I Will Honour Christmas In My Heart

I will honour Christmas in my heart,
and try to keep it all the year.
I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.
The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.
I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!

~ Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Christmas in the Craft Room, Christmas Home Tour, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Welcome to my Christmas Blog, A Debbie-Dabble Christmas!!

 I am so happy you decided to stop by my Christmas Blog!!

  Every room in our townhouse has a different Christmas Theme and Color Scheme!!
 
 I prove that you do not have to live in a large home to have several Trees, over 20, in all shapes and sizes!!

The majority of my Christmas decorations are placed in the same room every year and I know that this is not what most Decorator's care for but to me, it like seeing old friends again when I decorate each year for Christmas as many of my decorations were gifts from family and friends........... 

I do try to add a few new things and change up things a bit but for the most part, these decorations are part of my Christmas Traditions and bring back a lot of treasured memories.....


I am now posting 3 times a week !!!
 
 I will be posting on TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY
 

  As always, click on each picture if you would like to enlarge it....

 

Today I will be sharing how I decorated the Craft Room for Christmas....

 

 In my last post, I shared my decorations in the upstairs hallway....


 

 

 

 

  Click HERE if you missed that post!!

 

And now for a few Personal Notes...
 
 
 Food of the Week

The Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, which is 10 minutes from us, held a Soup and sandwich Sale on Election Day as their hall is used as a polling Place....
 
Joe bought a quart of chilli 

 
Topped with cheese and onions!!


Joe ate most of this but I did have a small bowl......

It was very tasty!!

We also got 3 pulled pork sandwiches that came with a small container of cole slaw and 2 different types of sauces....



 
We have had their pulled pork before and it was delicious as ever!!
 
 
 This week's Reheat and Eat Dinners from the WB Scranton Pens Food Service.....
 
Joe and I both got the Chicken Cordon Bleu with Quinoa & Rice Pilaf & Roasted Carrots.....

 

Will you look at the height on this piece of chicken!!!


 Since we both could only eat half of this for our Meal of the Day, we got 2 day's worth of dinners out of this one!!!

 

And after sharing all that food, here is what I looked like when I went shopping last Saturday....

Down 32 pounds now since June 1st....

 As I mentioned before, I am no longer "hiding" and not letting anyone take my picture like I did for many years...

If I can get down to 35 pounds lost by the end of November and then not gain any weight in the month of December, I will be very happy!!!

Time will tell....


Decorating Update:

The entire upstairs was done by October 31st along with the Den downstairs....

I also got the outside and the Powder Room finished....

I packed up Fall in the Living Room and Halloween in the Dining Room and will be working on the Living Room which usually takes me at least 5 days.....

So far so good and right on schedule to be completely finished by Thanksgiving Day so i can then sit back, relax and enjoy the Christmas season!!!

 

 As I mentioned in previous posts, I hang wreaths on all of the inside doors, reflecting the color theme of the room and Christmas decorations....

 This is the wreath that I made for the Craft Room door....

 
The color theme for the Craft Room is pink and green......



I bought this calendar from Avon when my sons were very young and they used to take turns moving the mouse, counting down to Christmas.....
 
 
 
 Now I do it!!
 
I did not really change much in this room from last year but I do realize some may not have saw the post from last year.....

I made this wreath out of paper mache cones last year.....
 
 
 
 This wreath pays homage to my Dad, who started to do crafts after his construction accident to keep busy......

He made this wreath, using thread spools that my Mother would bring home from the Sewing Factory where she worked full time....

 
 
 
 I covered the cones with music sheet paper for my wreath....
 
 
 
 I hung it over the chalkboard that I have hanging on the closet door....


On top of a vintage pink hamper where I store fabric, sits an Angel I made last year out of a clay pot.....
 
 

 

On top of a shelf unit........

 

 

  The vintage lamp was one of 2 that were my Mother's......

  

 I embellished the shade.....

A Dollar Tree house that I painted pink and a putz house bought at Joann Fabric's years ago.....

 

 

 

 

 I bought the pretty pink angel from a fellow vendor at our church's Craft Fair....

 

 The Santa is from Home Interiors....

 The sweet pink and green figurines with the bunny and deer were gifted to me by my friend Anne Marie....

 

 The pink and green Santa's were bought at a church flea market for 25 cents each many years ago!

 

 This is a Victorian feather style Tree....

 

 I draped pink and green beaded garland that I cut in pieces to mimic icicles....

 

 The green house is an ornament and another painted Dollar Tree house....

 

 In the evening....

 

 

 

 

 

 The chandy that I created which hangs over my work table.... 

 
 
I strung a pink swag light through an old chandy that I bought at a yard sale and stripped the electrics out of...


I decorated the chandy which hangs slightly above the light fixture....
 
This Tree, that I bought at a yard sale many years ago for $5, stays up year round.....

This was how I decorated it this Summer.....

 

 Click HERE if you want to read about how I decorated this Tree for the Summer with ice cream cones, cupcakes, popsicles, birds, tea cups and butterflies!!

