Christmas Advent Calender

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

♥

Can you feel it ...

Christmas  joy

 If you haven't already  made your Christmas advent calender yet 
its not too late.......
 Did you know that advent means arrival !!!
 Our advent calender this year has four candles to celebrate 
the four Sundays before
 Christmas

 This is a Swedish tradition
and is 
simple to make just place sugar in a bowl 
 {vintage white ironstone looks pretty}
add four candles and every Sunday gather the family 
and light a candle 
{ we always say what we are grateful  for when we light the candles each week}

{Love}

 this time of year 

Christmas songs playing on the radio

fires in the fireplace

 blankets in every room  perfect for cuddling

We have been having  fun  making  handmade invitations for our
Christmas party
just a pink pipecleaner and a gold star

We are hosting a
* Christmas*
sing along
we will gather around the piano and sing with Joy

The Joy of 

 Christmas is contagious

*Are you feeling it too*
linking for Vintage Inspiration Friday
Feathered Nest Friday
Pink Saturday

 

romantic saying for today

"Till I loved I never lived—enough."
Dickenson 

♥
Pam

Simple Christmas

Hi Everyone

 Happy Wednesday

♥

So much fun to start decorating for

 Christmas

This is one of the vintage treasures we found at the

 Lucky Street Productions warehouse sale

Do you know what this tin piece

 was originally used for.....

This little vintage treasure grabbed my heart instantly 

and was gratefully within
 our Christmas budget

it really helps to have a budget
 and let the creativity flow more than the money
 

We learned these tins were used as rain gutters 

can you imagine how cute it would be

 to see this all along the side

 of a home
♥

{Love}
 the three hearts
three for my three favorite words
~ I Love You ~

When we were first married and had just bought our home
 we had very little money to decorate our Christmas tree
That year we used pine cones 
Starbucks  sample cups 
{now a family tradition}
handmade paper snowflakes
paper chains made from grocery bags and
 on the top of the tree was a
star made out of branches and twine

We learned that year that
 simple
can make a
 beautiful Christmas!!


romantic saying for today

“You don’t take away my choices. You are my choice.”
Houck


♥
Pam

The Vintage Marketplace

Hi Everyone

 Happy Tuesday

♥

If you have never been to Rita and Christies

~Vintage Marketplace~

you are in for a real treat

These two women are super talented and lot's of fun

add all the amazing vendors they have brought together

 and you have a day filled with beauty

 inspiration and loads of vintage chippy rusty 

 fabulous gorgeous

 treasures to take home

This is talented Rita

{Love}
 her sweet smile
 she has a great blog  too called

Mammabellarte

click to visit

This is talented Christie
she is an amazing artist
{Love}
her rose paintings
they are simply gorgeous
you can visit her website too
ChrsitieRepasy.com
click to visit

The next Vintage Marketplace is this
 Friday November 30th and Saturday December 1
 can't wait!!!!
you can find the Vintage Marketplace on Facebook 
can you believe that Saturday is December 1
excited to start our
 Christmas
countdown ...



romantic saying for today

''You called me, and I came home to your heart.''  
Browning

♥
Pam

Merry and Bright

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Monday

♥

It is Christmas !!!!!

everywhere 

This weekend we were invited to a new vintage shop in San Diego called
Lucky Street Productions

What a  fun time we had shopping this warehouse sale
it was 
filled to overflowing with
 beauty and inspiration
♥

The old  North County Times printing press warehouse is a vision
now all painted white and glowing there are
  fabulous high ceilings and so much eye candy everywhere you look

The owner  also rents vintage treasures for movies , weddings, parties
and with an overflowing inventory you can find everything you need to have a fabulous event

We all fell in
{Love}
with this rusty box spring covered in twinkle lights
and who could resist the crown on top
Can't wait to show you what I found at the sale
here is the address fortunately beginning December 1 this new shop will be open every day
Here is the address
1715 S Freeman Street Oceanside California
phone number
866-303-8635
 https://www.facebook.com/LuckyStreetProductions
I will be highlighting new places to shop for vintage treasures this week


did you cyber shop today
I have to admit I did the bargains were amazing


romantic saying for today

" Love is the emblem of eternity: it confounds all notion of time
 all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end"
  De Stael

♥
Pam

No Black Friday

Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

♥

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving was filled with delicious food
the warmth of family and friends around our table

So Blessed and Grateful

Now that all the dishes are clean and the left overs are in the fridge
 its time to start decorating our home for 

~Christmas~

No black Friday here 

 we have a different tradition

This is the day we all stay home in our pj's and just enjoy being together

That is the best gift we could give each other 

and the one that we all treasure most

 we get all the Christmas boxes down from the rafters....

We start a fire and with coffee in hand we open one box at a time

we talk, laugh and are reminded of  beautiful

Christmas's filled with
 {Love}

 It is so much fun to look at all the treasures in each box

some are handmade , some are amazing inherited treasures

Some were gifts
and all of them bring back wonderful memories

♥

We all look forward to this day just as much as

 Thanksgiving day

 it is a time filled with memories and dreams of Christmas's to come

and we get to stay in our pj's all day  too!!!!!!

are you fighting the crowds for Black Friday

 Here is a little shopping  tip......

