Dawn at The Forgotten Barn is giving away the most adorable hand-made prim doll on her blog. Be sure and stop in and see what all she's chatting about today.
I Needed This More Than I Realized…
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Monday, December 8, 2008
A new giveaway...only five posts left
Janene over at Primitive Lifestyle has a great giveaway going on. Stop in there and see what she's blogging about!
Christmas Time's a Comin'
I don't know that I'll ever get used to Palm trees and Christmas lights, so we don't really decorate the outside of our house at Christmas, but I do decorate the inside! I thought I'd share some pictures today of the decorations you'll find inside our home. My decorating style is more of a Country Antique/Primitive. I don't have a lot of the shabbier things, but I love a beautiful antique that has history, a great story behind it, or it's a family heirloom. I hope you'll enjoy Christmas at my house. 
This is the newest addition to my snowman collection. He looks like mercury glass, and is so cute!
Here is my beautiful Nativity set. I saw this one year at Family Christian Bookstore and really wanted it, but it was $99.00! I waited until the day after Christmas and went to the sale, got the set for $12.00! Boy was I happy!
One of the gals that used to post quite a lot on Creative Homekeepers made this tree and I just had to have it. It's such a cute little Prim tree. The ornies are handmade snowballs, out of an old chenille bedspread, and handmade stockings with rusty bells. Standing next to it is an antique Santa figurine.
We don't have a fireplace, hence no mantle. I decided the top of my entertainment center could serve the same purpose! The clock in the back plays a Christmas Carol on each hour and counts down the days until Christmas. The snowman sitting on the top of the speaker holds a snowball that changes colors, quite festive.
This table sits on the small wall that separates my dining room, living room, and kitchen. It was the ugliest table ever, layers and layers of old paint peeling and flaking. We decided, since we didn't know if any of it was a lead based paint, the best thing was to strip it all off to the bare wood and stain it. It turned into a beautiful side table. It has two fold-down leaves, which when pulled up makes it about card table sized. This is the table I use to display my angels, along with a tri-fold snowman made of wood and one of my pieces of Yellow ware, filled with white and silver ornaments.
The buffet in my dining room holds several of the items I recently received in a Christmas swap, along with a couple of prim make-do's.
Last thing to share is our Christmas tree. Sparkling with multi-colored lights, the ornaments are a mixture of old and new, traditional and primitive. It makes for a warm, colorful tree.
This is the newest addition to my snowman collection. He looks like mercury glass, and is so cute!
Here is my beautiful Nativity set. I saw this one year at Family Christian Bookstore and really wanted it, but it was $99.00! I waited until the day after Christmas and went to the sale, got the set for $12.00! Boy was I happy!
One of the gals that used to post quite a lot on Creative Homekeepers made this tree and I just had to have it. It's such a cute little Prim tree. The ornies are handmade snowballs, out of an old chenille bedspread, and handmade stockings with rusty bells. Standing next to it is an antique Santa figurine.
We don't have a fireplace, hence no mantle. I decided the top of my entertainment center could serve the same purpose! The clock in the back plays a Christmas Carol on each hour and counts down the days until Christmas. The snowman sitting on the top of the speaker holds a snowball that changes colors, quite festive.
This table sits on the small wall that separates my dining room, living room, and kitchen. It was the ugliest table ever, layers and layers of old paint peeling and flaking. We decided, since we didn't know if any of it was a lead based paint, the best thing was to strip it all off to the bare wood and stain it. It turned into a beautiful side table. It has two fold-down leaves, which when pulled up makes it about card table sized. This is the table I use to display my angels, along with a tri-fold snowman made of wood and one of my pieces of Yellow ware, filled with white and silver ornaments.
The buffet in my dining room holds several of the items I recently received in a Christmas swap, along with a couple of prim make-do's.
Last thing to share is our Christmas tree. Sparkling with multi-colored lights, the ornaments are a mixture of old and new, traditional and primitive. It makes for a warm, colorful tree.I'm so glad I was able to share Christmas at our home with you.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Go Gators!!
