A little Christmas on the Porch ~

Welcome my friends ~ How time is flying by.  I can't believe that it is December 9th already ~

We have been busy shopping, decorating and getting ready for Christmas.   I KNOW all of you have been busy and your decorations are just beautiful ~ I love visiting all of you and seeing what you have done.  Such inspiration ~

I like decorating the outside of our home with simple evergreens and gold bows ~  I love the look ~

Mr. Vintage and I took a ride and gathered some evergreens.  Then, my neighbour came over and asked us to trim his evergreens for him.  We gladly did so ;-)

Mr. Vintage picked up this mailbox at the local thrift store, so I decided that it needed to be part of the festivities ~

I added some greenery and some holly and ofcourse, a couple of presents wrapped in sheet music and tied with raffia ~

Then I took a stroll through our local thrift shop and look what I found ~

These home made lace mini Christmas Stockings ~ well, I just had to have them for $1.25 for all ~

I made a little Christmas banner and hung it in front of the kitchen window ~

I just love this little Christmas stocking banner ~

Of course, I hung my salt dough icicle banner on the fireplace ~

I love the way they shimmer in the light ~ especially, at night when the Christmas lights are on ~

Britt and I decorated her Christmas tree yesterday, it was such fun ~!
And I would like to introduce you to a new member of her family.  He is an absolutely sweetheart, although won't stand still for a picture ~

Meet Annikan, Annie for short ~ sorry for the fuzzy pictures, but he is quite lively and squirmy and won't stay in one place for too long.  I PROMISE to get some good pictures of him during the Holidays ;-)

Today, I am taking some time for MYSELF ~

Are you taking some quiet time for yourself?  I hope so.  We all need rest during the Holidays ~

((((Hugs))))

Marianne