One afternoon before Christmas, I spent a few hours at my daughter Carrie's home, crafting with her and her girls. This is something we desperately wanted to find time for, and we managed to shoehorn it in. I'm sure I wrote about it at the time, either here or on my Kitchen Table blog. One of the things we did was to make the lovely yarn Christmas tree garlands below.
As I looked admiringly at Carrie's Christmas decor, I spied the adorable, very vintage-style metal sign hanging on a wall. I immediately asked Carrie (who was out of sight in the kitchen) where she had found such a treasure. "Wal-Mart!" she snickered, coming around the corner with a gray plastic bag in her hand. "I knew you would love it, so I got one for you, too!"
What a wonderful early Christmas gift! She is so incredibly thoughtful. The photos are of the metal sign on my own wall. I simply adore this sign. It speaks to my heart and says so much of what I feel about my Christmas memories. And the sign itself is a lovely memory of our afternoon together.
Another new sign has a much more prosaic source -- Dollar Tree. This is in our front hallway hanging among all the Christmas cards. Through the doorway you can glimpse our living room and photo wall.
Below you see the cropped photo giving a much closer look at the sweetness of this sign. I really like that except for the "Christmas Trees" part, this is really more of a winter sign. You can't tell, but in spite of its shabby look it has many touches of glitter.
And just one more thing to show you. This is not new, but it's my first time displaying it: a vintage mint tin found at my childhood home.
I put this out for February with a nod to red Valentine sweetness, even though it isn't a Valentine item. I tucked it in a corner of my hutch with non-vintage jadeite style sugar and creamer and a sparkly card from cousins, with a wintry scene. If you can't read it (I know the photo is a bit blurry), the writing on the tin says "Snow Drop Mints."
Decorating for Christmas, then winter, just makes my heart glad.
Love your new decor items - so sweet of your daughter to think of you. Don't care if the items are high-priced or not what is important is that we LOVE them
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