Sadie Olive – The Blog

I was trying to think of a clever title for my post and I just keep singing that silly song now… "Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat…please put a penny in the old man’s hat. If you haven’t got a penny, then a hay-penny will do, if you haven’t got a hay-penny then God bless you! God Bless You!" I have no clue if I got the words right, or spelled them wrong, but do I have you singing it now too? :)

Sorry I took so many pictures of this thing… they just happen to be the ones I like the best. I like this one because it shows the vintage Christmas tree I made with some old jewelry glowing in the background. My grandmothers both have one, and my mother in law and Josh’s family all have them, so I have been envious for awhile. I finally gave in and made my own two years ago. I didn’t get any great shots of it yet, so I’ll save that for another post, so I can show you how nice it came out for a non-crafty person like myself to have made it. I made sure to use pieces that have meaning to me, so I just love getting it out each year.

I bought these very large mercury glass ornaments last year, so I strung them up and hung them from a chandelier I have in this corner. I love mercury glass for the holidays.

This sweet little thing I found a few years ago at one of my favorite stores. "Regalo" in San Juan Capistrano. It’s a little red reindeer on a rolling sleigh with a pull chain.

I like to put green garland in my chandeliers and while I was up there, I thought it made a pretty picture….

I’m still not bored with my pedestal plates and cloches on my piano, I have them all decked out for Christmas.

I hope you are having as much fun decorating as I am. I can’t wait to get my tree and pick up a few new decorations this year! 

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! Josh worked late tonight, and I am home alone and nesting like my dear friend, Tara, so I decided to get out the Christmas decor. I lit a fire, burned a few candles, put on my favorite music (Patty Griffin and Hem) and was feeling inspired. I love the smell of candles burning (gingerbread and cinnamon candy are the two lit right now) and the mood they invoke. I’m not finished with the decorating, but I captured a few shots to share the mood with you.

That chocolate brown blob (lab) in the middle is Hannah trying to participate.  She wasn’t much help, as she just wanted to eat my stuffed snowman.

The stockings were hung…..

I adore the cranberry and aqua in this photo…. isn’t is beautiful? My tree skirt is this aqua color….

Is lavender Christmas-ie? Well….. it reminds me of France and it’s one of the only living plants in my yard… so today it’s in my dining room and mingling with the holiday decor. 

I took a few more shots, but maybe I will share those tomorrow. Thanks for peeking in. :)