Learning As I Sew...bake, cut, and create: December 2018

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Christmas at My House

Welcome to our home! This is our living room dressed up for Christmas. We have (what I refer to as) our "Family Tree" in the living room. These ornaments have been collected over the years. We have ornaments on this tree from both mine and my husband's childhood, and we add an ornament for each person in our family every year. When we take vacations, we pick up ornaments as a reminder of our time together. If you look closely, you'll find Mickey Mouse dressed kind of like Davy Crockett from our time at Disney World's Fort Wilderness, a rocking horse from my 2nd Christmas, Lucy on a jingle bell from our annual trip to see ICE! at the Gaylord, a gondola from a summer trip to Estes Park, Colorado, a black and white hand-painted skyline from our trip to Paris, and this year's gold Aspen leaf from our time at the Grand Canyon this summer. This tree tells the story of our family, and I LOVE IT!

I made our Christmas stockings, and yes, I am well aware that they are huge. I made each family in our extended family a set of stockings, and they are all big. We don't really do gifts for the adults, so our stockings ARE our Christmas gifts.

If you follow my Fairy Godmother of Family Travel Facebook page, then you also know about the hand-painted Santa that resides on our mantel that was a gift from a sweet client.

We have a small Christmas village on our console beneath our television in the living room. I have a friend who has a truly INCREDIBLE Christmas village, and it's a sight to behold. Ours is sweet, and I like it. There's a "live" nativity scene, ice skating rink, pictures with Santa in the gazebo, working streetlights, and a few other fun elements besides the lights in the village homes and buildings.

This is our formal dining room. We have Santas throughout the house at Christmas, and you'll find 2 hiding in here. On the formal tree, you'll also find some sentimental ornaments that I have received from friends at gift exchanges.

I love the Franklin Iron Works 30" Wide Rust Candelabra Chandelier (Y2301) we got from LampsPlus when we redid our dining room. (I just realized that I never did a post for that makeover. 😜)

Our children's bedrooms each have a city theme. This one is London.... The tree skirt is actually the crib skirt I had made for him as a baby, and I love that it matches his room perfectly with his tree now!