Christmas in Michigan!

I rarely find time these days to post on my blog, but I wanted to take the time to do so today.
This is my home decorated for winter/Christmas. I have fallen in love with neutrals over the last
several years and that shows in my decor. I did add a few pops of red this year though.
 I know...shocking! lol

Most of my decor I have accumulated over the years adding a piece or two every now and then.
I found these reindeer at Home Goods this year and I love them!

How cute is that little spool with printed fabric on it? I found it at a local antique store.

This is my antique buffet. I have mulled over painting it WHITE for years, but haven't
taken the plunge yet. I'm thinking maybe I can remedy that soon. I KNOW it would
make the details POP and it isn't perfect so...what do you think?

I've had my cement angel for years as well and I just love her. She gets dressed up for winter,
fall and other sesasons, but I love her winter robe most of all.

This pottery set is Rae Dunn which I'm sure you all know. It has the word plant and two other words
 on it. I forget just now what the other two are.. lol I just turn it backwards in the winter so the words
don't show and then I add snowy trees. 

I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my crooked little tree! I picked it up at Lowes last year after
the holidays or right before. I don't remember. It was the last one they had and the
display model. The lights worked for one month and then half of them burnt out. ugh.
This year we added our own lights and hopefully they will last through the holidays.

See the trees in the background. Yep, hubby is still turning trees. These are BIG ones.
I think the biggest is 17 inches tall. LOVE THEM!

My birdcage that I have had forever and it seems to sit in the same spot. I really need
to move things around a little. I just get so busy and then tired and don't think about it. 

I add an ornament every year for our beautiful stillborn granddaughter Eden Rain and
this is the one for 2019. I added the paper banner. We miss her so...

This is on my back porch/laundry room. We live in an old house and while it has it quirks and issues I
don't mind one bit. It just seems cozier somehow.

Back to my buffet again. You would think I could get my act together for just ONE post. HA!
I give up.

This MIRROR! We bought this a trillion years ago at a garage sale for 50 cents because it was coming apart.
A little glue and clamps and she was good as new. She is even beveled!
She looks perfect with my buffet that hubby purchased before we were married and had stored in a barn!
Goodness. I'm glad that I rescued it. :)

Still in LOVE with this old faux fireplace. The theme of this post seems to be LOVE doesn't
it? This is in my tiny bedroom and it make me happy every time I look at it. I really enjoy
decorating it for the different seasons.

Back to our back porch/laundry room. Hubby made this pallet box for me a few years ago and I white
washed it and added the words. It is perfect for faux candles that are on a timer.

My Target basket and greenery that I purchased for a song last year when a store
was closing. I bought many quality greenery items. A girl can never have too much
can she?? lol

It is what the season is all about...Jesus is the reason for the season.

My fun piece in the kitchen. I bought the star lights at a discount store where you
never know if things will work, but I took a chance and they did. I adore them.

Back porch decor again.  This is on a long shelf above my washer and dryer. I should
have taken a photo of the whole room. If it had been clean I would have....lol
I can do close-ups,but for heavens sake don't pan out in the whole room right now. My house
usually looks like a bomb went off at this time of year from all the decor here , there and
everywhere until I get it all done. 

That was a little glimpse (Okay a LOT of glimpse) into my Christmas decor this year. I do have
more, but all good things must come to an end right? I'm tired and I'm sure you are tired from
viewing all these pics.

(I must change my header now! I just noticed it is still fall up there. HA!!)

 I pray you all have a wonderful holiday season!
 God bless each one of you!!

Grey Day Thursday # 19 ~

I thought I would join in Michelle's Grey Day Thursday today.

I just took a few photos around the house to share with you today.

I LOVE my old metal clock face in the first two photographs. I picked it up a few years
ago while up in Michigan visiting my daugher and have never tired of it. I have moved it around
 here and there and this is where it resides for the moment. 

It is hanging on a birdcage that also has been in my living room for quite some time.
I don't move things around near as much as I used to so it will probably be here for
awhile. I should have plugged in the lights in the birdcage for the photo...shucks!

I have also had this nest for several years...I never tire of it. Love the gray/whitewash color!

The mailman brought me some pretties last week. Does anyone know where this came from?
lol. I LOVE IT!!

Part of a shelf on my bookcase with my oldest son and his family along with a younger version of
yours truly and a lovely candle covered in Jeanne D Arc paper.

My youngest son and his wife gave me this canvas print for Christmas!
They know me so well! :)

More goodies that arrived in my mailbox as of late. 

I even LOVE the packaging!

Love each and every little detail...I can tell that Rhonda is a detail person like myself.

This is a mercury glass candle with a cloche cover...LOVE!

I am in LOVE with this pallet tray that my youngest son made me for Christmas! In fact, he made me
TWO of them. I thought I took better pics , but can't find them. Oh well. You can tell what it is like
anyway. I won the Old Navy scarf on it at a game that we played at my parents house at Christmas.
I punched out a few gray and white hearts and scattered them around. L.O.V.E.

One of my Starbuck mugs...I save the teabag tags to reuse in my artwork.
This one says, " Life may not be the party we hoped for , but while we're here we
should dance".

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day...enjoy your day and if you feel like it...

DANCE!! 

My home is dressed for winter

Do you *dress your home* for winter? As in, replacing summer curtains with winter ones
and changing out tablecloths? I do. I really only change my bedroom curtains, but I adore
this vintage chenille bedspread for winter used as a tablecloth.  I just love the rose pattern.

Isn't it just gorgeous?  I also have a light blue bedspread like this one. They are keepers for sure!

I stuck this holly on today because I thought it needed a pop of color , but it could change
at any given moment. *smile*

This is as far as I have gotten with my winter decor, but I say , BRING ON WINTER!

{without the tons of snow}


I am still running my sale in the previous post and I am also having an Etsy sale at 20%
off so please pop on over and visit.

We were kinda thrown for a loop last week...hubby's factory is basically shut down. No
warning or anything so it is back to the unemployment line for us. ugh. What a time of
year to have that happen, but God is good! He went to the factory yesterday to pick up
 his toolbox and to get his pay stub and he was told they are holding the checks. WHAT??
Well, thankfully his was deposited today into our bank account so we thank God for that!

Happy weekend dear blogging friends and have fun dressing your home for winter!!

Don't walk , but RUN to your nearest Michael's store! {Just sayin'}

It is quite possible that you are all WAY ahead of me, but just in case you aren't,  I wanted to
share my  new finds. I was fortunate enough to be in the *city* a few weeks ago so Michael's
 craft store was a must stop and I am so glad we did.

I adore these note cards!!
Just perfect for that day of LOVE coming up...you know??

Valentines Day!

They were only $2.00 per package of 10 cards and envelopes!

{They are in the dollar bins in case you need to know where to look for them}

I also found a bunch of Valentine rubber stamps for $1.00 each!

I had to make a couple passes around the store before I found them. That store has some stamps
here and some stamps there...kinda confusing, but I didn't give up! lol

I love to find these dollar stamps because most rubber stamps are so expensive.

{I had a close up photo of the bicycle note cards also, but I accidentally blew it away!}

*sigh*

Happy Tuesday!!