The Ice Skate Tree and The Dining Room

Good morning!

Today we are in the dining room .. the dining room is where the ice skate tree is displayed .. it is a flocked skinny 6 foot tree from Walmart .. 

 It sits on a wood crate to make it taller ..

 The topper is a plaid ribbon bow and also a pair of decorative felt skates ..that I added a wrapping paper tube between them with hot glue so then I slip the top of the tree thru the tube ..

 Under the tree are a collection of decorative and real ice skates and a cute snowgirl with her skates on ..The Let it Snow Bungalow.. my chalkboard to cross stitch collaboration with Hands on Design from the Chalk for the Home series hangs on the wall

 those same plaid ribbons are woven thru the tree..

 the topper

 lots of different skate ornaments have been collected since I was a child ..

 and the skater in the photo is me :)

 the view of the tree from the kitchen ..

 there is a magnolia garland over the window and a book page wreath hanging in the window..

 on the server is a little greenery box with a couple Santa's and a bunch of Fitz and Floyd reindeer frolicking ..

 the stitching is a free design from Plum Street Samplers and it was on Paulette's blog a few years ago ..
Chelsea made me the JOY letters from vinyl on her Cricut and we put them on the back of this Rae Dunn canister ..on the front it says HOP ..

there is a 3 foot tree in a basket .. it doesn't count towards the 13 trees .. it has house ornaments .. silver greenery and red stripe ticking fabric torn in strips ..

 the table runner is a vintage crocheted tablecloth with a piece of buffalo plaid fabric on top .. easy and cheap :)

 The back of the buffet has this Lizzie Kate Merry String .. a Fitz and Floyd Santa ..

 a Rae Dunn pie plate ,, dept 56 Santa's

With Thy Needle and thread Snow for Christmas .. the little camper ornament form Walmart .. a Christmas tree farm sign 

Dept 56 skating Santa's .. Merry Brew from Plum street samplers ..little Fitz and Floyd Santa's 

I found these 2 vintage Santa's at the good will last week .. they are really cute and were extremely cheap! the house lantern is from Walmart ..and there you have a glimpse of all the Christmas in the dining room!

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Winter ABC'S

 Happy Tuesday!
I finished stitching the Winter ABC'S from Little House Needleworks last night and got it all mounted and displayed on this vintage shutter..I used this for the Autumn ABC'S and will use it for

The remaining 2 seasons...I found the chippy vintage shutter at an antique shop ..( the chicken knob and the white knobs were on it) I used ribbon glued to the back of my project to attach it to the shutter.. There is a magnet on top to attach the bow and picks ..

 It is so hard to get good photos of this one.. the white stitching shows up great in person but not in photos.. I think my kitchen is too bright.. Maybe on a cloudy day I can get some better pics and replace these..

 I used some plaid ribbon for the bow and added a pick on each side of evergreens ..pine cones.. and red berries.. I took one of the ice skate ornaments off the ice skate tree and hung it from the chicken knob..

I pieced together pieces of sticky board since it doesn't come in a big enough length.. it worked out fine, and you cannot tell where it is pieced together..

 The design is adorable and I love the colors!

 I stitched it on 28 count light grey Monaco that I Tea /coffee dyed...and used the called for Classic Colorworks threads.. I used red ticking for the back that it is mounted on..

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The Two Skinny Trees

 Good morning !
Hope all of you that celebrate Thanksgiving had great times with family and friends!

I am sharing my "skinny" trees today .. These trees are great to just fit in places where there is not much room. I have collected ice skate ornaments for many years so they have their own tree. 

 I got the burlap skates a couple weeks ago in North Carolina and the big vintage looking skate in Manhattan Beach California ..so fun to find new ornaments !

 I made the tree topper from a pair of skatess my sisiter in law gave me .. I glued them together with hot glue and glued in  a paper towel roll to slip on the top of the tree.

 This year the ice skate  tree is in a corner of the dining room . It usually is in the living room. I have it up on a small wooden crate to make it taller..

The youngest turkey  grandson yesterday :) ..He looks like a little doll :)

 The other skinny tree is in the family room and its the Americana tree..

 This year I added flags ..It is in the corner right next to my desk..

 I placed it in a flea market white basket that I got for 50 cents this summer :) There are so many fun red,white,and blue ornaments ..

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Winter In The Family Room

Good Morning ! Hope you are all staying warm ! I am sharing our winter decorations in the family room today! I keep up one of the snowman trees at least til the end of January..

 I left the vintage sled on top of the aqua cabinet, and added a winter chalkboard on a silver tray, sitting on a snowman chair , ice skate ornaments , ice skates and a lantern ..

 On the sofa table, I used a snowman platter, another winter chalkboard, lanterns and more skates..

 I used this wooden box to hold a glitter house( my daughter got me this one and also the one in the foyer this year ! Love them ) , 2 jack russells ,some snowflakes and silver branches..

 I decided to take the glittery floral picks off the top of the tree and crochet the snowman a scarf ! Doesn't it just look wintery ?

 All the ornaments on this tree are snowmen , there are alot of cross stitched ornaments..

I left the glitter houses and white garland on the mantel, took down the White Christmas sign and put the clock back up..

I love having the tree and garland lit , its so cozy for the winter..

I left the glitter houses on the coffee table ..all these decorations will stay put until the end of January , maybe into February..

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