Christmas is Coming...

Hello all,

Hope you are enjoying the festive feel in the air...I certainly am. As long as there's been a sprinkling of snow before the big day, I dont mind if there is no more...I just love to see it during the festive run up...

The snow on Friday came all of a sudden...laying a white blanket in next to no time...


opportunity for some christmassy snow photos... these bells always remind me of the Polar Express...


the surrounding area looked like a Christmas card...patchwork white fields all around...

the sky was thick and heavy, yet only a little more fell....

The house is now decorated with red and gold, new Christmassy bits and bobs displayed with old favourites...

This is a newbie...

went into the garden and snipped a good few bunches of holly to dot about....it doesn't have its own berries so I wired on a few faux ones to little sprigs to place about here and there...

Christmas puddings all over the kitchen....

holly dotted everywhere too...my fingers are well pierced from all the holly bunches...prickly little wotsits...

even the shelves got festooned with it...

hung seasonal little pictures...this one was spotted during the summer in a little local shop...it had to come home with me...

I got my wish this year and we've got a real tree! For years I've always meant to get one and left it too late, but not this year...

a trip to the local woods to choose a tree...the fragrance wafting whilst walking amidst the trees was lovely...

we chose a huge spruce...

the finished decorated article in all its red and gold glory...

so organised this year as all the presents are wrapped and ready sat under the tree (although not yours dear t'other half if you are reading this post - they are well and truly stashed!!)

the woods also had for sale wreaths for the front door, but I decided to make one and chopped some greenery from the garden...losts more holly, ivy and pine..

raided the Christmas crafty stash box and looked for all things red and sparkly...

large jingle bells, a 'jingle' glittered cutout (with extra bells for good measure), candy canes, ribbon wrapped cinnamon sticks and anything else that grabbed me was thrown at it...

the living room has also been 'seen to'...

the lovely Santa was from Sue over at the Krafty Cupcake and was a prize in her giveaway parcel - I love it!

The candle is nestled in with some mini marshmallows...I had an industrial sized bag of these and they were likely going to waste, so candle decorations they became...

the living room didn't escape the holly onslaught either...

a bit more beside my new lantern...with obligatory heart cutout front of course...

saturday afternoon was spent wrapping the last of the presents, the Christmas DVD box is out and Elf was the choice playing in the background!

the TV guide has been in for a while but hadn't had time to read it, so armed with a cuppa and one or two celebrations, I had a good mosey through...

the celebrations gingerbread bowl was found at a car boot sale - the price tag (in dollars) was still attached...a whole pound I think it cost me!

it has a lovely pearlescent sheen...and hearts on it....and it contains chocolate...what more is needed....?

now my last task for the weekend is to get to grips with this Christmas cake...I do hope it is as idiot proof as it appears...will let you know...!

Have a lovely Sunday evening all,

BH x