Although we’re lakeside, I set a table to celebrate A Coastal Christmas for my Blue Crab Bay Stoneware Giveaway! For a table covering, a quilted coverlet with nautical stripes provides the quintessential red to celebrate a Coastal Christmas and to pair with the blue stoneware. My 4 Place Settings of Blue Crab Bay Company Stoneware were hoisted ashore…
I’m jumping into December with Both Feet~ Embracing the Christmas Season! My Potting Shed along with my wellies :) are dressed in greenery~ Leyland cypress, cedar, pine, magnolia, holly, nandina berries, and pine cones were added to watering cans and my window box~ replacing the harvest of mums, and gourds for Thanksgiving. A pastoral village scene…
Trimming the tree is one my favorite Christmas traditions~ I enjoy pulling out the ornaments and taking a walk down memory lane. My Shiny Brites and vintage ornaments~ glittered and flocked~ add a little nostalgia with their soft colors and time-worn patina. While some ornaments offer Christmas wishes & messages. . . I find myself wondering what…
I came down with a horrific cold Wednesday before Thanksgiving, so I’ve been resting and medicating myself with Zicam, chicken soup, and nibbling on cranberry pecan pie crust leaves, (perfectly tasty all by themselves if you’re too lethargic to make turkey pot pie :) Not up to Decking the Halls, I spent some time looking through back…
It’s Christmas in July in Blogland~ not unlike in my retail career when boxes starting arriving with merchandise to be unpacked and priced months in advance of December 25th! ~~~ With my encore journey into the Flower Fairies’ Magical Realm, and in the Spirit of Christmas, I’m giving away a copy of Cicely Mary…
Christmas with Tucker **** by Greg Kincaid I’m ending 2011 on the same note as 2010. . .Tuckered out and ready for a nap or the very least, curling up in a chair with a good book (or twelve :) for a month. . . I posted this edible…
From Our Boat to Yours. . . Wishing You. . . A Joyful Christmas!
A Return Visit from St. Nicholas from last year~ Wishing you the Merriest of Christmases! My pattern, St. Nicholas, by Fitz & Floyd, Retired many years, breaking I hope to avoid~ The plates show St. Nick decorating the tree~ His fondness for musical sounds, you can see. Drums, horns, as well as bells too, Are placed on…
I put some milk & cookies out for Santa in anticipation of his arrival. . . Thanks to our annual cookie exchange, Santa has lots of variety this year . . . Adorable and classic Spritz Cookies. . . . . .or tray full of other varieties to satisfy his sweet tooth! My vintage-inspired chalkware Santas,…
There is plenty to please and tempt your tastebuds to celebrate the holiday season in Nigella’s Christmas from cocktails & appetizers, stress-free suppers, edible gifts to the Christmas day feast! ❄❄❄ Nigella Christmas: Food Family Friends Festivities Christmas is a time for family and friends, for tradition and treats. But, let’s face it, when the…