Christmas In The Dining Room 2015

 Good Morning!
Come on in !
Let's visit the dining room today!

 I love decorating the black hutch for the holidays.. I have quite a collection of Fitz and Floyd and most of it is here in the dining room..I have a beautiful flocked garland over the top of the hutch ..sitting behind the garland are a collection of soup tureens..

The top of the hutch has some red white transferware dishes along with Fitz and Floyd Santa's..

 The cute little deer salt and pepper shakers from BHG at Walmart ..

 The ice skate tree is in the corner of the dining room..The table is filled with Dept. 56 Santa's..a little feather tree with mini Hallmark ornaments..book page trees, and a putz like house sitting on a pedestal plate in a burlap wreath..

The new stitched chalkboard from Seasons in Chalk hangs here on the dining room wall.. There is a 3 foot tree in a basket on the server.. gingham ribbon , pine cones, and silvery branches decorate it ..with white lights and a galvanized star on top..

 A big Fitz and Floyd Santa on the server with a Dept. 56 Santa in a glass cloche..A DIY bookpage wreath hangs in the window.. one of my favorite decorations!

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Christmas in The Foyer

 Good morning!
Happy Monday!
Today we are in the foyer..

 I love this Prairie Schooler stitching mounted on a tray..

 By the front door is this little tree that is filled with little ornaments..its sitting in a bushel basket from a flea market.. Plaid and gingham bows are tied on the side....

 The stair garland this year has chalkboard ribbon ( Michael's) and black gingham ribbon..along with cotton stems ,burlap ribbon, a flocked greenery garland and white lights.. Clusters of Christmas balls from the Dollar tree

 The coffee filter wreath hangs here year round..there is a vintage garland around the mirror with a berry garland on top of that.

The December A Year In Chalk sits on a pedestal plate.. There is a strand of lights woven through the greenery on the top of this green cabinet..they end up in the bottom of the little putz like church to light it up..

 The little pickup truck with trees in the back ready to deliver..
One of my favorite estate sale finds is the big Santa.. He is handmade and just amazing..

 The owl tree sits on the stairs in the foyer

along with the Merry and Bright Tree..

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The Snowman and Scrapbook Trees

 Happy Saturday!
Two more trees in the parade of trees today #8 and #9..
In the family room we have 4 trees , these are the two that are on both sides of the fireplace..If you missed the post on the mantel you can click here..

The snowman tree is covered in snowman ornaments ..lots of handmade.. Last year I crocheted him a scarf ..His head came from a standing snowman that was broken so I took off his head and stuck a strand of lights in it..

 Lots of cross stitched ornaments..

 Love the ornaments on this tree..and this is one I keep up through January..

The other tree is the scrapbook tree..with my favorite photo prop ( Reagan) :)

All those ornaments my kids brought home from elementary school ..those little wallet photos from all their sports and school photos I have turned into ornaments using scrapbook paper and some ribbons and trims..

 The topper is made out of scored scrapbook cardstock and glitter letter stickers. I used the roll from a decomesh roll for the inside to slip it onto the tree..

 There are 3 different Christmas ribbons woven through the tree and garlands of red berries.. also some red and green ornaments .. This tree spins so it is covered on all sides with photos..

 I do add new photos every year but so far this year I haven't had time to get that done!

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Joy on The Front Porch

Good morning!

First of all Thank you for all your sweet comments yesterday ! I really appreciate all of you!

So for today's post we are on the front porch .. Ronnie, one of our Jack Russell's is there to welcome you in!

 I found these black letters at Hobby Lobby ( they were each 7.99 but then 50% off ..so $7.99 for both).. So I bought the J and Y and a small grapevine wreath..I outlined the letters with a white chalkboard marker to make them strand out more..

 I trimmed the wreath with flocked picks from Michael's added a bow made from red and black gingham ribbons and a sparkly red ornament..

 I used black floral wire to hold the letters to the wreath ..I tried hot glue but that did not work well ..the wire worked fine..

 I used the same decomesh garland from last year ..It has white and red decomesh along with burlap all tied into a evergreen garland..there are white lights strung throughout..

 I added black check and red plaid bows all along the garland..
 The Christmas Countdown made on fence pickets with a chalkboard painted space to count down the days sits next to the vintage blow mold Santa..I just love the red plaid with the black gingham !

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The Seasons In Chalk ..Winter

 So... I have been keeping a secret since March.. and I am so excited that it is finally out!

If you are a regular here, you know that 2 of my favorite things are chalkboards and cross stitch, and now thanks to Cathy Habermann ( Designer of A Year In Chalk ..Hands On Design) you can stitch my chalkboard designs!  I still can't believe how lucky I am that Cathy asked me to collaborate on this series of chalkboard designs. 

 This is the first in the series ..The Seasons In Chalk ..Winter and is available in the January 2016 Just Cross Stitch Magazine..I can't even type because I am still jumping up and down :)

 The cross stitched piece is on the left and the chalkboard on the right ..it is hard to tell which is which! Cathy stitched this model on the 32 count slate fabric from Hand Dyed Fabrics By Stephanie.. She has just amazed me by how much the cross stitched piece looks like the chalkboard ..

This is my version of the stitched piece and I did mine on 28 count black Monaco ..

 I found this 11" x 14" frame at an Estate Sale last Spring ..It is a vintage paint by number frame ..I had a board cut to fit that I painted with chalkboard paint ..added magnets with hot glue and 2 small pieces of sheet metal to the back of the stitching.. This way I can change it out for all the fabulous pieces to come ( wait until you see them!)

I tied a black gingham bow to the top and added some flocked greens.. 

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http://www.alderberryhill.com/

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