A Christmas party

I know I’m a bit late with this post.  Life just gets a bit hectic at times and…you all know what I’m saying!

The first weekend in Dec I flew to Calif for my annual Christmas party with my longtime girlfriends. (notice that I didn’t say OLD).  We calculated that we’ve been doing this every year for the past 28 years.  When I lived there, we got together every month.  They still do and I join them whenever I can.

The party this year was at Marsha’s house and it was decorated to the nines.

I love this collection of snowmen in a primitive box.

More snowmen.   Marsha made the Santa quilt and lucky for me…she made 2 of them and the year she drew my name, I got one! 

And more snowmen on the mantle.

She also made this snowman quilt and not only did she make one, she made FIVE and we each got one.   That was a special year. 

Look how cute this all looks sitting on her old school desk. 

And more snowmen! 

This is sitting in her entry way.  Cute, huh?

A few more snowmen!

 

Even in the bathroom!

Her quilts are all displayed perfectly.

And some cross stitch.

We can’t leave Santa out.

And of course, the tree.  (notice the palm tree in the backgound.  LOL  I just noticed that it looks like the lampshade is part of it.)

You were a great hostess Marsha.  Thanks for another fun party!  

Next up…our gift exchange.

A Winner and some decorating

Thanks to everyone who shared their favorite movies with me.  I almost called off the giveaway when no one picked my favorite movie, but then I figured that maybe I’m just a dork and shouldn’t take it out on you!   LOL   My favorite is “West Side Story”.  Not only do I know all the words to all the songs, I can also recite the dialogue!  Silly, I know. 

So, on to the winner.  

Number 6 is:

Sandy F said...

I would have to say my favorite holiday movie would be "A Christmas Story". Love all of the goodies.

Congratulations Sandy F.   Email me your snail mail address and I’ll get your goodies off to you right away.   I’ll also let Louann know where to send your gift certificate. 

Now on to a few shots of my decorations.

I love this wooden box/tray.  It stays out all year and gets decorated for every season.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I went to California for my annual Christmas party with my girlfriends, so will share those pictures in the next few days.  

Thanks again to everyone who entered and shared their favorite movies.   I’m going to be watching some of those that I’ve never seen (like Pride and Prejudice…all versions).  

Hugs, Anne

It’s a start anyway…

Saturday I decided I better start decorating for Christmas since I’m going to be gone some in the next few weeks. It’s such a huge job so I just figured I’d tackle as much as possible this weekend. Here are some “before” pictures.

A mess you say? No kidding!

Why do we put ourselves through all this?

And finally, the shelves are empty and dusted. (the only time the house gets a complete cleaning…LOL)

You’ll have to wait for the “after” pictures since we haven’t even celebrated Thanksgiving yet, but, oh heck, here are a couple of teasers.

I wanted to get the fireplace area finished first because I really wanted to see what the stockings would look like. They are the kits I got from Primitive Gatherings. I’m really happy with them.

Uh oh, this was taken before I put stuff under the candles to stagger the heights!

And a close-up. Hmm, I’m going to have to work on that 4th one getting it to hang straight. Also, too much of the light color on the left. Going to have to switch them . LOL It’s amazing what you see in pictures.

Yesterday morning we woke up to this…

What a better way to spend a Sunday than with some snow on the ground and decorating for Christmas. It actually made the chore task a lot more fun.

Oh, okay, a couple more sneak peaks.

I’ve got lots of tweaking and “phoofing” to do before you can see the rest but at least it’s a start.

And what would decorating be without my little guy, Jack, helping out.

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone. Cherish your loved ones because…you just never know...

Hugs, Anne