Old Fashioned Christmas

           Hello everyone,

             I hope your week is going well.

                   Today, I had my little granddaughter

                 with me for the day as she recovers

               from a cold. So, I put her to work

                   helping me make these dried orange

               slices for our little Christmas tree.

               Abby enjoys crafts so it was right

        up her alley!

                                                                        We also added some little bundles
                                                                         of cinnamon sticks.

                                                                            Abby hard at work.

                                                               I love the coziness of these enamalware
                                                                pieces with the vintage plaid throw.

                                                  Abby wanted to know where I came up with
                                                             this great idea and I had to tell her it was an
                                                             old fashioned way of decorating for Christmas
                                                             instead of the store bought shiny baubles.
                                                               It was a fun little project and I plan to do
                                                             another batch soon.....much to Abby's delight!

                                                                I wonder if Abby needs another sick day tomorrow!!!

                                                                                                Thanks for visiting,

                                                                                                                 Carolyn

                                                                                             

Wintry Sun Room Tea

              Hello everyone,

               I am busy getting our home ready for

                   the Christmas season as I am sure many

        of you are as well.

But for a little break it is nice to

enjoy a cup of tea in the sun room,

where it is nice to snuggle into a

warm furry throw in a comfy old

chair with a footstool.

          To go with my wintry look we even had a 

       few cm. of snow overnight.

The tea is ready and I have

used my Christmas tea cup.

I replaced my pink and white china

with my favorite Christmas dishes.

Mostly Friendly Village but a few

similar patterns mixed in since I

am always happy with mix and match.

                                                                 
                                                             

                                                                          Friendly Village by
                                                                          Johnson Brothers.

                                                                I have collected a lot of village house
                                                                etc. but I am only putting up my favorites
                                                                this year so this church made the cut.

                                                             The warm fuzzy throw is from Pier 1

                                                          I will be happy to get all my Christmas
                                                                     decor up as it seems to leave me with
                                                                     a messy house until I get it all done.

                                                                     Just a reminder to any of my fellow
                                                                     Islanders that our home and 3 others
                                                                     are on a Christmas House Tour for
                                                                     a worthy cause, for more info check
                                                                     it out my previous post below.

On a different note this past weekend

was the Victorian Christmas weekend

in Charlottetown so we enjoyed spending

some leisure time there even taking in

a horse and wagon ride . There were

lots of vendors selling there homemade

wares.

We have an old sleigh like this one

so I am hoping to get time to dress ours

up like this one!