Deck the halls!

I love Christmas, it's my absolute favorite holiday.  I love the decorations, the music, movies, food...everything.   I'm was so excited this year to have a new house to decorate.  The vintage style colored bulbs are our favorite, we used them around the porch and on our tree in the living room.   In our "parlor" we had two ceramic lighted trees with the colorful bulbs (one from my husband's Nana, the other his mom found at a yard sale).  The front staircase banister was perfect for the lighted garland and ornaments.   I will be sad to take it all down this weekend...the house always looks so empty without the bright, cheerful decorations.   However, it might just be a good excuse to shop for some new non-seasonal decor, especially when flea market season comes around.

Christmas in April?

I started this blog in the new year, however I still wanted to share my favorite pre-Christmas vintage find (I just couldn't wait 9 more months!).   We went to a local antiques show in late October and as soon as I saw these wooden light up Christmas trees I was in love! The best part was there were 2 and we only paid $40 for both.  The vendor thought they were hand made from the 1940's.   I could just picture a father cutting out the trees, paint on the white snow and poking the holes, making the trees for his kids to surprise them for Christmas morning.   If you unscrew one of the sides the panel swings open and you can screw in a light bulb.   We changed the wiring as it was original and look like it would spark a fire...eek! We put a green bulb in one and a red in the other.  I can't wait to bring them out again this Christmas.