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!
I always look forward to your Christmas posts. So much adorableness. Those big TV cupboard make great storage when you put a back on them and put shelves inside. As a matter of fact, I'm considering buying a new house and have an unfitted kitchen with one of those cupboards for a good sized pot cupboard. I always spot them in thrift stores for under $100. Certainly cheaper than kitchen cupboards. And cuter too.
Posted by: Jane Zempel | December 06, 2019 at 08:16 AM