Saturday, December 24, 2011

Whatever You Celebrate....

 

 I want you to know how much my life has expanded because of each and every one of you....

The days are now getting longer and the light is coming back....


I think of you and how it all might be going with you this evening...

You're a part of me now...



The end....


Monday, December 19, 2011

Pretty Manger Scene, and a Wonky Gingerbread House...


Look at this gorgeous manger scene done up in a little cabinet at the Elegant Relic in Mebane, NC... Lacy the owner is amazing... She used this brown paper she has in rolls for sale there to line the back of the scene...  



I just wanted to buy some of the paper and run home and put it on something in my house... but i couldn't figure out where, thank god, because the rolls are big, but they also cost $50.00 big ones!

Here is a little cloche i doctored up with a Wal Mart bottle brush tree...
Why are bottle brush trees so cute?  They just are!


I pried my little white thrift shop tree out of the shed, 
( meaning i stood on a wobbly stool, reached high up on a shelf, grabbed a branch, and pulled it all on top of my head ) 
and stuffed it in a galvanized bucket, and i love it!
It's such a raggedy little tree, but the white on it is faded just right, and it looks alot prettier than this awful photo when it's lit up!




Finally my wonky little gingerbread house...

I went to a friends house the other night with the most amazing ladies in the world...
and we had a gingerbread house decorating party...

i was all into decorating my house, when the sides caved in...

anyway.... Linda, the lady hosting the party, did the sweetest thing ever 
and it really touched my heart
she waited a day or two, and she pulled it all back together and fixed it back up, 

and brought it over to my friend's shop
  
(which is by the way the coolest shop ever,  where i sell my paintings, and find all the good stuff in my house, like those arches in my bedroom... 
plus i manage her blog, she's on my sidebar... if you want to go visit)
 
 to hang out with all the other cool gingerbread houses...

Mine is a little worse for wear,... but that's ok... because i've decided the next time i make a gingerbread house, i'm bringing a drill,  gorilla glue, a blow torch and a soldering iron -

I know that's against true gingerbread house rules, but i don't care, .... 
i'm not that great with rules...

Anyway, TADA!  Here they are !



the end....

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Front Door Wreath ... Yawn... More Pink... Plus I'm Not Giving Someone a Car for Christmas

I was given a beautiful wreath for my front door!,  So what did i put on it???  A PINK BOW OF COURSE...  



Here it is with little white lights at night... the lights look so much prettier than this photo shows... i put them on a timer so that they come on from dusk to dawn, it's so fun to drive up at night when i get home from work and see them already on...





check out these cool little napkin holders i found at the thrift shop.  they're glass and you can put water in them and real flowers in them... i thought that was so clever... probably everyone in the world already knows about these, but i didn't....


here is the house lit up at night...

as you can see i forgot to remove the pants on the hanger on the front door for the photo... actually i meant to do that... it's called the "unstaged" look...
...yeah, right...


in the above photo, propped up under the mirror,  you can  see this cool old vintage painting i found at the thrift shop 
(i'm a pathological propper upper... i prop things everywhere...)

here is a closeup, can you see the old guy walking with the sheep?
it's really aged and wonderful...
when i found it at the thrift shop, someone had marked it at $125.00!

I called them, and i said, are you people on crack!??? this is the thrift shop... ! even an antique dealer wouldn't sell it for that much!  Some very patient lady said she'd look into it...
next time i saw it it was 65.00... 
waiting.... waiting... waiting...
finally it was marked $25.00... then i bought it!


oh yeah...  a couple of weeks ago this little lady decided she wanted to be painted... her name is Isabelle...


she'll be going to my friend's shop looking for a new home...

and, Finally, to add to this random mix..

i have a bone to pick
have you seen those holiday commercials where the woman surprises her guy with a new car
or the guy has to show his love by buying his wife a 3 carat diamond?  
are they freakin kidding me!!
so, i guess we are soooo stupid and completely inadequate if we can't afford to get our loved ones this stuff for christmas

i'll be lucky if i can afford garbage bags for christmas

you know how mrfractured shows he loves me?
he thought to buy me my favorite meyers geranium dish soap when i run out, it's more expensive, but he noticed i love it..
or he warms up my car for me when it's cold outside...

so you know what i say to those commercials?
Screw you guys!  most people can't afford that stuff! or they're smart enough not to get into debt over it!

...i feel better now...

the end...


Thursday, December 1, 2011

I Put Up My Other Bedroom Arch, and Just For Fun, More Christmas Photos...


My other arch is up now, and i don't mind at all that the two are matchy matchy...  I really love them both... and it totally seems to help make the bedroom feel more together, and closer to finished...

...and we all know what "finished" means for us... about 5 minutes...

I touched up the "dream" over the bed... maybe i'll put white platters there instead... i tried it and it looked pretty good too, but for now, i'll wait and see....


ok, a few more christmas photos... just for fun...









...and I just love this little guy....



ok, and what i really want to add is some fresh christmas greens and silver like in these beautiful images from Pinterest...
omg this is so gorgeous...



...and i would die and go to heaven to have this little tree...

another amazing image from

the above links to my Pinterest account, but you should just go to Pinterest and play...  it's great for visual people like us



the end...