I didn't take a picture of those.) I also didn't sweep the leaves away before taking these pictures!

Below is the flag pole holder decorated! It's on the left side of the entryway.


 Here's a close-up of the metal sled decorated with metal gift boxes and greenery. The wooden Santa is tole painted, I bought him at a craft show about 12 years ago.


 Couldn't resist taking a picture of our neighbors (across the street) yard decorations. It looks so pretty all lit up at night.
 


Katherine

Monday

Christmas Decor


I have been busy decorating. I'm just about finished, don't think I've been finished this early ever before! 



I have a collection of Nativities and I like to display them differently every Christmas. This is my favorite this year, using pink roses and the tall lantern I bought at Hobby Lobby last year.

 This display is on the small curio cabinet in the dining room.



 I also used another favorite Nativity at the other end. My husband brought me this Fontanini Nativity from Italy about ten years ago. It looks beautiful with the pink roses.




 Believe it or not, this is already the second location for this vignette. I started out with it on the Bombay chest in the living room: It looked very pretty, especially with the roses on the lamp, but it can be enjoyed more in the dining room where I moved it to. Here are a few pictures of it on the Bombay chest:






Okay, back to the dining room on the curio cabinet:

Which is your favorite place?

I have lots more decorations to share with you. I'm excited about Christmas as most of our family will be here with us for a few days!  I've enjoyed decorating the house for them!

I'm linking to Marty's Table Top Tuesday and to Rhoda's Vignette party, thanks for hosting, ladies!! Click on their names for lots more inspiration.

Merry Christmas!


Katherine

Family Room Fall Decor

I neglected to add this vignette to the family room fall decor I recently posted.
This vignette features a little stuffed scarecrow girl beside a vase made of cord.
 We went on a two-week vacation and I haven't added the remainder of my fall decorations, including all the pumpkins (wicker, mercury glass, etc.) I'll do that soon. We aren't having anyone come for Thanksgiving so I haven't been in a hurry to decorate more.
The faux Chinese lanterns came from Michael's. They are so realistic, I just love them!

This end table is at the end of the sofa in the family room.
 A couple of long shots across the family room with the above vignette in the background:
 
I'm joining Marty's Tabletop Tuesday, thanks for hosting, Marty!
Click on her name for more inspiration.

Happy Fall, Ya'll!!


Katherine

Thursday

Fall Decor


We have just returned from two weeks in the mountains. It's been a long time since we have seen the fall foliage and we enjoyed God's beauty so much! We had to cut our trip short two days due to the storms moving in. We enjoyed seeing family and friends on our trip too!

I had planned to post some of my fall decor, here in our home, before we left, but didn't get it done.
 This is our family room. I'm enjoying the velvet pumpkins I found this year!

I added yellow sunflowers to the terrarium that usually stays on the coffee table, The flowers change with the seasons.




These figurines are usually inside, except at Christmas when a Nativity is used.

 I displayed some of my scarecrow collection on top of the TV armoire:





 




 

 I have removed the few cute Halloween things in the living room and the cute Halloween tablescape in the dining room and will decorate those two rooms for fall this weekend.

Happy Fall!



Katherine