It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like...

Today I got in the spirit a little early by decorating a little tree for my space.

It wasn't too hard to get in the mood for holiday decorating when our Blue Mountains looked lie this first thing this morning..

I made a few of these little ornaments using a small embroidery hoop, some great sheer wired ribbon I found at WalMart last year and an image transfer of, what else, a cardinal!

and here's some of the sand dollar ornaments I made...
I got a whole jar of sand dollars as part of an auction lot several months ago and knew I would find something to craft with them.

So this is what I came up with....

here's the little tree...I'm fortunate because the store owner put up a gorgeous big tress right next to my space that is covered with beautiful vintage ornaments. You gotta love this--she found the gorgeous tree at a yard sale. It's truly beautiful and rivals my own tree that I use at home.

I wanted to give Marcella (my dress form) a little holiday "glow". She got wings and a halo today. Doesn't she look sweet?

Here's the display of the village houses I bought at aucltion last week..

I did something I haven't done in years....I strung popcorn and cranberries for this little tree. Heck--the colors just worked perfectly with the cardinal theme...

I do love the homemade look of these garlands...it reminds me of sitting on the floor and stringing with my oldest when he was 3 or 4 years old.

How I enjoyed decorating the space for Christmas for the first time...