Last minute Charistmas touches

Had to sprinkle a few more Christmas touches....I should quit going to The Christmas Tree Shop!!

And cant forget to hang the stockings by the fire with care...as long as we remember to move them when we have a fire:)

Santa came a bit early!!

So I went to bed the other night and thought I had heard some extra noise, when I woke up I found that a little elf had worked hard to wrap my presents (such a sweet hubby I have)! I must have been a good girl this year!! Abby has already said her gifts cant arrive under the tree til Christmas morning (she wants to keep the Santa illusion going!! lol)

Smells like pine!!!!

Christmas on the Cape!!

I usually go overboard with my christmas decor but decided to try simple thisyear. We even are getting a live tree on Friday and putting on ornaments from after christmas sales last year. My usual tree was loaded down with so many different ornaments that this year, the thought of not only putting them up was exhausting but the taking them all down was not something I wanted to think about eiither. Abby has many ornaments that she loves but she is the first one to fizzle out and I end up doing it all. So we decided to forgo and if she really wanted them up we would get a little tree for her...so far she is good. I will of course keep those ornaments because they have great meaning and memories of mine and abbys many christmas's together,,sometimes just us two:) So for now I decided to spruce up our dining room with a few favorite touches and will light up our living room when our tree comes. Sometimes going simple means for me, enjoying the holidays a bit more:)
                come on in.... a smooch first:)

Christmas Tree Shop is a popular store here and I found this vintage table runner..I love it!!

Little vintage touches adorn my shelf..childhood memories...the Mr and Mrs Clause are a favorite that always find a home at christmas. My grandmother gave these to me and have been around for a very long time. The red boot is childhood favorite too..always had candy canes in them...being a kid in my family was so fun at christmas time!!

The black and white photo above always is displayed too!! Its of my mom and her sister visiting santa at Lazurus (macys now) in downtown Columbus. I look at it and smile.

below is my snow sign and above one of my favorite Susan Branch pics..poem about a small house!

I made a wreath out of brown coffee filters and needed to fill a space on the other wall..I love snowmen and had a few primitive snowman decor...perfect!!

And my bird nest needed some red too!!