Santa Claus is Coming!

Shhhh....Santa Claus is here already!

Last year for one of my Christmas wish items I asked for this sled....My vision was that someday as the possibility of Grandchildren would come- it would be cute to load up with presents, or a Santa Claus, you name it!  

Since we have such harsh winters I am not putting it outdoors and I don't have a protected porch for it, so indoors it stays! 

This year I decorated it with my Santa (from Bombay- remember Bombay?) ornaments, and a beaded garland. 

The lighted boxes were a after Christmas find I picked up last year.  

The directions said it would be best if they were in a protected area if put outdoors, so again, they are staying indoors too! 
The red ornaments were items I bought and couldn't decide where to use them, so they found a home here!

By the way we have received over 26" of snow already this month!

 

And as you can see Santa already left a pair of ice skates! 

Hope your holiday decorating is coming along!  I'm getting there!

Christmas Past

Christmas 2009- a few highlights from last year.  I won't decorate my home until after Thanksgiving, but I was going through my pictures from last year and thought I would post a few....   

 My Woodland  Santa Greets you!

This is a 9' narrow tree...I like to load it up with my favorite ornaments...I've collected hand painted ornaments since the 90's by Waterford and some by Christopher Radko...I've had good luck with some glass ornaments at Pier 1 imports...good for light reflection!

I worked with silk florals and a red theme last year on the mantel... see the gold bird on the right...

I have this woodland Santa I adore, and I had found these nice candle holders with pine cones on them that worked well with it...my angel sits on top of a small table top facing the dining table...and the tray is a mix of pine cones and random large ornaments...

This was at the kitchen table..I found this adorable garland that I wound loosely around the chandelier and then I added the candy stripe ribbon for a little flair..that's  a real poinsettia there...I lucked out on it and got it at a big box store (trick is to get them when they first arrive so they haven't been mistreated (like no watering) - and not after a severe cold temperature drop, because they don't like to be shocked with the cold) It lasted well into January before any sign of leaves came off. 

This was a little grouping I made in the kitchen, I put styrofoam down inside the planter, then I glued sticks to the little Byer's Choice Carolers- Kindles and stuck them in their places and added the artificial trees...finished off with some white tinsel...

This is a piece from Pottery Barn, about 4 years back..The ornaments came from their store too...I got the display idea from their store and each year I added on to the collection...the artificial snow pulls it together...