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Pull up a chair!

We'll be hosting a small Christmas eve gathering this year and here's what I'm thinking our table will look like. This is the first year I'm getting to use these Christmas plates that I got at Home Goods last year:

I love a plaid tablecloth for Christmas and I got this one at Target. The rooster plates are from Kmart.

The big ornaments are from a local nursery called Hicks. I bought them a couple of years ago.

Remember these tree napkin rings? I got these from the local church thrift store. The napkins are from Pottery Barn. I bought them for the 4th of July but I think the stars also work for Christmas.

The red wine goblets are also from Target...from about 10 years ago!

One last peek.

Just need to add the menus and settings for the boys and we'll be ready to rock and roll!

Jeanine

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I just love this tea party image from Alice in Wonderland! I saw on Pinterest that someone had taken a beautiful black and white photo and added it to a votive with Avery see-through paper. I had a couple of sheets handy, so I made these:

Here they are without the candles. Can you see the little rhinestone embellishments? If you haven't tried the Avery see-through paper yet, it's really great. Just put in your printer glossy side down and pick an image to print. Once it's printed, you can easily cut out your image and stick it to anything!

Here they are with some faux candles.

And with the lights off.

I can't wait to add them to my tea room this Spring!

Jeanine

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'Tis the season to pay homage to Santa:

Vintage Santa image on metal tin. Great last minute gift for a teacher or co-worker.

Hand-stamped Santa tags to hang from gifts of all shapes and sizes.

Vintage Santa candleholders.

Santa sheet music.

Something my children would say!

And finally my favorite Santa ever...Acquired at a garage sale over 10 years ago. The best $3 I ever spent!

Jeanine

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I can't believe there are 10 more days until Christmas! I made a couple of last minute holiday pieces yesterday. Both from the Dollar Store:

These itty bitty candles are maybe 2 inches tall. I printed out the great vintage image from The Graphics Fairy (wallet-size!) and used Mod Podge to glue them to the glass. After the second coat dried, I simply added two little red rhinestones which I think work perfectly with the vintage image.

This is my last little Dollar Store birdie. I think I bought every single one when they first came out two years ago. I gave her a fresh coat of white paint.

Then I used my Mod Podge again to add some German glass glitter all over. I love how she sparkles!

I have a couple more holiday items planned and then I guess I'll be moving on to, gulp, Valentine's Day! =)

Linking to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday.

Jeanine

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Note to self: iron your fabric before attempting to hand-stamp it! I'm a victim of my own laziness for this next project. I wanted to give a French touch to this vintage hanky so I broke out the stamps and got busy:

But as you can see, I did not think to iron it beforehand. Well, that's not entirely true. I did think: maybe I should iron this first. Alas, laziness won out and if you look closely, you can see one of my red stamps is a bit funky.

I had planned to add this to my Etsy shop but because of that oopsie, I'm going to add it to our guest room decor instead.

So the moral of my story is, if you have a vision in your head that includes wrinkled fabric, be sure to iron it first!

And by the way, I took these photos AFTER I finally ironed the hanky. I do not love to iron. =)

Jeanine

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I was playing around with different menu ideas for Christmas Eve. Of course, I headed over to The Graphics Fairy and here's the one I decided on using. The photos are a bit light and my printer seems to be running out of color ink, but you get the idea:

I still have to work on moving over the Fresh Greens line. But isn't this scroll just perfect?!

I'm going to print some out in the green with red lettering and then some in red with the green lettering. Still debating on whether or not to tie them into scrolls or just leave them over the plates. Luckily, I still have over a week to go!

Jeanine