Thursday, December 14, 2006

Christmas Tour of Homes



Nothing helps you embrace the motto "Less is More" than packing up your entire household (including husband and cat) and move to a different continent. It also helps with decluttering your home. We currently live in a two bedroom apartment and use the smaller bedroom as a combination of home office and play room (for hubby and me). So, if you really want to see this year's Christmas decorations, here they are:
Our tree, for the first time ever decorated in blue (part of our promise to ourselves to do things differently in our "new life").


This is my advent wreath with a table runner I made (and actually finished in time!):


My nativity scene (made from a panel many moons ago):

This garland was actually above the closet in the big bedroom, it holds Christmas ornaments from swaps with other quilters. About one hour after I finished decorating it, it fell down and I have given up on it, the extra strong hooks are obviously not strong enough for it:

This is my little tree that sits in the small bedroom. I started it last year after I discovered the small ornaments with quilt blocks on them, the little nativity scene was added this year.



And now the funny bits, my Christmas card display and my collection of stuffed animals with a Christmas theme:



Thank you for visiting my humble dwelling this holiday season. Please help yourself to a cup of cider (recipe from Cooking Light - my favorite food magazine) and some applesauce-raisin-cookies. :)



I hope you enjoyed the tour and now please head back over to BooMama's Place and visit all the other nice folks who open their homes for us to see.

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fun Decorations! Thanks for sharing. I'm especially glad to find a blogger in NC. It is my home. My husband is in the Air Force and we are currently stationed in TX. Merry Christmas!

Mama Duck said...

I love the blue! All we've gotten decorated around here is the Christmas tree, ah well.

ChupieandJ'smama (Janeen) said...

Your tree is beautiful and I like how everything matches with the blue. Lovely! I like your stuffed animals too. Very cute. The cookies look very yummy:) Merry Christmas!

Anonymous said...

Yummy! Thanks for sharing your lovely home with us all! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Monica Wilkinson said...

Lovely! Thank you for sharing your home! Merry Christmas!

Anonymous said...

I love the garland & the idea of putting special ornaments on it. At least you had an hour worth of pretty. Thanks for the cookies!

Melissa said...

Your tree is beautiful.I had fun visiting your place. :-) We live in North Carolina also.

Anonymous said...

The blue on your tree is simply beautiful. Thanks for giving us a peek into your holiday celebrations.

Anonymous said...

My favorite color is blue, so I'm automatically going to love any Christmas tree done in blue. ;) Yours looks very pretty and elegant!

And hey, your nativity set is just like one of ours. :)

Merry Christmas!

Anonymous said...

Your home is very pretty. I love the blue on your tree.

Merry Christmas!

Susanne said...

Your blue and silver tree is gorgeous! My son is wanting a tree in those colors. Thanks for the tour.

Stacy at Exceedingly Mundane said...

That table runner is gorgeous! So is your tree and nativity. Loved seeing all of your lovely things, thank you for sharing them with us!

Have a very Merry Christmas :)

Micki said...

Thank you for sharing your lovely decorations with us. Merry Christmas!

Julie said...

Oh my goodness I LOVE your blue Christmas tree. We actually considered doing a blue-themed tree this year, but couldn't pull if off since we've been out of town. Maybe next year. I also love your garland, even if it is pesky!

Kelli said...

I love your blue Christmas tree and your table runner is beautiful. You did a wonderful job!
Thank you for having us over and Merry Christmas!
Kelli

Carol said...

Everything looks wonderful. Thank you for inviting us in! Merry Christmas!

Someone Beautiful said...

Thanks for sharing! :) I enjoyed the tour!

Anonymous said...

I love the quilted ornaments! Thanks for having us over.