White Christmas . . .

I am dreaming of a
White Christmas
so far we have "snow dust"
and that is it!

 . . .

So until it arrives

I am filling our home with

twinkling lights, traditional carols,

ornaments, cards, pine cones,

 and heart filled memories

of years past.

Welcome to

Lynne's Christmas Memories 2011

Through the years I have collected postcards.

I search for cards with the stamps on,
handwriting and posted before 1910

 

There was a time when we hauled

a 16-18 live blue spruce tree

into the house.

A cathedral ceiling

and a loft above

 helped accommodate

for decorating.

 

 

The frenzied mania of the nineties

began when I was living life alone

and I filled up my days with

collecting and decorating.

The tree above is from the eighties

before I moved to "the new house."
I was a bit obsessive to say the least

and as long as I am saying it, I can do so!

Thirty plus years of collecting,
decorating and creating make for one
"over the moon tired old woman!"
SMILE
Seriously though, I love and have loved, creating!

I had trees in every room with boughs and candles galore.

Luminaries outdoors
culminated the look I hoped to achieve.

Here I am back in the eighties. . . .

(A bit younger aren't I?)

The twinkling candle lights on the

tree above were from my parents era.

I used to use these lights on a small potted blue spruce

and then when the season ended I would

plant the tree in the woods behind my house.

I began to mellow a bit after 2000
and the decorating has consisted more
of fresh greens and candles

plus an artificial tree in 2009. 

Christmas in my/our home,

has included the nativity above

and the verse below.

This is part of the memory story I like to share each year.

The Hummel nativity was my mother's.  

My mom had collected many pieces

and this year I used

Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph

animals and the shepherds.

The verse above was inside a Christmas card 

 I received in the early sixties.

I have used this in some way

 each year in my Christmas cards. 

The message rings true to me

so I pass it on to each of you

"Touch Hands With Those That Stay. . ."

Although this picture isn't the best,

I like the charcoal gray pine cones

I found in November while

walking at Lake Michgian. 

It put me in a decorating mood!

 It is difficult to capture the look of these pine cones.

They are different and kind of weathered and worn.

I have them in vases, arrangements and

 placed here and there throughout the house.

Mercury glass for candles leaves a beautiful glow.

Antique ornaments grace a table here and elsewhere . . . 

Being a gardener I treat myself

 to unusual flowers during the holidays.

Hummel angels, also my mothers.

The tree . . .

A metal bowl with huge pine cones,

boxwood from the yard and pomegranates.

A black planter with the gray cones.

Felt hand made ornaments of my mom's.

Another felt ornament made by my mom with my grandmother's pearls.

Bird nests and birds are always on my trees . . .

I have a collection of Humpty Dumpty's

and it has been a reminder through the years that

All the King's Horses and

All the King's men

Couldn't put me back together again.

The responsibility was up to me!

Old cards are favorites too . . .

 

Greens and candles at the front door

and a wreath to welcome you.

Merry Christmas

Love, Lynne