But I just had to share my latest treasures with you....I was putting up some more stuff in the living room the other day...I even brought my old wooden santa in that I usually use on the front porch....love him with the stockings like that....
Even found my huge stocking I bought at Woods & Water one year (Hey don't laugh...when you got 3 Burly Boys you will eventually have to go up in there amongst that stuff!) Anyway like I was saying I was in my element all happy and everything when there was a knock at the door...
It was early and I was still in my frogie...but I was so happy I opened the door anyway....would you just look at that huge box!!!!!!! SANTA?????
OH MY WORD!!!!! Would you just look at the treasure trove of goodies that was in there!!!!! It was from my sweet friend Sue over at Our Really Empty Nest!!!!!!! Is she a keeper or what!!!!! I have known Sue ever since our RMS days (she was Mammawags) those of you who were on RMS remember the time she met Carter from 'Carter Can' on HGTV!!!!! She posted a pic on her space that she had made of him and her and lordy she was so close you couldn't even squeeze a hair between them(the shameless hussy!) but she posted that pic in amongst all the thousands of 'decorating' pics and it was like wildfire hit that site!!!! lol lol
Where was I..oh...back to my treasures! It was filled with a set of glorious paper mache ornaments and these beautiful little wooden skates....and the sweetest little handmade ornament and a snowman jar top for decorating my candy jar....
Well I hung the little hanging treasures here for a minute while I played with those set or ornaments....Sue I really did try to make 'pretty' with them..you know how some folks put some greenery on the chandelier and have pretty balls hanging from it with beads...wellllll.....lets just say after several attemps....and almost snatching the whole light fixture out of the ceiling and it still looking like Santa over dosed on eggnog and ran his sled thru a Christmas tree...that didn't work!!!!
So I left the little wooden skates hanging on my old hutch...love them with their sweet little leather laces....
as for that precious little ornament....do you see what I see...
Ohhhhhh I couldn't resist putting him in the jar with the snowman topper!!!!! How sweet is that!I mean besides...I just couldn't have chocolate stains all over my treasure with me...uh I mean the grandkids...opening the lid every five minutes getting the candy out! Now I took those paper mache ornaments all over the house....I had to have a special place for them..
Just as I was about to give up and eat another chocolate covered cherry (hey those things help me think) my eyes ventured over to the fireplace.....OH MY WORD!!!!!! THAT WAS IT!!!!
I already had the old window frame and the little vine on it...I draped a few on it and stood back...yep..the chocolate covered cherries had come to the rescue again...let me do my best thinking in a crisis!
with each one I added it just seem to say 'home'. I told you I don't just walk to the beat of a different drummer...I think I walk in a different parade altogether! lol
Look Sue!!!! They are perfect here.....it is soooooo me!!!!!! I love my treasures you sweet little Toot and I love you for being so kind and sending me such a gift! If you have never met Sue please take a minute and go by and visit her....just click here....she is the sweetest soul and I know you will come to love her as I have...tell her you saw her ornaments all Picketfied! lol lolGotta go get some more done....have fun with that decorating you guys..let this be a happy time for you....make a new page for this beautiful chapter in your life....love you guys! (Now where did I put that box of Chocolate covered cherries) ~Picket~
Ok back to posting....here we are guys..time to get ready for the 'big guy' himself....time to break out those pretty blog backgrounds..Put on some Christmas music and get yourself up in that attic and drag down those Christmas lights!!!! Here we have for your viewing pleasure an old silver tray that I spray painted black....just added a napkin..a tiny tree....some old cookie cutters and tiny kitchen utensils....little reindeer plates...got from ebay years ago....and those candy canes are glass from 1973...they were mama's. You can do this people...just use a tray...a wooden dough bowl ..get a tiny tree at the dollar store...use any old plates you love...some old ornaments and your counter is ready for the holidays!
You know old ornaments just look good in anything!
So go ahead..bring on the decorations,,give us some inspiration....plug up those lights and go through those old ornaments remembering years past and getting teary eyed as all those precious memories flood your heart and if you are just starting out in life...by all means start your Christmas tradition....add a new ornament each year....watch that tree fill up thru the years as you mark each special occasion...first year...first house..baby's first year and then the precious memories of your kids growing up...gather with family...if you have no family invite neighbors...take the time to show love and kindness...the rewards are beyond measure....
I knew in this house I wanted to be surrounded by such things so that each day during all this emotional time with my parents I could be surrounded by the comforts of my heart....
You don't need the finest china made to fill a cabinet...look at me...I have mine packed full of old Hulls brown dishes and the old Wheat dishes from the Duz detergent back years ago....oh I could go out and buy 'real china' but it wouldn't do a thing for me....these call me
