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Here's my dark-as-a-cave living room with our newly decorated Christmas tree! This is our first live one yet.
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Our kitty, BooBoo is apparently not such a Christmas fan... She's doing that cat thing where she stares at the door expecting it to open any second. Magically.
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The tree, closer up.
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My vintage ornaments in a little dish in the book nook. These are the guys that I would be especially said if they broke.
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My hodge podge collection of Christmas dishes! These are from my mom, part of my Christmas gift. They are all thrifted, and all adorable. The white is Termocrisa, a Mexican version of fire-king that was only around for a little while during the mid-century period. These are really cute. I had found some on eBay that I wanted, but just couldn't bring myself to follow through based on price and shipping, and then my mom found these at the thrift store! I'm hoping after Christmas I can find some leftovers around for better prices and round out my set for next year. Roxanne has already had hot chocolate out of one of the mugs. Perfect.
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This is a vintage Swedish wall-hanging I found at a nearby Value Village. It was forty cents, and I love it.
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This little set was my Grandma's. I remember it so fondly from her house. She always has the most wonderful Christmas decorations.
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Christmas clutter. Festive! I put mini-ornaments on our plant. The Noel sign is another thrift store find I made recently. I think it was under two dollars, and I just love the graphics on it. The Coke Santa was my mom's, but his Coke bottle has disappeared somehow. Sorry Mom.
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The stocking on the far left is mine from when I was little. My grandma made it for me. Now we use it for Roxanne.
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Sorry, it was dark when I took these. And this is better than the flash version. Trust me.
So cute! It's really neat that you have so many family decorations.
ReplyDeleteso festive :) looks fun!
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ReplyDeleteDana, I absolutely love the family decorations. I find that a lot of the things I buy thrifted for Christmas are things that remind me of family Christmas. Either they look like something from my grandparents' house or they just fit the feeling of it. I miss the days of spending the night at their house and waking up on Christmas morning for the big family celebration. Maybe that's why I have no ability to reign it in on the decorating... I already brought home another giant Goodwill grab bag with vintage decorations...
Adriane, I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas. I'm so enjoying getting to know my new "blogging family," and I wish you the very best!
ReplyDeleteDana, that is so sweet! Thank you so much. I hope you have lovely holidays, too!
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