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In the midst of all of my holiday shopping madness, I sat down over the weekend and made myself a little something for all of $2!  Yup, I'm such a big spender - lol:
This is a simple Dollar Store prayer candle with a fabulous Keep Calm and Carry On image that I got off of Etsy for...$1 (graphique.etsy.com) that I Mod Podged on.  I am keeping to a tight Xmas gift budget this year but figured I could splurge $2 on myself.  I even had the little rhinestone on hand for the crown embellishment.
It's the little things that sometimes make you very happy - and calm! - during the holiday madness.  And I think it would make for a sweet gift for perhaps a teacher, an Aunt, Grandma or Mom.
I'm also in the midst of playing around with decorations for my Xmas table.  The little stack of books is from Home Goods.  I painted a peat pot white for a shabby, chippy look and filled it with shredded sheet music.  The little button embellishments I got from a giveaway last year.  And I couldn't resist adding the French script, tea-stained seam binding and little crown.
My 6 year old suggested adding the little bird since he thought it looked like an Xmas nest.  I couldn't agree more!

Linking to Faded Charm: White Wednesday.

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Although I haven't been ice skating in years and was never quite good at it, I do love the look of them in the wintertime.  This is a pair I did a couple of years ago when I first started blogging.  I had spied a similar pair in Romantic Homes and did a copycat you might remember from my old blog One Cheap B*tch:
Some of the glitter on the blades has started to wear off but I do still love the fur cuffs! 
I bought another pair of old skates from the church thrift store a couple of weeks ago.  They sat and sat until this week when Jill from The French Cupboard shared her French-inspired skates.  It was just the little nudge I needed to get started on this latest pair of skates.  Problem was they were in pretty bad shape so I had to spray paint them - the whole boot, blade and all.  Here is one of them now:
I love how Jill used twine to lace hers, and as luck would have it I had some, what I like to call, candy cane twine from Ikea.  I used that to lace them up.
I tied a Joyeux Noel coffee tag around the front of the boot, and stuffed some tissue paper in the top since I didn't want to use fur again.  Then I added some random Xmas balls and faux branches, pine cones and berries from the Dollar Store on top.
Meanwhile, this is the other boot - patiently awaiting its complete makeover.  =)

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.

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We're planning on putting up our tree this weekend, but in the meantime wanted to share some more Christmas touches about the house.  Cindy from Cottage Instincts helped with the inspiration for these mason jars:
I had filled them with some shredded vintage sheet music but that's about as far as I got until I popped over to Cindy's yesterday.  I loved her jars so much that I immediately went to the Dollar Store to get some big ornaments to put on the top of each one.  I love the look of the twine ribbon too.
These clogs are actually from two years ago.  I had gotten the idea from Martha Stewart's now defunct Blueprint magazine.  They add a touch of color to the porch.
This little porch table is still a work in progress.  I feel like it's still missing a little something.
And there is an awful lot of JOY in our house this year:
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Thanks for joining me on this mini tour!

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I got this lovely little basket back in October at a garage sale.  I used it for Halloween and now with a simple switch of some ribbon, I'm using it for a place to display some holiday postcards:
I simply added some plaid ribbon and tied it in the front.  Then I added some white tissue paper and added my postcards.  My mom gave me the vintage Santa ones last year.  The larger black and white postcards are actually from Ikea.  They show Paris, London, New York, etc. in the wintertime.  They show some really pretty scenes!
I just couldn't hide the Paris one!  I have it propped up on this vintage typewriter.

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***You still have time to enter my giveaway here!***

After searching just about every Dollar Tree in a 10 mile radius for bottle brush trees, I was just about to give up.  Luckily, I popped into Home Goods this morning and lookie what they had:
I'm so happy that I found these two pretties!  And I love the fact that I really don't have to do anything to them.  Right now they are on a shelf in my livingroom - right next to a Dollar Store birdie I picked up last year.
I also couldn't resist these little books this morning.  They were only $4.99 each.  I have them stacked on the diningroom table for now.
These are some other Xmas goodies I picked up from Home Goods last year. 
And here's a view of my Xmas kitchen window shelf which is kind of like a make-shift mantel since I don't have one:
A lot more Home Goods goodies from last year here too!
The Crown is a recent Home Goods find.  Not sure if you can tell but it's filled with some small Xmas bulbs. 

Am I the only one humming: "Oh it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." these days?!  =)

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Hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving yesterday.  We enjoyed a nice, quiet, peaceful day at my Mom's.  I needed the relaxation because today I officially started to decorate for Xmas.
These are just little packages to put under our tree (which hasn't gone up yet) while we countdown to the 25th.  With two little boys who still believe in Santa, I can't have the actual gifts under the tree so I decided to do some faux ones so it doesn't look bare under there.  You can probably also see the shabby bucket I did a week or so ago.  It's pleasantly filled with some red plastic ornaments from Ikea.
This is just a little envelope I made from some vintage sheet music.  Got the inspiration from Pinterest.  I sewed up the sides to keep it closed, and then added the button, baker's twine and jingle bell.  The little tag says: "To Wish You Joy at Christmas."
Next I did a large Dollar Store matchbox - also with some vintage sheet music.  I tied this one up with twine for a more rustic look.  The "Compliments of the Season" tag I made using an image from The Graphics Fairy.
Lastly is this little shipping box that I wrapped in simple brown craft paper.  The Santa image is also from The Graphics Fairy.  I used some Ikea candy cane-striped twine for this one and added some faux greenery from the Dollar Store.

I have a bunch more to make and what's so nice is you can use any type of simple box.  Maybe even one that you might have otherwise thrown out!

Linking to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday and Funky Junk Interiors:SNS.

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