Vivian's Home Sweet Home Tour...Christmas Home....

 

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Viv out On A Whim

She is a very creative gal and one of my longest pals from my bloggy years even before I started blogging here...We met through my Garb-oodles blog many years ago. Please give a warm welcome to Viv sweet comment, go by and take a gander at her whimsies and such. She is sharing her home sweet home in Christmas style...Without further ado...

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Good Morning!

Mica has asked me to share my Christmas home sweet home with you.  It just so happens, that I took a bunch of pics the other morning to share on my blog, so I'm ahead of the game and don't have to start from scratch!

The hardest part is deciding which of the 50 or
 so shots to share!

I guess we'll start at the beginning!

Our house is very small!  but it is kind of cute and cozy!  I love to create and decorate.  Every new holiday or season is a reason to dig out bin after bin and spend day after day setting cute little collections out and tweaking them all
 until they are just so!  

Our tree is a small twiggy woodsy type tree.  We've always had a bigger fresh cut tree, but since the arrival of a new family member, (my grandmothers parrot) there is no longer room for the tree we were used to having.  but this tree is sweet enough, and like most mothers, it is full of ornaments made by my children...( oh so long ago!)

In every corner of my house you will find some little bit of  Christmas and more small Christmas trees!  I sometimes wish I was a minimalist.. I love the  look of a white room with fresh greens and just a few accent pieces.. I love it, but I'm just not capable of it! 
 
There is something Christmasy everywhere!  Even the bears dress up for the holiday!

I have been blessed with lots of artsy friends, many of which I've met here in blogland, and I have received lots of special ornaments in swaps that I have on trees through out my house including some from Mica!

Thank you Mica!!

These shelves above are one of my favorite areas to decorate. I love little things and I love to mix old and new together.  I need more vintage Christmas things though.. yes, I'm sure I have a little more room! lol! 

I used to make a santa claus every year, but haven't done so in a few.. I always seem to run out of time!    soooo many ideas living in my head..I can never seem to get to them all!
But I have fun trying!  

My kitchen is packed full of bright and cheerful things.  I love turning on all the little lights and candles and sitting in there sipping hot tea and eating Christmas cookies!

Speaking of Christmas cookies..
I need to make some! 
SOON!!  
I need a fairy god mother! 

This little guy plays peek aboo over my sink.  Isn't he adorable?  It would be great if he made the cookies while I was at work today!   (if only!!)
 I love those mini little evergreen trees behind him.  I buy them every year and after Christmas they always die... I wonder if I can plant them outside!?

Happy little snowmen faces.. and a little old elf climbing up a garland trying to keep safe from figgy and frannie I bet! (my kitties for those of you that don't know me)

Gosh!!  Christmas is one week from today!  You won't be reading this til tomorrow so by then, it'll be less then a week!   I still have a few things to pick up.. gift cards mostly..
and groceries.  

 
Every year, We host Christmas Eve here for our family and two other families, our closest friends.  (They wont be eating these cupcakes though.. since they are made from plaster and spackling!)   Always crowded but fun!! My family of 6 has turned into a family of 14 in the last couple years!!  woohoo!
that's 14 stockings to fill Santa!

yeah, we cant all sit here!  lol! 
I love to collect lori mitchell figures.  I think she should come out with a little nativity set!! 
I'm going to email her and tell her that!
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Now you are entering my disasterous craft room!  I didn't clean it up before taking pictures.. it is almost always a mess.. I am a messy creator!   


There are a couple other rooms I have decorated, but not enough to bother showing you..  
I love Christmas, and though I do get caught up in all the hustle and bustle and the spending and decorating.. and santa and his elves, the baking and cooking and all that jazz...

I do know the real reason for the season and that is always present in my heart.  
Happy Birthday and thank you JESUS.
And thank you Mica for asking me to share
 my little home sweet home.
I hope you enjoyed!
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