went on post overload a tad, eh?
that got me inspired to change my title bar - digitally created by moi . I'm really happy with it for now, hope you like it as much as I do.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
last of our Christmas house
I set goals for myself before I reached certain *ahem* ages (which I will not divulge at this time) and one of them was to learn how to do tatting. This snowflake ornament is one of the needle tatting ornaments I made from a vintage magazine pattern. I always wish I'd made more that I'd actually kept. Maybe next year I'll make more! I still haven't found some sweet old(er) lady who can teach me how to do the tatting with the shuttle, the old fashioned way.
Years ago when my living room was a mauve color, I made this wreath from vintage ornaments to coordinate with it. It hangs in my dining room now. I have countless additional vintage ornaments to make more, but I haven't figured out how I can possibly package them to be mailed that they won't get broken.
My white kitty ornament was made by mother some time in the 70's when felt was really big. For as long as I can remember, this ornament has been on the tree. I hang it low since it's one of the few that my real cats can't break or eat the feathers off of.
The star of my real feather ornaments is this beauty with the huge tail. It's more than a foot across and thankfully there is always a spot bare enough on the tree to display the whole thing in all of it's glory.
Another smaller peacock ornament that is glass with a real feather tail.
My favorite of the traditional holiday pictures. Every year I take a picture of both kids in front of the Christmas tree. It's hard for me to believe that when I first started taking them, there was no such thing as digital pictures (at least that people could afford to personally own!). Travis just turned 15 the day after Christmas and Emily is 13... I really and truly can't believe they are that old.
Years ago when my living room was a mauve color, I made this wreath from vintage ornaments to coordinate with it. It hangs in my dining room now. I have countless additional vintage ornaments to make more, but I haven't figured out how I can possibly package them to be mailed that they won't get broken.
My white kitty ornament was made by mother some time in the 70's when felt was really big. For as long as I can remember, this ornament has been on the tree. I hang it low since it's one of the few that my real cats can't break or eat the feathers off of.
The star of my real feather ornaments is this beauty with the huge tail. It's more than a foot across and thankfully there is always a spot bare enough on the tree to display the whole thing in all of it's glory.
Another smaller peacock ornament that is glass with a real feather tail.
My favorite of the traditional holiday pictures. Every year I take a picture of both kids in front of the Christmas tree. It's hard for me to believe that when I first started taking them, there was no such thing as digital pictures (at least that people could afford to personally own!). Travis just turned 15 the day after Christmas and Emily is 13... I really and truly can't believe they are that old.
Christmas at our house...cont'd
Oh Christmas Tree
Having 10 ft ceilings enables us to have a huge tree. This year, as tradition, we went and cut our own. There were a few stressful/exciting moments when the chain fell off the chain saw, but all went well and we got it home just fine. You can actually see the newly finished ceiling now complete with recessed lighting and a fabulous fan. I love how the one recessed light shines down on it like the bright star in the east.
Last year I bought a new angel tree topper (we always have an angel). What you can't tell is that it's about 15" high!
The very front part of the tree is my "domain" and I do all the decorating of the room facing section. The section to the left in this photo Travis decorates. Emily does the side to the right. This way both children are happy that there ornaments can be seen from a window. Poor Emily's didn't get at much viewing because the heat run is over there and many days I closed the curtain to help keep the heat in.
A vintage wooden ironing board was transformed into this many year ago when I was doing a lot of decorative painting.
My bird ornaments
I started collecting bird ornaments with real feathers a long time ago. Here's a few.
The floating feather ornaments were the first ones I did after I got divorced. There is a feather inside with some glitter and a bit of faux snow, glitter, and beads glued to the top. I still love them just as much five years later.
Another fat bird with feathers.
Having 10 ft ceilings enables us to have a huge tree. This year, as tradition, we went and cut our own. There were a few stressful/exciting moments when the chain fell off the chain saw, but all went well and we got it home just fine. You can actually see the newly finished ceiling now complete with recessed lighting and a fabulous fan. I love how the one recessed light shines down on it like the bright star in the east.
Last year I bought a new angel tree topper (we always have an angel). What you can't tell is that it's about 15" high!
The very front part of the tree is my "domain" and I do all the decorating of the room facing section. The section to the left in this photo Travis decorates. Emily does the side to the right. This way both children are happy that there ornaments can be seen from a window. Poor Emily's didn't get at much viewing because the heat run is over there and many days I closed the curtain to help keep the heat in.
