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

Friday, June 1, 2012

I Missed Rudolph Day!!

I Missed Rudolph Day!!

I was so busy with the Memorial Day weekend, getting the garden , front porch and patio ready for the Summer and of course, working, that I just did not have enough time for a Rudolph Day post on the 25th of May.

Hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day.....

My Patriotic Decorations

Now you know I do at least one tree for every Holiday....





All wreaths that I have made....



Display around the base of my Patriotic Tree..

Things are settling down here as Joe is recuperating nicely after his surgery on both feet for removal of plantar warts. He is driving now so that really frees me up a lot.


Front Porch



Back Patio



I promise to have a Rudolph Day post on June 25th and then will be posting several times in July, celebrating Christmas in July!!

Until then, please visit Debbie-Dabble to see all that I have been busy with!!

Hugs,
Debbie

Thursday, April 26, 2012

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER FOR RUDOLPH DAY!!

Well, HAPPY RUDOLPH DAY!!

A day late...

Sorry, I have just been so busy...

But better late than never...

For this month's Rudolph Day, I decided to feature 2 of the many Christmas books that I have.

The first one I bought about 10 years ago when the Michael's , which is located right next to my development, opened about 10 years ago. This book has been one of my favorite's since the day I bought it....

I am sure you will agree with me that this is a fantastic book after you see these pics..

A charming entry statement....

Why not decorate your gate.....

There is just something so elegant about gold and white....

Look at all these angels....

I love this collection of small wreaths on this window....

Old World Santa's....one of my favorite things.....

A Beautiful centerpiece....

A Great way to display a Village....


Beautiful garland on the stair railing....


Love the wreath tied to the back of the chairs....

Della Robia Decor.....

Trees made from clay pots...

Beautiful......


Now this is my style.....

A Victorian Tree....

Angel Wreath...

Love the lace....


Heavenly angels......

And who doesn't love red transferware for Christmas.....

A mini Victorian tree....

So sweet....

I hoped you enjoyed browsing through this book...

and now for one more Christmas book....

This book I bought 2 years ago at The Christmas Tree Shop for 99cents on Clearance!!

What a buy it was as it is filled with so much eye candy!!

Don't you just love this????

All mini ornaments on this tree...

Great way to decorate a shelf....

And look at this tiered stand...

A silver tinsel tree...


An angel tree....

All white and pink and frilly....


Love these sweet snowmen made out of spindles...

And isn't this one cute?


I love villages...


How original that this is set up on a drum????


I adore the Santa sign on the top of the hutch....

A collection of vintage Santa's.....

Look at all those bottle brush trees?

I am in total love with this pic!


I am sure that maybe you can find these books on Ebay or Amazon. I do highly recommend them if you love to decorate for Christmas.

I will feature more of my Christmas books next month on Rudolph Day and I promise not to be late......

I have also entered my Kitchen post from Christmas 2011 in The Talent Scouting Contest over at Whisperwood Cottage for Cottages and Bugalows Magazine. It should show in a day or two after approval. Please click HERE to see all the entries...

I am linking up to these great parties......

Home and Garden Party Thursday
Share Your Cup Thursday
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Vintage Thingie Thursday
Homemaking Link Up Party
Home Sweet Home Friday
Show and Tell Friday
Potpourri Friday
Vintage Inspiration Friday
Thrifty Things Friday
Simple and Sweet Fridays
Anything Goes Linky Party
Tickled Pink Friday
Pink Saturday
Seasonal Sunday
Sunday's Best
Masterpiece Monday
Show and Tell Monday
Blue Monday
Mod Vintage Mix Monday
Cozy Home Party Tuesday
Knick of Time Tuesday
Tabletop Tuesday
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Bunny Hop Party Every Wednesday
Home Decor and Organizing Link Party
What's It Wednesday
Wow Us Wednesday
Rednesday
Open House Party Thursday

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

Thanks so much for stopping by today and every day that you take the time to visit with me!

