Happy Holidays!


This is what we woke up to this morning!



Now this is more like it!
The reason I love living where we do,  
happy monday!

A Northern Christmas

Welcome to our home!  
Come on in and take a look
around,


The letters on the ladder tree spell
'family'.


My paper whites have
grown a litle since this picture
but they are a lot 
slower then last year.





On to the living room/great room..






Our living room ready for 
company,
:)


More of our mantle is 






Our Dining room, I have posted  more pictures


More of our Christmas kitchen can
be seen here. 


My oldest daughter has moved
for University,
so I have changed her room to 
the side of the house,
and gave it a
Shabby Chic Christmas 
feel.


Shabby Chic was my whole
house in Revelstoke, it is 
slowly changing.  But doing 
her room in this style
reminds me how much 
I love it. 


The frames are filled with wrapping
paper that she picked out 
the last time she was home.



I made banners to hang
over a window and 
a mirror, I will show you 
them later.

Hope you are having fun 
getting ready for the seasons
festivities. Enjoy 
your family and loved ones!

I am joining
some Christmas link parties..



























More Christmas





I kept it very simple on top of 
our kitchen cabinets,


Creams, greens and a little black.


Some silver, and lights.
The little lights make such a 
difference.





A quick and easy craft project...


and a new rooster!

 

Happy decorating,
Abby,














The Santa Nook

I think I have re arranged this space ENOUGH!
I am calling it complete. You know 
how it is...you step back and ...
 always tweaking.
:)


But that's the fun in it!

                           

Santas are pretty much everywhere in 
our home through 
Christmas.


I painted out the nook in 
the dining space and I think
it has helped with the 
shelves I have tucked inside it.


All the silver is from my Grandma
and I think there is a piece
tucked in there from my
husbands grandma.
I love that they have been through a 
few generations.


Candle holders made by my 
daughters in school...I 
just added the torn fabric.


:)


This pitcher came from Super Store,
$4.00.
That's it!!! $4, I couldn't 
NOT get it!!!
:/


Some more Santas.


and



more Santas.


So there it is my dining nook for the moment.

Have fun tweaking your 
home!
Abby
:)

I am Linking up with

 http://modvintagelife.blogspot.ca/2012/12/mod-mix-monday-79.html

http://www.oldtimefarmhouse.blogspot.ca/

and 

http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/tuesdays-treasures-114/




A start to Christmas 2012

Christmas 2012


My version of
'Cottage Sparkle'.


Hermione is such a great helper, 
 he loves the ribbons.


This year I wanted Christmas to feel a little lighter, 
not too heavy with garland and greenery.


Instead have lots of white and cream,
 silver, pinecones and a few berries for color.


Big, wooden candles holders painted white
  adds more 'cottage'.
Now I am just waiting for the paper whites 
to start pushing up through the moss.
:)  
(They have turned into a tradition,
so easy and pretty once they start
to show themselves.) 


A little burlap ribbon, natural.
Mercury for a little sparkle, and
the curtains help with the 
cosy.
 :)


And that is my attempt 
at Cottage Sparkle.
You can go here to 
see last years mantle.

Now I am going to work on 
the kitchen and the dining room,
the fun continues!


I HOPE that you are having a 
wonderful season, with lots
of love in your heart and 
happiness in your 
home.

Abby
xox

I am linking up with





Lots of beautiful ideas
on all of these blogs!


Christmas Cottage



CHRISTMAS!
I love it!
As soon as we have given respect to our fallen soldiers on Remembrance
Day, we start to decorate. In recent years its started the middle of November.




*
Christmas 2010

Don't be scared...it gets better :))

I think its so funny how much it's changed through the years.


If you dare to see more...
other posts from that year are
here and here.

Our New Years Table 

Our New Years Table is here
We almost always do a fondue.  That is a tradition that we all love!
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Christmas 2011

After painting most of the main floor of our home
it has made Christmas decorating a lot more
fun...see it's getting better, right?



You can see posts from
that season
here and here
and our New Years for 2011
is
 here
And another fondue setting!
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Christmas 2012




and


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Christmas 2013

A large project for me this year was
slip covering our couch and love seat.
A lot of work, but SO worth it!

Click here

Christmas Kitchen


And a peek at our first ever, white Christmas Tree.


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Christmas 2014

The exciting part of 2014 Christmas decorations
wasn't even noticeable through pictures!
I found lights that actually 'twinkle'...
not flash but twinkle!


Come check it out
here.

Christmas 2015 was the year I removed the lights from 
our artificial tree.  It was a tedious job, but so worth it.   We still use the same tree... a
lot of filler and picks, but we are still reusing!
 Now you can click on the picture to see how I decorated 

  Now you can click on the picture to see how I decorated 
 Now you can click on the picture to see how I decorated 


Christmas 2016

Click on picture to see more of 2016!

 Click on picture to see more of 2016!


Click on picture to see more of 2016!



 Click on picture for 2017


Click on picture for 2017

And that is it for now.
I completely failed as a blogger for 2018 and 2019.
2020 I will make up for it!