A vintage wooden ironing board was transformed into this many year ago when I was doing a lot of decorative painting. 
My bird ornamentsI started collecting bird ornaments with real feathers a long time ago. Here's a few.
The floating feather ornaments were the first ones I did after I got divorced. There is a feather inside with some glitter and a bit of faux snow, glitter, and beads glued to the top. I still love them just as much five years later.
Another fat bird with feathers.
Christmas at our house
Originally inspired by Tracey at Notes from a Cottage Industry to participate in her holiday decorations home tour, I took a bunch of pictures trying a myriad of settings on my new digital camera. I hadn't had time to online optimize the pictures until now, so...better late than never I suppose !
I'm going to divvy these up into a few posts so I can keep the pictures the way I want without too much fussing with the html (no, Patience is not my middle name!)
The (faux) Fireplace
The faux fireplace used to be Gram's (aka Big Emily who my daughter is named after). I did spent some time re-doing the finishes to coordinate with my home decor and hopefully Gram would have liked it. This is just one of my few prized items that belonged to her.
The nativity scene in the "fire" section was Gram's as well. It's very old and some type of plaster/chalk combination and some pieces are chippy or missing an ear here or there. She used to always display it in this way, but with some hay. Having three cats makes that impossible.
I'm going to divvy these up into a few posts so I can keep the pictures the way I want without too much fussing with the html (no, Patience is not my middle name!)
The (faux) Fireplace
The faux fireplace used to be Gram's (aka Big Emily who my daughter is named after). I did spent some time re-doing the finishes to coordinate with my home decor and hopefully Gram would have liked it. This is just one of my few prized items that belonged to her.
The nativity scene in the "fire" section was Gram's as well. It's very old and some type of plaster/chalk combination and some pieces are chippy or missing an ear here or there. She used to always display it in this way, but with some hay. Having three cats makes that impossible.
The Twelve Days of Christmas scherenschnitt that my mother did. Every year I say I want to re-frame it more nicely with a matt, but inevitably it gets put away with the decorations as I recieved it. The lovely baby feather tree next to it was a gift from one of my secret sister swaps.
My new feather tree ! oooh, I love it so much! Usually, every year we have two trees, one in the living room and one in the dining room. The "dining room" tree didn't happen this year in the midst of remodeling four rooms (there is no room in there!) and we decorate it as the partridge in the pear tree. This year my lovely new feather tree got the partridge and pear ornaments treatment. Next to it is the Christ the King planter, again from Gram ... she might not be with us physically anymore, but she is everywhere.
Abby's Journal - Birth of the Blues/Jazz
A former co-worker took these photos at some Jazz event that the name of escapes me. The trumpet player on the left hand side was transferred on first, the paint added, and then the main image. The right hand side is a close up of the hands/guitar that was transferred on and then paint added. I did a little Google research to find just the right lyrics to go with it.
This is the last journal for me to work on and mine should be returning home to me shortly!
This is the last journal for me to work on and mine should be returning home to me shortly!
Frieda's Passion Journal pages
Frieda's book is all about Passion and the colors red and gold. I literally had to dig for red paint,etc. (much like with Debby's pink and orange journal) since the color red and I have never been friends....seriously... I always think my worst nightmare would be to get on Trading Spacing and have Hildy as the designer who purposely picks red to paint my room since I said that was the only color I didn't want. But I digress....
Frieda loves vintage nudes, and this photo just spoke to me. I snuck a little blue into the second page the sand is just the right amount of texture and sparkle - not so garish first-grader-with-glitter as it scanned.
Frieda loves vintage nudes, and this photo just spoke to me. I snuck a little blue into the second page the sand is just the right amount of texture and sparkle - not so garish first-grader-with-glitter as it scanned.
Theresa's Manuscript Journal- Pig Latin
In one of my "secret sister" swaps, I recieved an old book that had pages I thought would be perfect for Theresa's journal. This was a switch from the Alphabetica type of pages I'd initally planned. The pages flow together perfectly, but I can't post them side by side.... I believe the text is Latin, but I've really no idea... hence the pig and the title of these pages "Pig Latin".
Playing Catch Up
Dear poor neglected Blog,
I am going to attempt to catch you up. I apologize that I am much better at reading (too many) blogs and not updating you properly.
Firstly, the journal pages I haven't managed to upload yet.... each one in it's own post : )
I am going to attempt to catch you up. I apologize that I am much better at reading (too many) blogs and not updating you properly.
Firstly, the journal pages I haven't managed to upload yet.... each one in it's own post : )
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