"Christmas waves a magic wand over
this world, and behold, everything is
softer and more beautiful."
~Norman Vincent Peale
It has begun! The Christmas season is here (well for those of us who have had our trees up for the past couple weeks it started a little sooner) and I seem to have been going non-stop lately with very few spare minutes. It is exciting to be so busy but I am also hoping that it doesn't make the month go by faster because I want to savor my favorite holiday! I finally made the time to take a few more pictures this morning of my Christmas decorations. These photos show two of my favorite christmas colors - rose and gold. I love my little collection of hand blown glass ornaments. They are so magical! I love glittery gold at Christmas and the hunt for beautiful ornaments is always one of the highlights of Christmas shopping for me. I hope you like these pictures and are having fun preparing for the holidays!
"Snow flurries began to fall and
they swirled around people's legs
like house cats. It was magical
this snowglobe world."
~Sarah Addison Allen,
The Sugar Queen
I'm sure everyone is wondering where I've got to! My ancient computer has been giving me troubles lately - so much so that I have been answering my email correspondence and doing various other things at work instead of at home. Unfortunately I couldn't blog there! Here I am though and in spite of everything CHRISTMAS IS COMING!! My family and I went out and bought a new tree! It is much larger than our old one and I have been so excited to get it up and start decorating. I know it is a little bit early but I love, love, love Christmas. I have been so happy and eager to see the decorations going up in the shops and to start planning presents and fun surprises. Christmas is so WONDERFUL!!! I am also very excited to have reached 400 followers! Thankyou so much everyone for your support and for the kind words of encouragement that you always give to me. Here are a few photographs of the beginnings of my Christmas decorations. Stay tuned for more! P.S. I have also included a photo of a corner of one of my latest commissions that I love! :)
I am sharing with:
What's It Wednesday
Inspiration Friday
Time Travel Thursday
Drawing by Jennelise
"Peace -- that was the other name for
home."
~Kathleen Norris
I can't believe that it is November (I know I say that every month.)! A part of me is shocked that time is passing so quickly and the other part of me just wishes it was CHRISTMAS! It's coming though and I love the days leading up to it. I will just have to be patient. I have been so busy lately - thankyou to the lovely people who have been ordering commissions lately! What a wonderful, happy kind of busy! This weekend I have balanced between art"work" and family time and I have loved every minute of it. I haven't had a lot of extra minutes to take pictures this week because there has been so much happening but I did manage to snap these few and play with them late one evening. -------->What I love about my home: the softness of everything, the flowers, the ivory walls, the way everywhere you look there is something pretty, the ambience, the coziness, and all of the old-fashioned things.
P.S. I included a my favorite corner of one of my recent commissions at the end. I love the curly haired girl!
