Some answers

Hi everyone!  Hope your New Year is coming along just the way you want it to.

A big thanks for all the wonderful comments about my snowmen collection.   Yes, I have a lot of them, and no, I don’t know how many but that might be a fun thing for Emma and Mason to count some year.   (It might keep them busy for a few extra minutes)

Some of you wanted to know the names of the quilts, so here ya go.

The first one is called “Whig Rose” and it’s by Betty Alderman.   The pattern was in the December 2002 issue of American Patchwork and Quilting magazine.

The quilts on the twin beds in Emma’s room were from Eddie Bauer Home and I bought them back in 2002.

This one is called “Golden Comfort” and it’s by Piece by Piece.

A few of you with good eyesight asked about the Santa quilt I was using on table.   It’s in an Art to Heart book called “Santa’s Coming” and was made for me by my good friend, Marsha. (no blog)

If you need a better view of it let me know and I’ll take a straight on picture when I’m finished un-decorating.  Right now you can’t even see it due to all the things that are on the table waiting to find a home. 

Most of the questions came about this next quilt.  It’s called “Seasons” and it’s from a book called “A Nice Mix” by Gerry Kimmel.   The little seasonal critters (bunny, pig with flag, squirrel, snowman) were original designs by Verna Mosquera of The Vintage Spool.  I took a class from her and she included her designs in the class.   You certainly could add your own if you wanted to but the original quilt is just the houses and trees.  

This last little wool guy was made by Janet and I don’t know the name of the pattern.  If you know what pattern it is, drop me a note or a comment and I’ll be sure and do an update.  

Speaking of Janet, thank you for your prayers and good thoughts.   She continues to recover and is now in a rehab facility undergoing physical, occupational and speech therapy.   She is healing nicely with an occasional setback, but remains positive.  No date for release, but we’re hoping it’s not too far away.   As soon as she’s better, I’ll ask her what pattern it is if someone hasn’t already told me.

Final answer is to the question “where do you store it all”?.    Most of it goes in the garage on shelves.   Mr. CnW never complains about all the work he has to do getting it all down and then putting it all back.   I guess after all these years, it’s just part of the process.  LOL   Thanks Mr CnW.  The stuff that is sensitive to the weather (candles etc) stays inside in the storage area under the stairs.  See?  Not so bad.

I have a lot of pictures of stores that I visited during the holidays that let me take pictures.   I’m going to blog about them even though it’s long past Christmas.  The shop owners were all so nice about letting me take pictures and blog about their stores, that I feel I need to give them that respect.   Anyway, I hope you’re not too tired of more santas, snowmen, angels etc because I’ll be blogging about them in the next few days.   

Hugs, Anne

Snowmen galore

Well, this is the last of the decorating posts (unless I decide to change things up which I constantly seem to do). 

Here’s the main living area.  It’s considerably smaller than the old house with a lot less cabinetry and display areas.   It was a real challenge to decorate.

This little pine table is another one that belonged to my mom.  I always liked it and had plans to use it in my nest for a side table next to my chair.   It didn’t fit tho, so I brought it downstairs.  

Notice the yellow/gold candle?  I never even noticed that it didn’t really look good next to all the “white” until I downloaded the picture.  Amazing what you see when you look at a photograph.

So, I had to change it.

We had bookcases about twice this size on both sides of the fireplace in the other house.  

A few closeups.

That’s me with Santa on the left.  Emma is in the others.

Mason was in the hospital last year and didn’t get to see Santa.   I took Emma while Mommy stayed with him. (picture on the right)

This is all that fits on the other side of the fireplace.

I love all my decorations and so many of them have been given to me by special people, so I had a hard time not using them.   That’s why there are so many containers filled with “stuff”.

This last picture was taken from upstairs.

You might notice that I never showed the tree. We had to get a new one because the old one was just too big and wide.    Well, this one is too small.   It looks downright puny in the room so we ordered a taller one.  It hasn’t come yet, but I’ll take a picture when we get it all decorated.    We are thinking we’ll move this one into our bedroom which usually isn’t decorated.  

So, that’s it!   Thanks for hanging in there with me and for your nice comments.   I really appreciate you all. 

Merry Christmas!

Hugs, Anne

Frostys unlimited

We’ve been having such beautiful weather (no snow), that you’re probably wondering where I’m getting all these little guys.   They’re like rabbits.  They just multiply.

This is the bedroom that Emma sleeps in.   When she saw this picture, she asked me to switch the snowmen pillows.   She sleeps in the bed next to the window but wants the other pillow on her bed.   She’s a riot!

I’m sure when she gets here she’ll be redecorating her room.   Last year nothing was where I originally put it.  Too cute.

Jack followed me everywhere while I was taking pictures.   He loves snowmen!

And this is the other bedroom.

And, again, Jack.

This red cabinet is in a little mini hallway which takes you to the bedrooms on the right and left of it.  Kind of hard to explain, but..oh well.

And last, but not least, tomorrow I’ll show you the great room.  

Hugs, Anne

More Frostys

This is my 3rd post in 3 days.  Are you shocked?  I am!

Anyway, on with the snowmen.  Yep, they’re everywhere.

Moving into the kitchen…  I love my little Charlie Brown tree.

I posted last year that mantles are always hard for me.   This year was no exception. I’m open to suggestions.

Don’t worry…those stockings will be spaced evenly.   Mr CnW worries about them catching on fire (from the gas fireplace that hasn’t even been turned on yet!) 

I bought that frame when we moved in.  It was a brown mirror.  It never worked because all it reflected was the fan because the mantle is so high.   We took the mirror out but the brown frame just blended into the rock.   So…in the nicest voice I could muster, I asked Mr CnW to whitewash it for me.   Gotta love that guy!

This next little corner is a favorite of mine.  

I know I said that this was an all snowman year, so if you see any Santas, Angels or Gingerbread men, it’s because Janet made them for me.   I needed to have her presence with me this year.  She’s still in the hospital and is recovering slowly.   She is in my thoughts daily and her artistry always inspires me.   She’s a very special friend.

This is a coat rack that I picked up in an antique store nearby.

And, finally, (for today anyway) this is the landing on the stairway headed up to my nest.

These pictures were taken at an odd angle because I literally had to lay down on the stairs.   Don’t you wish you could have been here to see that?  NOT!

Tomorrow I’ll show you the guest bedrooms. 

Hugs, Anne