Thursday, December 1, 2011

HERE COMES CHRISTMAS!

I am so looking forward to Christmas this year!
As many of you know, I have been getting ready for Christmas since September! Ha! And there is a reason why. Our son, who is serving in the U.S. Navy, will be able to come home for Christmas for the first time since he joined almost two years ago. I want this house to be a festive and welcoming as possible!
One of the things I wanted to do was to have garland on the stairwell.
If you guys remember, I made my own a few weeks ago. Here is the link for that post. http://mariaelenasdecor.blogspot.com/2011/11/diy-christmas-garland.html
Well, it is up a ready to go!
This is what it looks like. Everything is homemade, even the bows! LOL














In the evening time, as the sun starts going down, with the lights on.








This was a huge project for me because the stairwell is so big.



Going downsstairs







Also added a little Santa to the small table on the landing





And a wreath  to the hall table on front of the stairwell.






And some pictures of my niece and nephew with their little red outfits on. Are they cute or what?
These pictures always make me smile.




What do you think? Is the garland a keeper?
Thank you all for coming by to visit!

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Monday, November 21, 2011

A QUIET THANKSGIVING

Life works this way sometimes. This is the first year in a long time that my husband and I will be spending a very quite Thanksgiving Day with just two of our children. I guess this is what happens as you get older and you start being empty nesters. We are not complaining, actually, we are very much looking forward to a quite day at home, cooking, eating and being  bums for the rest of the day. LOL
This has been a rough and busy year for our family and come Christmas, we will have a house full, so we are taking all the quite time we can get.

Our Thanksgiving table this year is very simple.




I am using my new Gibson dish set that I bought a while back and had not used yet.
I love the warm colors on these plates. Perfect for Fall.






Finished off the table with a Fall centerpiece and candles.




Fall napkin rings



My Cristal d' Arques glasses with gold trim




I love this little ceramic pumpkins in different colors to dress up each place setting









I sincerely wish that you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving Day.
Thank you for coming by!






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