In last night's SEC Championship game we watched the Florida Gators slide to victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide. It was an exciting game, filled with moments where I was sitting on the edge of my seat and others where I was yelling at the television set. I didn't like seeing our Gators behind, or watching the score so close after so many huge wins this season.
Most of all, however, was watching Tim Tebow give praise to God, as I have watched him do all year. He realizes his talents come from the One above and he openly acknowledges it. Now, I don't know that I believe that God ordains the outcome of a football game, but I appreciate the open testimony that young man gives every week, every day of his life, to his coaches and to the other players and students at UF.
Now it's on to the Championship game. May the best team win! I'll be in front of the television watching, that's for sure.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Blogging and Sharing
As you can see I have not been the most faithful of bloggers. Yesterday afternoon I spent some time reading the blogs of some wonderful gals and I learned that you don't always need something deeply profound to say, you simply need to share what is on your heart and mind at the moment. That's easy enough to do, there's almost always something on my mind! I'm going to try to do better at sharing what's going on in my life. I'll start with something I've hesitated to share. I'm not sharing now because I want pity or sympathy, but because, if you're reading this, I'd love to ask you to pray for me....for patience, for strength, for wisdom, and to learn the lessons God has for me in all this.
My life has been a whirlwind these last few months. I was diagnosed with cancer back in August, and there's something about that one word alone that sends you spiraling. But, I've learned that it's not the end of life and that doesn't mean that you give up hope, or living. I'm scheduled for surgery after the first of the year, and am praying that the surgery will take care of the problem. I know that God is totally in control, and this journey is a learning and growing process for me, it's certainly taught me patience.
My life has been a whirlwind these last few months. I was diagnosed with cancer back in August, and there's something about that one word alone that sends you spiraling. But, I've learned that it's not the end of life and that doesn't mean that you give up hope, or living. I'm scheduled for surgery after the first of the year, and am praying that the surgery will take care of the problem. I know that God is totally in control, and this journey is a learning and growing process for me, it's certainly taught me patience.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Deb at Pilgrims and Pioneers is celebrating her 200th blog posting, yes I said 200th!, by having a wonderful give-away. Be sure and stop in to her blog and sign up, don't forget to read her really interesting blog while you're there as well!
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Yes, that line is from one of the most popular Christmas songs of the 20th century, and it aptly applies to the Christmas holiday season. For me, however, it does not apply to the hectic scurrying around, standing in long lines, fighting traffic, or arriving at 1AM to stand in line at the mall or Wal-Mart for a gift card or bargain television set. That, to me, is not Christmas at all.
This year, in our family, we came to the decision that Christmas had become a giving contest. We decided to no longer purchase gifts for the adults, only for the children, and we set a limit on that. We also decided that we would change some of our family traditions to include reading the Christmas story to the children and to select a charitable deed to do as a family. This year it is a care package for a soldier serving our country in Iraq, far away from his home and family on Christmas.
More importantly, we all need to stop each and every day and take time out from the hustle and bustle of cooking, baking, decorating, card writing, gift wrapping, shopping, and swiping those credit cards, to remember what Christmas is all about. It's about the greatest gift of all, Jesus Christ, who was born in a lowly manger, who died on a cross, and who rose again on the third day so that we might spend eternity in Heaven. It is Jesus who makes this the most wonderful time of the year.
This year, in our family, we came to the decision that Christmas had become a giving contest. We decided to no longer purchase gifts for the adults, only for the children, and we set a limit on that. We also decided that we would change some of our family traditions to include reading the Christmas story to the children and to select a charitable deed to do as a family. This year it is a care package for a soldier serving our country in Iraq, far away from his home and family on Christmas.
More importantly, we all need to stop each and every day and take time out from the hustle and bustle of cooking, baking, decorating, card writing, gift wrapping, shopping, and swiping those credit cards, to remember what Christmas is all about. It's about the greatest gift of all, Jesus Christ, who was born in a lowly manger, who died on a cross, and who rose again on the third day so that we might spend eternity in Heaven. It is Jesus who makes this the most wonderful time of the year.
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