Christmas Touches Here and There

Christmas decor is popping up throughout the house.

To make room for Christmas decorations I had to store other things. I did keep out this one Willow Tree favorite.

 The ornament in the urn has sheer green netting. 

The  green metal box will hold Christmas cards this year.

These green ornaments are new this year. A local store had "Buy three and get one free" for its customers.

Still love this little dingy, broken child's cabinet. The hole at the back is hidden by the paper decoration. The old blocks spell out the message of the season.

The tree is new. I'm so glad Walmart had small retro trees with a vintage look.

Another tiny tree placed on a butterpat

A return trip to Goodwill was made for this small silver Made in India planter. 

I found the extra tree in a thrift store in Munford.

Thrifting and decorating are fun, especially in December.

Monday, Monday

 Just two quick photos 

I opened the doors of the small cupboard and placed two ABC mugs inside.

I will always be fascinated by our alphabet of 26 letters. To think that those 26 marks are responsible for all the words in our language.

I snapped this picture of the top of the bookcase for Magpiemonday on Instagram. Pictures of collections are shared on Mondays. This was my first time to take part. I still love to look for children reading, either in figurines or prints. One of my favorite art prints is "The Fairy Tale" by Walter Firle.

Time for a Few Changes

I seldom make big changes here at home, but little things do get moved around. For example, I moved this brass pitcher from a small end table to the hearth. It has been with me for years. During apartment days it sat on the lone shelf in the tiny kitchen. In my first home it was always on the massive mantel log in the rustic den. 

It still has the sticker on the bottom that reads Burks Antiques Log Cabin. A lovely couple allowed young people to charge purchases and pay for pieces on a monthly basis. Thanks to the Burks I was able to acquire my first quality pieces of antique furniture.

To hide two vents and one center outlet makes decorating  
this mantel very frustrating. However, I changed it
this afternoon, trying not to get upset.  The stained
little cupboard is back, but to hide that ugly outlet
I had to place the alphabet plate on top. Happy 
with the number 5 block.

 

I moved the antique clock from the mantel to the piano. 

Hey, the clock seems to be running better in this spot. Hopefully with its lower position I'll be better at winding it.

I liked this chalkboard message from a Pinterest site. 

I just glued the page to a canvas and propped it on our bookcase.

May decide to frame it.

In high school I borrowed those words and wrote them in someone's yearbook.

How true those six words are!