Finally, as we get close to Christmas 2012, the Christmas decoration at our house is finished. This year, the two main areas to look at are the entrance and one of our fireplaces. In the entrance I have put lot´s of wood themed things onto a paravent. I tried to be as vintage as possible there and drove my husband crazy by buying a vintage pair of skis and a sleigh. As a backdrop of the entrance I used my…
Our house is red and white and filled with candy. I can´t believe there is only one week to go until Christmas and I still have not posted the majority of this year´s Chritmas decoration yet. So take this as a start. More to follow.
The perfect Sunday afternoon: Snow, only 15 days until Christmas and we have some friends with us enjoying afternoon tea at our house.
My husband's saturday project is to take pictures of our Christmas decoration in the house. This is one of the 200 pics that he already took. A miniature couple drinking hot wine in a jar. I love it.
This year we took an empty suitcase to a vacation in Florida and came back with lot's of Christmas stuff including large red ribbons. As any outside Christmas decoration looks way better with real snow (sorry Florida), we put it at the entrance of our house and only had to wait a couple of days until the snow did the rest. When my husband said that we do not have enough room to put another decorated fireplace inside, I just…
While we were on vacation last week, wonderful elves started working on the Christmas decoration at our house. However, they seem to have been so busy that the head elf totally forgot to take the new special elf shoes that I made for them to say 'Thank You'.
I have to say, knitted mug cozies seem to be everywhere and you just gotta love them. I even do not care if they are spelled mug cozy or mug cosy. This fall and winter I don`t drink coffee from a 'naked' cup. Well, making them is another story. You need to know some serious knitting in order for them to look nice. Luckily I have friends, and Marius was able to do those beautiful crochet roses that I simple…