turkey feathers

A Doll's Christmas Treasures

Per my request, Miss ICY Angela got a new toy poodle and a sweet gingerbread boy for Christmas, compliments of Ginger and her amazing talents with needle and thread.  These are just too cute!  I can't help it, I'm just a kid at heart.

Little Boys Miniature Christmas Bedroom

Christmas Day has come and gone for another year, but the memories and spirit will live on in our hearts  . . .  and of course, our doll house displays!  I had fun decorating the "little boys" miniature bedroom this season.  I'd made the train table set last Christmas for this room and was pleased with how it all came together.  

I found the table and dresser at the 'Dollar Store' (for one dollar each!) and painted them minty green.  The built-in cupboard/bookcase was a doorway that I closed off separating two bedrooms--the girly pink bedroom is on the other side. 

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Here's the bedroom so far, with temporary chair and table for effect.  These two pieces actually belong in another room; I'm thinking about making a toy box filled with tiny treasures to go right here, front and center.  The hamster habitat got a few upgrades too.  That tiny silhouette picture way in the back, up on the shelf, was handmade by a talented lady (sorry I don't have her name at hand), who was at the Seattle/Tukwila Miniature Doll Show that we visited earlier this year.  There will be another doll show there this coming March 2020; details on the website. 

A Merry Little Christmas Wish

Hello Friends!  I hope you enjoyed the blog walk-through of the vintage mall this past week.  When I go back and look at my pictures I always notice more details than when I was standing there.  I thought this repurposed baby buggy--to rolling serving cart--was brilliant.  Naturally the little deer caught my eye first.  Those tall candle sticks look like they may have been part of an old staircase balustrade.  What a great way to breathe new life into relics of the past.  

Well, the house is full and its getting pretty busy around here.  I've got pie in the oven and a turkey yet to roast.  Just wanted to wish everyone a warm wonderful holiday and a most Merry Christmas! 

Enjoy!

 

Silent Night

 

Holiday Finery

Parties for Hosting

Tidings of Comfort & Joy

Pinecone Cheer

Be Merry

White Christmas

Frosty the Snowman

Home for the Holidays

Yuletide Greetings

Hearts Will Be Glowing

Christmas Corners

Welcome to the downtown vintage mall where treats for the eyes and timeless treasures can be found at every turn.  Take your time strolling along memory lane.  I hope you enjoy your visit!  Come back tomorrow for a peek around the next corner...

Christmas Countdown

The season is here and I am scrambling around all over the place it seems.  But, I'm extremely happy to report that the elephant is out of the room and has in fact, left the building.  (Refer to this post if you missed that decorating dilemma.)  Huge sigh of relief.  Happy dancing.  Oh my, I didn't think I was ever going to get the room cleared and get our tree up.  And just as I thought I was going to lose my mind worrying about all this, a box of pure sunshine from the 'sweet mandarin grove of dreams' arrived from a dear California cousin.  This  thoughtful act of kindness pulled me right back from the edge.  Somebody loves us!  It's true:  Love Never Fails.  And so, I'm back on track with 12 days left 'til Christmas and making the most of every minute.  I'm hugging myself because yesterday I got all my Christmas cards in the mail and the last of my online orders placed. 

Last week, I visited my favorite thrift mall and have lots of eye candy to share with you.  Starting tomorrow, I'm going to post some lovely vintage Christmas inspiration using the auto-upload feature, letting the pictures speak for themselves. That way, I can continue to run around all crazy behind the scenes, possibly losing my mind from time to time--and no one's the wiser.  (wink wink)

Holiday Sparkle

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  After weeks of wild and blustery weather ending with what was being called a "cyclone bomb", Thanksgiving arrived in our neck of the woods all bright and sunny with crisp blue skies over the valley. Oh yes, the chilly air was frosty, but we were snug inside and happily so, preparing and then anticipating that scrumptious feast roasting in the oven all afternoon.  So worth the wait I tell ya--and now, we're loving the left-overs.  However, we've got to keep moving.  And not just to compensate for feasting overload, although that's not a bad idea, but because the count down to Christmas has begun.   With Thanksgiving falling rather late in the month there's no time to waste!

 

Fortunately, I have lots of help.  I am thrilled that Ginger has taken over most of the Christmas decorating around here.  I can always count on her to find  everything and display it so perfectly.  I love all the special touches she adds throughout the house.  This little gingerbread tinsel tree has become a favorite on the hall table just around the corner from the kitchen.  It was cobbled together from bits and bobs found and collected over the years.  I bought the wooden planter pot for $2 from a thrift store.  I didn't know what I was going to do with it at the time, I just knew I liked it and that it would come in handy.  For something.  Some day.  And eventually it did!  Don't ya just love when that happens? 

We don't have our big tree up yet and I'm getting rather anxious about it.  This has become a bit of a quandary actually.  I'm waiting on the removal of a large TV Armoire that was pushed temporarily into the corner of the room where our tree usually goes.  Since this is a large piece of heavy furniture no one here can move it, especially without a hand-cart or dolly. It's a beautiful piece, I have an identical one in my bedroom.

However, I am sadly finding out that it's become impossible to easily pass along a piece of furniture that everyone believes has become OBSOLETE thanks to the roll-out of the huge flat-screen tvs, although a smaller one fits inside it just fine and is perfect for the bedroom.  And it's only ten years old, hardly ready for the scrap heap.  This particular TV Armoire is larger than a double-wide refrigerator and twice as heavy.  So now I'm waiting on a number of things to happen, like professional movers coming to the rescue.  If they can get this to the garage I will be able to have a charity truck come pick it up.  If this cannot be accomplished, we will simply have to burn it.  Just kidding, of course.  But not really! 

On a much smaller and more manageable scale however, the tree is up in the dollhouse!  I must say, these tiny rooms are looking rather festive.  I've also been having a lovely time making more miniature decorations and little gift-wrapped presents.  If you need some cute faux presents to tuck under your own dollhouse tree or for a room box diorama there will be a few extra sets available through Grace's etsy shop: The Dainty House, where the dollhouse bakery oven has been working overtime!