White Wednesday and Holiday Fun

Welcome to White Wednesday hosted by

 Kathleen at Faded Charm

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving, mine was wonderful. The kids came home and I cooked. It was good to have the house filled to the brim.

It is that time of year again, when everyone is busy with decorating, thinking of what to get for the kiddies and my favorite thing... creating beautiful decorations.

I have been busy this year with my usual stars, stockings, angels and so on, but with no shop this year I will be filling my need for creating in my blog shop. So I have been stocking it the past few days and there will be more to come. I have a lot more jewelry to put up also. 

(these are available now in my blog-shop)

I have been getting emails asking where my handmades are going to be available this year.

 So... I am going to be at the Kane County fleamarket this weekend in the Expo building. Also The Water Street Gallery where my studio is located has just opened a new retail space called H20 and I have quite a bit in there also.

 The house is starting to look like Christmas, but has a long ways to go yet. I usually just keep decorating right up to Christmas. I just love doing it!

Our 11' tree this year is a Frasier Balsam mix 

and is making the house smell awesome.

One of my favorite ways to decorate is using boxwood and tallow berries...

Thank you Kathleen for hosting yet another White Wednesday

 And please join me at Kane County Fleamarket if you are going to be in the area this weekend and if not please check out my 

Vintage Living Blog Shop

Thanks so much for stopping by and I always love to hear from you

Many Blessings

Rebecca


I am adding this Postscript this morning for Rose... she asked about the mantel piece with the mirror. And yes Rose it is a mantel. A very married one. We live in an 1860 home and when the kids were little we needed a flop or tv room, so we added this addition. I wanted it to be a part of the garden outside so we built it on that level with lots of windows. From the living room there are French doors and steps going down to the family room.

Of course it needed a fireplace... and of course it had to be antique but try to find an antique fireplace surround that fits a modern box. I searched and all I came up with was the top of one with nothing in the center. But it was enough to get my creative juices flowing. I had the carpenter make the surround to fit the top. Then I had these incredible corbels to put on the side. I collected Majolica at the time (this was in 1992) and just happened to have these wonderful Majolica tiles from a tear down out east, that fit perfectly around the box.

You can see them better on a picture up above. They make a beautiful scene with sun flowers standing on each side.

 The only thing it needed was a mirror in the gaping hole in the center. I looked at it and knew exactly what mirror...
 the mirror my husband gave me as a wedding gift 
and yes, it fit perfectly. It is just hanging there.

The walls look yellow in these pictures because of the candle light... they are not. I used a Ralph Lauren paint called Homestead. 
OK, this turned into another post... sorry I got carried away.
Blessings today!