Book Jewelry

I like how the colors of the balls and ribbon pull out the color of the book cover.

I could spend all night doing this.

I really could.

There's Always Room for Improvement!

I had my old copy of "The Birds' Christmas Carol" out on a stand, but it looked a bit plain.

Enter my 'odd balls' and ribbon!

I bought the book just for it's cover, which IS a good thing, since it is missing several pages right in the middle.

I have the book in a newer paperback for reading, this one is just for looks!

Now I'm off to deck some more Christmas books.

Really. I keep tweaking things right up until I put it away in January.

My Very Most Favorite Christmas Decoration

It's been decades since we've had a baby in our family at Christmas time!

Looking Out My Back Door

My Stuff

The dining room window holds many of my favorite Christmas decorations.

I love the "MERRY CHRISTMAS" blocks, and have had them for quite some time.

It was snowing furiously when I took these pictures.

Truly, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Toys

I love to fill up boxes and suitcases with toys.

Some of these toys belonged to THGGM, some to my kids, and that white polar bear with the red collar is Baby Boy's. I made it.

I just love how they look all snuggled up together.

The games and puzzles still have all of their pieces.

I think the small bear might be a Steiff. THGGM remembers that at one time it had something in it's ear. Oh, yes. I think I remember that too. I took it off.

I bought the tiny sock monkey ornament for Baby Boy.

I lined the bottom of the suitcase with a quilt top that THGGM's grandmother made.

I will be tweaking these right up until the day I put them away until next year.

Finishing Touches

From the picture below, I got the idea that I wanted to start collecting vintage pinecone ornaments.

That was before I discovered them in the antique malls for between $8 -$12 a piece!

Well. I can't do that.

So, I mentioned it to Daughter, who graciously gave me her plastic glittery gold pinecones.

They didn't cost me anything.

And, I must admit that I do like how they look.

I still hope to stumble upon some of the vintage ones at some point, but I'm in no hurry.

This book by Lynette Jensen is one of my favorites.

If I could, I would decorate every room in my house in her style.