12/7/13

Winter Wonderland

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Sleigh bells ring are you listening,
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight,
We're happy tonight
Walking in a winter wonderland.


Gone away is the bluebird,
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song.
As we go along,



Walking in a winter wonderland.


 In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown.
He'll say: Are you married?
We'll say: No man,
But you can do the job
When you're in town.

Later on, we'll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we've made,
Walking in a winter wonderland.


When it snows, ain't it thrilling,


Though your nose gets a chilling

We'll frolic and play, the Eskimo way.
Walking in a winter wonderland.

My Grand-daughter Addison and I saw the buck on our way home the other day.
He wasn't the least bit afraid and just stood there while we talked to him and I took his picture.
The rest are my pictures from that day and previous posts.
Today... we are off to slay the cut your own Christmas tree.
However it's bitter cold now and we may have to grab one they have already cut down.
We'll see.  On Tuesday when it was snowing the temps were in the mid-30's and quite tolerable.
With the wind chill our high today will be minus 3. a bit nippy I would say.
Stay safe and warm everyone and Happy Week-end.
Cindy

Linking to:
Seasonal Sunday @ The Tablescaper
Tablescape Thursday @ Between Naps on the Porch

12/1/13

Christmas Mantle 2013

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    Hi friends.  Thanksgiving 2013 is in the books and now onto the mad Christmas rush.  We celebrated Thanksgiving at my brother Matt's home near the Twin Cities.    It has become our family tradition.  This year Matt and his wife Bridget hosted 45 guests.  It's busy, loud and lots of fun!  Oh did I happen to mention I have a very large family and that my brother has a heated and very beautiful 3 car garage that they are able to set up in.    Now onto my Christmas mantle.  I found this very old window frame  and decided to clean it up and take it from there.   I already had everything I needed to decorate it with in my Christmas stash.





I wanted some new stockings that had a rustic, cozy and country Christmas feel to them.  After looking at how expensive the ones I wanted were,  I decided I would just make my own.   The front of the stockings have a burlap cuff and the back are made of felt. I found the patchwork looking fabric for the front's on clearance, and I knew right away it was just what I was looking for.
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Thanks Debbie @ Confessions of a Plate Addict for providing an easy to follow stocking tutorial.



And my favorite shot with a nice cozy fire going.  
Some of the details:  My frame was free!  The child skates and old wooden box were $2 garage sale finds. The stockings cost about $3 each to make. The berry wreath was an after Christmas sale and it was only $2 . The cute reindeer was purchased a few Christmas's ago at Pier 1.  I think they still have them.
Everything else was already in my Christmas stash.
So next up...finding that perfect Christmas tree.


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