Decking the Halls!

It feels great this year to breathe a sigh and cut loose with some festivities. Putting up a Christmas tree always mixes nostalgia with a desire for a new take for an approaching New Year! This room feels intimate, so the tree has the colored lights but mixes older ornaments with brand new ones.

I love the vintage boy and girl decorating the tree, but the iced cupcakes and ice cream cones, the jeweled purses and glittered high heels mix it up with the 1960’s elves and the girls on the swing ornaments!

A teeny-tiny favorite of mine, Merton the mouse lives simply and looks very cozy reading by lamplight in his matchbook bed. With all the glittery preparation for Christmas each year, I never tire of placing him on the tree and enjoying how content he is!
Toot Toot– All aboard the Teddy Bear Christmas train! Next stop the North Pole!