Christmas Around the House- In Bits and Pieces

Aside from doing some last minute rug hooking, Christmas is wrapped up and decorated! It was slow coming this year and I have no idea why. I feel like I have forgotten something but that might just be the eggs I need to buy. 

My approach to decorating this year was to pull items from the Christmas storage tubs and decide if and where to place them. I had no plan and no theme. I mostly use the same items every year but, of all the items in the tubs, I don't use more than I do use. This means a lot of the stuff should probably go. But, it is all sentimental so I wrap it back up and put it away for another year. 

A friend came for lunch yesterday. We stayed at the table and chatted for four hours. She lost her husband suddenly this year and we have made a point to get together more often. She enjoyed the bits of Christmas I had up around the house, especially the lighted village. She is an artist and has been keenly interested in my rug hooking. She went as far as to purchase linen backing and told me she plans to design a rug for me to hook. I only hope I can do it justice.

 

The sleigh is another hand-me-down from my late aunt and uncle.

Decorating is mostly about putting greenery everywhere.

And the winter rugs and embroideries are hung.

This rug is in the guest bathroom. Yes, we may stand on it. : )

The choir candles were my mom's. The snowman mug was made by my Aunt Isabelle and given to me when I was two and a half years old. I still remember the moment I received it.