Go through all of the  Christmas treasures you already have

before you go shopping for new ones
linking Vintage Inspiration Friday
Feathered Nest Friday

romantic saying for today

 “The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.”

Austen


♥
Pam

Thankful

Hi Everyone

 Happy Tuesday

♥

 Thanksgiving thankfuls ......

so thankful that tonight 

our entire family will be under one roof

at Home

♥

thankful we only need one ??? more trip to the grocery store
before we have all the things we need for our

 Thanksgiving dinner

Thankful Our oven is  clean and ready for the busy and fun filled day

of cooking

Thankful this morning I found this adorable free printable 

Aren't they pretty

  I could not wait to share it with you too

it is from  here
just click the " here"  above and you can print them free too

 they have such a beautiful old world charm to them

 there are so many fabulous ways to play with them you could
make a Thankful garland

or  use them as napkin rings at the table with each persons name.....

they even look fabulous on white paper
 can you believe there are

only 2  more days to Thanksgiving

romantic saying for today

“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.”

Read more: http://lovetexts.tumblr.com/post/7264189052/best-love-quotes-from-the-notebook#ixzz2Cmc4UGhb

“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.”

Read more: http://lovetexts.tumblr.com/post/7264189052/best-love-quotes-from-the-notebook#ixzz2Cmc4UGhb

"Together we are perfect"
unknown

♥
Pam

Thanksgiving Cornucopia

Hi Everyone

 Happy Saturday

♥

This year our cornucopia  basket is on the front door

 filled with beautiful garden flowers
Here is the dictionary description of a cornucopia 
The cornucopia (from Latin cornu copiae) or horn of plenty
  is a symbol of abundance and nourishment,
commonly a large horn-shaped container
overflowing with produce, flowers, nuts or other edibles

 Welcome
to our
~Home~

 Our cornucopia is traditionally
 on a table filled with fruit and nuts

It looks so simple and inviting to greet our guests
 right at the front door and  sets the stage
for the holiday

 {Love}

 Simple idea and so charming
having the cornucopia on the front door
 has such a cottage feel

Front door decorated ....check
feels good to be checking things off our
  "to do list"
 countdown continues
only 5 days to Thanksgiving
are you checking things off your "to do list" too



romantic saying for today

"Love so deeply the ocean will be jealous"
unknown

♥
Pam

Calm Thanksgiving

Hi Everyone

Happy Friday

 ♥

There is a calm at our house

 it feels like the calm before the storm of fun

Cleaning and getting all our Thanksgiving dishes out

Prepping for family returning home and overnight guests for

Thanksgiving dinner 

This morning  the weather was chilly 

we made a fire to warm up the house

We have huge pine trees in our yard 

with fabulous pine cones 

{Love}

to bring the outside inside

Sometimes we even put the pine cones in the fire 

they have the most fabulous fragrance 

and it's fun to hear the crackle too

Nature is so beautiful

 grabbed my camera to show you this pretty branch

 that was  just casually tossed on the chair

Our home will  soon be filled with family and friends
so grateful

This is the best part of the holiday being all  together 

with the people that you

{Love}

the countdown has begun only 6 days until Thanksgiving!!!!!

are you ready

linking for Vintage Inspiration Friday

Feathered Nest Friday

romantic saying for today

"Come live with me, and be my love"
Donne

♥
Pam

Forcing Paperwhite bulbs

Hi Everyone

 Happy Wednesday

♥

The Paper white bulbs in 

our front yard are already blooming

They have appeared so early this year that it took us all by surprise

usually they don't show up until

 after Thanksgiving 

{Love}

 paperwhite flowers they have such a glorious

 fragrance for such a tiny flower and 

did you know you can get them to re~bloom 

Paperwhite bulbs will re~bloom 

if you force the bulbs

 in soil 

 not pebbles

they get their nutrients from the soil 

These bulbs are from last year after they bloomed 

we just tucked the bulbs in a paper bag 

and put them in the greenhouse for next year

  You can also replant them 

outside too

 ~Blooming~

So don't throw your paper white bulbs away.....

reuse and re~bloom !!!!!
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Blissful Whites Wednesday

romantic saying for today

"For stony limits cannot hold love out"

Shakespeare 

♥

Pam

Christmas Red

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Tuesday

♥

Adding red to your home can be intimidating

 we go back and forth every year at Christmas time
color no color
Usually we all decide to just keep the colors to a minimum

That is until we get this vintage French enamelware milk carrier down from the rafters

It stays tucked away until

 Christmas time

We are always surprised at how much we like the warmth of

 a pop of red around the house

Adding red to our mostly white decor 

 adds warmth and whimsy
 candy cane charm

With chilly mornings 

 the fireplace is on, the pumpkin spice muffins smell amazing cooking in the oven

 the coffee is brewed 

a fall morning filled with the taste the smells and the feel 

of the holidays

Even this adorable glass bottle

 from Ikea adds a pop of

cheerful red to the kitchen

could not resist adding the 

gingham red ribbon

{Love}

 the vintage look of this bottle

Red and white
 a classic combination

cheerful warm and

 romantic too
♥

Will you  be adding a pop of red to your home this
Christmas?

romantic saying for today
"I love thee to the breadth and height my soul can reach"

Browning

♥
Pam