Hugs,
Debbie

Sunday, March 25, 2012

IT'S the 25th...HAPPY RUDOLPH DAY!!

It's the 25th of the month....Happy Rudolph Day!

Since last year, I have been aware that some bloggers do a post relating to Christmas on the 25th of every month and call it Rudolph Day. I have loved this idea since I first came across it and I have vowed to do the same , only to forget about it .....

But I made a note to remind myself and attached it to my computer armoire so I would remember.

You remember that I made this Christmas Planner in the beginning of the year so I could be more organized with everything that has to do with Christmas.

Well, I have done some work in it but unfortunately, no where near what I wanted to accomplish.

If you follow my other blog, Debbie-Dabble ( and I do wish that you would) , I have mentioned some health problems that decided to rear their ugly head about the 3rd week in Jan.
Since then, I have been trying to keep up with everything that I wanted to do but it has been a bit of a struggle as I have not felt well.

After a trip to the ER with abdominal pain. I have been given a diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome . That was after several Dr. visits and tests. Those tests discovered other things that have lead to more tests that are still going on. There are Thyroid issues that were discovered and I will be seeing an Endocrinologist when all the testing is completed.

Hopefully, once this is all settled, I will get myself back on track.

Now back to Rudolph Day. I was wondering what I was going to do a post about when I received a package in the mail.
I was so surprised to see that it was from Lynn whose Blog is Life on the Wienee Ranch.
Lynn and I became acquainted over Christmas . Lynn has had back surgery and has been dealing with a lot of pain issues so please say a prayer that she will feel better soon.

Inside the package were 2 beautiful ornaments!!


So pretty!!
And this amazing book!!

Lynn said that she had picked it up at a yard sale and it reminded her of me!!

I have taken some pictures of the inside because I wanted to show you the beautiful illustrations!!




And a pop up present!!


Yes, this is just my style and I LOVE this sweet book and the ornaments!!
Thanks so much, Lynn!!

Now many of you know, I keep up some of my trees and decorate them for other Holidays.

I had 5 Valentine's Day Trees and 2 Winter Trees. Please click HERE to read.

I left my 4 ft. Tree up in the Den and I decorated it for St. Patrick's Day. Many of these ornaments were bought at After Christmas sales since some stores carry Irish themed ornaments. I also added vintage postcards as ornaments.....


And now I have 2 Easter trees....

My Living Room Easter Tree.....


And my Dining Room Pink Easter tree with my Bunny Village underneath!


Trees and Villages are not just for Christmas as you can find them for almost every Holiday now.
If you would like to see my Living Room Easter decorations, please click HERE and my Dining Room decorations, please click HERE

You can also make ornaments of your own for other Holidays.
Here are some Valentine's Day ornaments that I made...


My Living Room tree will stay up after Easter and I will decorate it as Patriotic tree for the Summer.
The tree in my Craft Room stays up year round . Soon I will be decorating it as a Summer Tea Cup and Rose tree.

Well, that is it until next month on April 25th for another Rudolph Day!!

I am linking up to these great parties:

Masterpiece Monday
Show and Tell Monday
Blue Monday
Mod Vintage Mix Monday
Metamorphosis Monday
Cozy Home Party Tuesday
Knick of Time Tuesday
What's It Wednesday
Wow Us Wednesday
Rednesday
Share Your Cup Thursday
Delightfully Inspiring Thursday
Vintage Thingie Thursday
Open House Party Thursday
Home and Garden Thursday
Homemaking Link Up Party
Home Sweet Home Friday
Show and Tell Friday
Potpourri Friday
Vintage Inspiration Friday
Simple and Sweet Fridays
Anything Goes Linky Party
Tickled Pink Friday
Seasonal Sunday
Sunday's Best


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

Thanks so much for stopping by today and every day that you take the time to visit with me!

Hugs,
Debbie
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