{xox}

may your hearts be filled

with 
peace 
and
love
xox
{this sweet little peace bird was made by andrea ~ please visit her at  the cottage market}

Just for today.....

may peace find you

{here we go}

{xox}

Just for today......

"Jingle all the way" 

{the last little bit of Christmas...}

enchanting

French Illustrations
for my bluebird tree
one more bit of Christmas I just had to share....
from the workshop of a very sweet and oh so talented friend!

xox

{please visit Anita here ...... pure joy awaits you...

her world is magical}

goodbye Christmas....hello New Year!

{sharing my molly......}

{winter laundry}

{cold feet?}


{house cleaning}

{the college flock}



{gifts from home}

xox

hope you all had a wonderful Christmas
ours was truly blessed
{even though we missed our molly}
thought I would share some of
my Molly's Christmas
with you....
{I do love her creativity}

~

{will try to visit you all soon...missed you sooooo much}

{sending sweet wishes to you all ......}

xox

{Christmas shopping for myself.....}

{to me .....from me}

one of my early christmas gifts

I just had to get myself this year....

this adorable reusable cup sleeve

from andrea creates

{her etsy shop is filled with sweet treasures}

perfect for our road trip today....

just got off the phone with my sweet momma

telling her we will see her in 5 hours

we are going

Home for the Holidays

{over the hills/mountains and thru the woods to grandma & papa's house we go}

~

love....peace... joy

you all mean the world to me

Sending you oooodles of Christmas LOVE

see you next week

{my own little turquoise blissmass...}

touches of turquoise

around my home

and neck

{pure blissmass}

wishes of joy & love to you all

{Christmas Abundance...}

slow down and savour the sweetness this

season has to offer...

*overflowing joy*

may you catch some in your

heart today

{notice my wee little snowman..reminds me

of how I would bundle up my little sweeties when they were going out to play in the snow..scarf wrapped soooo tightly..tee hee}

xox

the winner of my Tinsel shop giveaway

is

Gloria

from Gloria's Little Cedars

congratulations my friend

and thank you

Tammy

for this lovely giveaway!

{oh dear....Christmas Pretties in my home}

ok....

just had to do it.....

visited one of my favourite stores the other day....here

it was all decked out for Christmas....

so...

came home and got out my little cream trees

and added them to my mantel....

{image above}

yes

I

have

officially

started!

{no stopping me now}

I think my little trees are perfect for

Friday Pretties

{visit Joyce's sweet blog here for more pretties}

....all I can say is that life is starting to get pretty magical

xox

has anyone else started?

{I have linked up with tinsel & company today...deck the halls...visit here}

{winter wonderland....}

magical

enchanting

{it's not too early to be thinking these thoughts?

...is it?}

....especially when my sweet friend has
decked her store from top to bottom
with pure
JOY


Saturday morning we visited
Roses and Rutabagas

*Pure Delight*

...now all I want to do is
DECK the HALLS

It is never too early to start
collecting
hoarding
stockpiling
accumulating...
is it?
...so when it is really time to
Deck those Halls....
I will be so ready!

Have you started yet?

xox

~Sending you ALL some BLUEBIRD Love~

Christmas is a miracle
a time to renew,
strengthen our spirit
and open ourselves up to profound Joy....
for a Savior reigns
and Peace on Earth
and
Goodwill towards Men
are
truly
within our grasp
***

Wishing all of you a

Blessed Christmas
I am off today to
visit my parents for the holidays
leaving blogging behind
will be back
early next week
sending you some extra love today
bundled up with
many sweet thanks for all the
love you send my way
xoxoxo

{thank you Carol for my sweet glass bluebird heirloom ornament}

~ A Well Know Fact??? ~

did you know

that if you smell a

yellow rose

on the morning of the

17th of December

there is a good chance

you will get

diamonds

for

Christmas

{quick...go find one}

~ My Christmas Palette ~

white

black

turquoise

&

silver

images of my

Christmas home

off to wrap

some

gifts

using the same

colour

palette

{sweet joyuex noel stocking from Faded Plains}

* Dots and Stripes *

Red and White

Peppermint Sticks

Polka Dotted
Ribbons

Stripes + Dots =
Santa's Whimsical Workshop

***

If I were in charge
of
decorating
Santa's Workshop
this is
all the
inspiration I would need

***


Have you all been busy
little
elves

I have

*

~ Snowflakes...where are you? ~

My little Christmas Village

so magical

with

sweet tiny

paper-mache homes

covered

with

shimmering

frosty

glass glitter

&

bits of

tinsel

wee wonders
that enchant
and
stir up
the
imagination
*
*
*
my mantle is
a
Winter Wonderland
right now
*
So why is it not snowing outside?
{for goodness sakes I live in Canada!}
I am longing for the snow
to
blanket my green world






I guess I will just have to head to the ski hill
{syd and myself taken last snowy January}
just look at those
amazing snow covered trees!
All I really want is a
White Christmas
{we usually have snow by now}
Snow
I know you will be here soon
please hurry
please

~ special surprise knee high socks ~

advent socks

all hung

and being

filled with

special

surprises

everyday

throughout

December

***

One of our

Christmas

traditions

{see earlier post here}

~ shinny and bright ~

shinny treasures

found at local thrift stores

perfect for adding some

razzle dazzle bling

to

your Christmas home

{brooches..$1.00 each}

one added to a wreath

one added to a teacup

~

sparkle
bling
razzle dazzle
shimmering
shinny
and
bright
~
your
home
will
thank you

~ Signs of the Season ~

"Brown Paper Packages

Tied Up

With String"

***

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in our home