CHRISTMAS HOME for the HOLIDAYS PARTY 2009

Welcome to our holiday home!

I am so happy to link up with the ever-talented Rhoda of Southern Hospitality today for her Christmas Home for the Holidays party! She is an extraordinary decorator and you are really in for a treat anytime you visit her blog.  Please be sure to visit all her other friends that are participating today!

~Most pictures may be enlarged by clicking~

Someone is watching......

Our Living Room

Both of these Santas were birthday gifts in years past ~ I just love having a December birthday (the 15th) so that I can receive lots of pretty holiday decor from my family!!

You should have seen hubby's face when he saw this guy getting into our car!

I love adding vintage jewelry in with some ornaments in my vintage china compote

Our Family Room

I've had this little pink bottle brush tree since I was a wee tot! And the beautiful silver ornie was made and gifted to me by my dear friend Jen of Jennifer's Petal Palace.

Jen also painted the beautiful pink ornaments with roses on them in the apothecary jar on the right.

I made this little snowman scene ~ check out the little guy on the left making a snow angel!

My precious Daddy made me the beautiful wooden caddy. My sweet friend Celeste painted the Santa for me.

Celeste also made this precious little pink cottage.

Our Dining Room

Our Master Bedroom

My dear friend Bertie of Aunt May's Cottage made the heart sachet holder and sweet Becca of Of Bluebirds and Roses parted with the sweet white Santa because I REALLY needed him!

Bertie also gifted me with this absolutely awesome Santa that matches the fabric in my armoire ~ Laura Ashley's Isabelle fabric.

My little darling Jack Russell Terror Terrier, Sissy, sleeps in her own shabby chic bed (also made by my Daddy) and has her own "Dreaming of a Pink Christmas" pillow from Becca.

The Kitchen

Hallway

I love Bethany Lowe ornaments

Living Room ~ tree still isn't quite ready to show!

The beautiful PINK mitten is from my sweet friend Katie of Rose Breeze Boutique.

I sooo love my reindeer.....

Vintage Pink Lefton Reindeer with Rhinestones

Porcelain Hinged Box Kissing Ball with Roses on it

1950's Plastic Christmas Tree

See, I've still got more decorating to do!

And lest you think all that I have is pink, nooooo.....

I'll be picturing tons of my Santas for the next party!

I'm pooped and hungry after making all these pics, so I'm going to sit a bit at our kitchen table, enjoy some tea and cookies, and then come visit everyone else's homes!

Please stop back here again on the 11th and the 14th when I'll be joining another home tour with Julia over at Hooked on Houses with even more new pics! And please feel free to visit my CHRISTMAS blog here in the meantime!

China ~ SPODE Pink Tower     Silver ~ ONEIDA Heirloom Michaelangelo

Christmas Hugs,

CLOCHE PARTY and PINK SATURDAY 12/05/09

Today is the much anticipated CLOCHE PARTY presented by the hostess with the mostess, Marty of A Stroll Thru Life. I'm a tad late getting my post linked up and mid-way thru it realized how much PINK I was sharing today, so I'm going to let this post do double duty as my PINK SATURDAY post, too!

Enjoy all the pics (most are clickable to enlarge) and please stop back by again Tuesday, as I'll be participating again in Susan's Deck The Halls Tuesday! with more of my holiday decor!

I just love my little Lefton reindeer with all their sparkly rhinestones

 Precious Moments Christmas Angel bell from my sweet Mother

Found this teensy glittered church at Wal-Mart!

Some of my favorite snow bunnies!

1980's Hallmark Cloth Santa that hubby and I have decorated with each year. I recently bought another to gift our granddaughter with. That way, we'll BOTH have one! The little porcelain Santa under the cloche is very old and chippy, but I love him.

Vintage silver tray with wreath of greenery and pinecones and a glittery Santa riding a polar bear. This arrangement is on our kitchen table.

Tall cloche with a pink sugared reindeer. The vintage look silver ornament with millinery flowers was a gift from sweet Jen of Jennifer's Petal Palace.

Pretty glass teardrop hinged ornament with a sweet teensy bottle brush tree and cottage inside.

Click the pic for more detail.

Porcelain Limoges Hinged Box Christmas Boot along side a teensy gingerbread man

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This PINK SATURDAY our sweet hostess Beverly of How Sweet the Sound has asked us to share one of our favorite Christmas memories.

This is a picture of me in 3rd grade standing beside the cardboard fireplace that I thought was so wonderful. Notice the adorable felt stocking that my mother made for me. I look so sweet and happy in this picture but all that was about to change.....

At this time I was still a mighty strong "Believer" so my mother and my aunt took me outside on the front porch to listen for Santa's sleigh bells on Christmas Eve. Well, of course they both heard them before I did and I believed them. So I made a mad dash for the front door to run inside and crawl into bed before Santa could catch me still awake.  You know, he sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake....

Little did my mother and aunt know that I would almost have a heart attack and freak out all over the place when I found that the door was LOCKED, and there I stood out front with the stinking reindeer, the jingling sleigh bells, and Santa right above MY rooftop, just waiting to catch me still awake!

Much later they explained to me that this had all been a ruse to get me out of the house so that dear Daddy could sneak in with the jolly fellow's gifts.  Needless to say this was the last Christmas that I waited for Santa to arrive!

Moral of this story:  Do NOT say or do ANYTHING that will cause your child to panic as far as Santa Claus is concerned! LOL

Big Christmas Hugs,