Creations From My Heart is having a Giveaway!

Hey Bloggy Buddies!

Sherry over at Creations From My Heart is having a Giveaway! She has recently opened her Etsy shop, and is giving away one of her adorable little pin cushions. She even has a matching gift bag! How cute is that?
Go check it out and leave her a comment. Better yet, go check out her cute little Etsy Shop. If you need any gifts for Birthdays, I bet someone would LOVE to have anything Sherry has for sale there!

Have a great weekend!

There's going to be a party...

And you're invited!
If you live in NW Arkansas, and you are interested in this, then you should come to my house tomorrow night! You are more than welcome to bring a friend. It's supposed to be cold, so I'll have a warm fire and some hot apple cider! I'll have some of the new products, like these in the picture - plus a few others! I'll even have a few ideas for how you could use them at your house!

If you would like to come, leave me a comment with your email address, and I will contact you privately to give you directions!

Christmas Tour

My intention was to join in the fun over at BooMama's Christmas Tour of Homes yesterday, but that didn't happen! And now, with over 700 people participating in the fun, I decided I might just as well, because people will be touring homes for DAYS! Go! Check it out! AFTER you look at all my pretties!

Welcome to our home! This is what you will see as you come in the front door. I love Nativity scenes. It is the Reason for the Season!
The Holy Family

Turn to your right, let's go to the Living room. Another Nativity, a little "fancier" version.

A close up of some of the ornaments on our tree. There are two Turtle Doves we found in Branson last week. My favorite color is Blue, and this is the third year that I have done this theme. I Love it! The ornaments are clear, blue, silver and a few touches of gold. Snowmen are a favorite of ours, and you will see several cute ones on our tree.

Isn't this cross pretty? There are lot's of one-of-a-kind finds on our tree too!

It's not a great big tree, but I think it is beautiful!

Let me take you out to the Family Room. This is our Toyland. Here is our Rudolph Collection we started a few years ago. We started with the little Enesco figurines, and we can't find them anymore. Last year while we were doing our anniversary shopping extravaganza, we spotted the Jim Shore figurines and nearly flipped out right there in the store. I love that the carvings are quilt patterns, Larry loves that they are Rudolph! I have them in our TV cabinet for now, most of the time they are in my curio cabinet for safe-keeping.

The rest of the story...

I have really struggled with this garland. I saw this post on NestingPlace and was totally inspired! I was going to create the most beautiful garland. EVER. And I did. And then this happened. We put bigger hooks up and it appeared all was well. It crashed again. My friend loaned me these awesome brick clips, but the mantle was created by laying a row of bricks straight across, and the bricks are just a little taller than the clips she had. Long story to say I scrapped the whole deer-antler garland because they are just too heavy and bought fake berries and stuck in instead. It's okay. I'll be fine. Really.

My collection of Santas greet you when you enter the Family room.

Let's look in our bedroom! Remember when I showed you how to make this? For Christmas we found these cool glittery leaves and "berries" in gold and bronze. Larry actually spotted them first, and we both thought they would look very cool with the copper. I like how it turned out.

I found this guy at The Nester's Etsy shop. LOVED him! Ignore the phone please! He looks really nice hanging from the switch on this lamp beside the bed.

LOVED him so much I got him too! I didn't want to leave Larry out! This guy is HUGE! He's as tall as the lamp. Don't those Tums look nice...
Our tour is almost over for now. This is the other corner of our room.

I hope you enjoyed the tour! Hopefully I will get organized enough to join in on BooMama's fun ON TIME next year!

Merry Christmas!

I ordered these today...

Isn't it Beautiful??! I can't wait to share them with you! The catalogs will be here by Thanksgiving, so I don't have to be TOO patient. I LOVE this "job"!

Look what came today

Remember this? My beautiful find from the Craft Fair a couple weekends ago? I told you the matching earrings were going to be mailed, and they arrived today! Love, Love, LOVE them! Janet did a wonderful job with them. So pretty!!

It's so exciting to find a great big envelope in the mailbox! :)

If you get a chance, you really should check out Janet's website. She has beautiful pieces, at VERY affordable prices. You won't be disappointed!