And  I even made some of my own ice cream cones which can easily be made for Christmas decorating too!

 

 Or you can create Christmas cupcakes which I may be looking into making....

I stripped the Tree down to the lights and garlands....

 

 

 I topped it with white feathers, an Angel and a pink and white stripped ribbon bow....

 

 The streamers are sewing ribbon that I had in my stash!!

 

 I started decorating it with pink ornaments...

And I added some of my Special ornaments.... 

 These picture frame tea pot ornaments, that I bought on EBay years ago, always grace this Tree...


 My Dad and Joey...

 

 The last picture taken of my mom before she passed away...

 

 And My Dad with Jimmy....

 

This spider ornament also graces the Tree year round....

It was gifted to me by my friend Anne Marie....

 

 I love this!!

 

 And this angel hair ornament is one that my mother bought for me when I was very young....

 

 More ornaments....

 

 I made these out of the boxes you get when you buy jewelry!

 

 

 Christmas figures....

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 I tucked pink and white striped poinstettias from Dollar Tree to fill in the Tree.....
 
And all finished......

I am just going to let the pictures do the talking...











At the base of the Tree.....



An Ice Skate planter bought at the Christmas Tree Shop filled with the same pink and white striped poinstettias from Dollar Tree.....

And a pair of friends sit on this bench year round!!

I made the tree skirt.......

Hanging on the wall next to the Tree....

I took these pictures yesterday morning with the Sun shining on the Tree with no lights turned on!!

The shelving on the wall in the corner.....

 

 

The beautiful mini room box of my Craft Room that my dear FB friend Angela Leigh crafted for me!!

I will treasure this forever!!

 

Below the shelves....

Another small Tree decorated in pink and green.....

On top of a shelf unit....




In the corner is the other lamp that was my Mother's......


 
I bought the pink and white house at Cracker Barrel years ago....


I bought 2 of these pink churches along with a blue and a silver one at Target many years ago for $5 each at 75% off!!

The other one is used in my Dining Room with my Nativity Set ......


The figurines are a mix of vintage and new!!


I made the pink tree out of wood ice cream spoons.....





On a shelf by my sewing machine table.....

Is a frame that I bought at a church Flea Market....

"Friendly and full of love, December's child is a gift from above"

Both my sons were born in December!!

And after 2 years of what I call my "Screaming Meamie"  Santa pictures, I gave up on having their picture taken with Santa!!!

Near the door....

A vintage milk glass hurricane lamp that was my neighbor Ellie's....


An Angel......

 And that completes the Tour of my Craft Room for this Christmas.....

It took 2 Days to decorate this room.....

Tree Count

Tree # 5

 
Tree # 6

 
Tree # 7


On SATURDAY, I will be taking a break from my Christmas Home Tour and sharing some crafts...

 

 

And a few new Buys....

 



And a few spray painting projects....


So I hope you will stop by to visit again on SATURDAY!!

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

If you do not have a blog, PLEASE  give me some way to reply to your comment, maybe by including your email in your comment.  If I can not find a way to reach you, I will reply on the post where you commented so please check back......


 I am linking up to these parties:
 
 


 

Please take some time to visit these terrific hosts and all those joining in on the fun!

 

8 comments:

  1. Wow Debbie, that is fantastic you lost that weight. Your craft room looks lovely for Christmas, and those are 'tea'riffic teapot photo frames.

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  2. Hi Deb: I love the story of the Christmas spider. I had never heard it. I am thinking I might add tinsel to my tree this year. I never used tinsel because the kids didn't like it. I do and my Mom did and we usually had it on our tree each year, one strand at a time!! That is probably why my kids didn't like it because I followed my mother's orders! You are looking very beautiful. You really did lose the weight. Everything Christmas looks so pretty so far..Happy Thursday..xxoJudy

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  3. I just love pink and green together. It was fun to see my old favorites, especially the sheet music wreath. You really do look fabulous!

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  4. I can't just pick one thing that I like because I love it all! Your craft room looks amazing all decorated for Christmas and I love the colors! Congrats on the weight loss, too! Your lookin wonderful and I bet you feel so much better! Looking forward to seeing your Christmas crafts! I spied some gingerbread in your pictures and can't wait to see what you do with them! TFS and have a wonderful day! :)

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  5. Hi Debbie I love pink and green for Christmas! xo laura in Colorado

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  6. Everything is so pretty! Love the pink-green color combo! Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party, and have a great weekend!

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  7. I love the different color combinations in your Christmas decor! It's refreshing to see not all red-and-green decorations for Christmas. I love the pink/lavender/green/ and gold decorations. Thank you for sharing this post in the Talent-Sharing Tuesdays Link-Up 42.
    Carol
    www.scribblingboomer.com

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  8. Debbie you look fantastic! You're doing great. The craft room looks great.
    Thank you bunches for sharing it with Sweet Tea & Friends this month my friend.

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