Blue & White Christmas!

It's become a family tradition - we go on the Christmas Tour of Homes in Waxahachie, TX during the holiday season! The decorating is always incredible, and this year was no exception! This tree, decorated in blue and white china, graced the front porch of one of the homes this year. It was just a small taste of the fabulousness inside!

CHRISTMAS BIRDCAGES!

My Mom and I had so much fun decorating last night for an extended family Christmas party today! Decorated birdcages were the main centerpieces. More photos to come.....

SHOPPING AT NORTHPARK MALL

Northpark Mall in Dallas is one of my favorite places to go shopping, especially during the holidays! The flowers were gorgeous! Hope you're enjoying your Christmas shopping and taking time to smell the roses.....well, or to at least admire the poinsettias!

REASON FOR THE SEASON!

I was over at Mom & Dad's house admiring their new nativity (I've never seen one like it!) and wanted to share it with you! The reason for the season!!! I love the things that remind us of what Christmas is all about.

EMBELLISHED SNOWMEN CARDS!

Mom has been working on embellishing these cute 3-dimensional snowmen cards we found at Ross. She's adding twigs, ribbon, buttons, etc., and we're going to set these down the tables at our extended family Christmas party coming up soon! Snow cute!!!

GIFT-WRAPPING

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Wrapping gifts for the office Christmas party coming up this week!!! Our first party of the season!

WINTER WONDERLAND!

I guess get my love of Christmas decorating from my parents! Dad has already decorated the backyard with tons of lights! He and Mom can look out their big bay window in their kitchen, while sitting at the kitchen table, at their own "winter wonderland"!

WINTER WONDERLAND

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Mom and Dad's house was like a Winter Wonderland for Christmas! They love to decorate! (Guess that's where I get the decorating bug!) From Mom's extensive vintage Santa collection to Dad's beautiful Christmas lighted display (complete with moving reindeer) visible from the octagonal window area in the eating nook, it was magical! Everywhere you turned, there was something special to view! Wanted to share some photos with you:

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HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT WEEKEND! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Patti

VINTAGE BLUE

Vintage blue bottles from Waxahachie, Texas Christmas Home Tour during last weekend of the tours. The homes were fabulous!

Photo taken by The Man. (click to enlarge photo)

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Wishing you a safe and awesome
New Year!

Patti

...OR YOU'LL GET UNDERWEAR FOR CHRISTMAS!

The title made you look, right? I got it from the adorable chalkboard shown below in one of the beautifully decorated homes on the Waxahachie, Texas Christmas homes tour. As mentioned in a previous post, the tours go on for 3 weekends. I enjoyed one weekend's tours but the next weekend I was sick and couldn't go, so Big D was sweet enough to take photos for me to see. I wanted to share them with you! Double-click the photos to enlarge. Enjoy!

Sweet chalkboard! Black & white tree!

I love this silver wreath on the red door!

Collection of wall crosses...

Winter wonderland pillow in black and white bedroom. Cheetah-fabric covered settee at foot of bed!

Rustic birdhouse grouping.

SANTA!

Wishing everyone a very blessed and Merry Christmas! A big thank you to my sweet husband, to both our families, our friends and relatives for being such a blessing in our lives! We are truly blessed and grateful! And a special thanks to all my blog friends out there for your friendships and for sharing your lives with me this year via your amazing blogs! Patti

A FUSCHIA & LIME CHRISTMAS!

I just love creating....so I had to make something for Christmas! Here's the makings of a wreath for our kitchen! I love fuschia, lime, and silver! Got some lime green wired ribbon for the bow! Will post the finish wreath once it's completed!

Have a great week! Patti

PEACOCK ROOM ON CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR

As promised in my last post, here are some photos from the Waxahachie, Texas Christmas home tours last weekend! The home I'm featuring today had an amazing peacock-themed dining room!

When you first enter this home, you step into a formal den, which has the beautiful stained glass window, which actually came out of a church in Dallas, Texas. Next, you step into the peacock dining room, with its blue walls and beautiful chandelier. The tree in the corner was decorated with peacocks and there was a stunning peacock centerpiece on the table. Here's the sideboard, which held a beautiful glass beverage dispenser etched with "PARIS". The mirror had a gorgeous garland swag over it.
Close-up of the swag over the mirror.....
The peacock centerpiece.... The beautiful peacock Christmas tree.... The gorgeous blue china at each place setting on the table.... More Waxahachie home tour pictures to come!

If you missed how we decorated the office this year for Christmas, please click here.






Since I'm not finished decorating my own home yet, I'm linking this home tour post to the following Christmas decorating blog parties: (be sure to check them out!)




Southern Hospitality: Home for the Holidays
Nesting Place: Christmas Tour of Homes - 12/14/09
Thrifty Decor Chick: O Christmas Tree -12/14/09

Funky Junk Interiors: Christmas Trees Unite
The Inspired Room: Holiday Linky Fridays
Hooked on Houses: Hooked on Holiday Houses Tour


Hope everyone's having a great weekend! Patti

IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS!

This whimsical little fella was seen in a library on the annual Waxahachie, Texas Christmas Tour of Homes last weekend! For a decorating addict like myself, these home tours are sooooo much fun! My Mom and me go every year and get a ton of Christmas decorating ideas and tour some AMAZING homes! (The tours take place 3 weekends, starting the Saturday after Thanksgiving with a different set of homes on the tour each weekend.)

Well, I'm blogging on my lunch break, so I've got to head back to the office......Hope you're all having a great week! Catch me later for more photos from the tour........

SEEING RED!....AND WHITE....AND SILVER.....

Glitter Star!

Red, white and silver: the colors of our office's tree this year....

Sunlight streaming through the office window...

Cranberry/orange scented candle!

Decorating the dental office, where I work, for Christmas today!

ALMOST THANKSGIVING!

Some photos of Mom & Dad's beautiful Fall decorations.

I really hate to say goodbye to the Fall decorations at the end of the week. But getting out the Christmas decorations makes up for it! I LOVE going through all the boxes, pulling out ornaments I've forgotten about, enjoying the memories associated with them, and deciding which decorations to use this year! I've been going through a few of them little by little recently and will share photos soon! I don't have the Christmas tree out yet---that may have to wait until after Thanksgiving. I can't wait till the radio stations start playing Christmas music! (Do you ever listen to your Christmas CD's during the year like I sometimes do?) KLTY, my favorite station here in Texas in the D/FW metroplex played Christmas music all weekend a couple of weekends ago (a Christmas music preview) and it was wonderful! It definitely got me in the Christmas spirit!

Have a great evening! Patti