Christmas Decorations

We got the first snowfall of the season this week..

not quite an inch....but we know there's more to come....Time to start putting up the Christmas decorations!

Last year we skipped Christmas and it won't happen again!

We left for Florida on Dec. 20th and it just wasn't the same....

Christmas is my very favorite Holiday and over the years

I've managed to accumulate quite a few decorations and seem to

find a place for all of them.

This year we're leaving for Florida on the 27th, so I promised

my Husband that I'd only put up what I could take down

and put away in 2 hours!

It was quite difficult to decide what to put up

and what to keep stored away....

This is what I came up with....

My theme is built on trees...

and every tree has its own theme....

I have been know to up up as many as 15 trees!!!

I bought this snowman last year in Cracker Barrel on

our way down to Florida...it was on sale for $10.oo and

I just couldn't resist it!

Of course, Guy couldn't understand why

I would purchase such a large item when we barely had

enough room for us in that loaded Van.....

Tree #2


Tree #3



Tree #4 Our Family tree
There's a picture of everyone in our
immediate family on it....





Tree #5

I bought these bells when I was in California

visiting my good friend Cecile.

I just had to have these bells and her husband Gary

was kind enough to mail them to me later...

Tree #6 my Jingle Bell tree

#7...Ok I know I'm pushing it...but it's still a tree, right?

#8...kind of a scrawny one..but it's still a tree!!

#9 Santa Tree

#10...Guy's Fishing Santa collection

(and there's more not unpacked!)

I bought these guys when I was doing the

Christmas Craft Show circuit...

I think I spent more money on the other Christmas booths

than I actually made in my own...

My Santa Chefs....

New wall hanging...to match the Christmas

quilt I made at the Quilting Retreat I

attended this Fall in China...

#11..Oh what to heck! it's still a tree

sitting on the matching table runner.....

Christmas quilt sitting on the back of the couch....

These were one of my biggest sellers at the

Christmas Craft Fairs I worked over the years.

Personalized Snowmen Families...

Can't live in Maine and not have a Christmas moose!

One of my very favorites..

Christmas Angel handmade by my Mom....

Cute Santa I got at the Boston Craft Show last year.....

I LOVE Christmas and so happy to be able to spend it with our

Families this year...

Merry Christmas