‘Wednesday Wee Ones at Christmastime’

I walked around the doll room and took a few photos.

I didn’t dress as many dolls this year

 

but I did add a few things to their table.

 

And these two little ones have their own Christmas tea.

Come on in, there’s lots to see...

an angel over the baby bed....

a pretty girl in the stroller....

a bear enjoying tea from his very own elephant cup....

and one of my most favorite Lloyd Middleton Christmas dolls.

I even bought wee ornaments at Rainbow Springs.

Enjoy your week! Take time to play!

When Santa comes to Florida.....

he travels in STYLE!

We watched Santa come down the Rainbow River

last night in a boat!

I know this photo is blurry but I am leaving it this way on purpose. Do you see the reindeer? With the shadowing, it looks like reindeer on the left...one even looks like it’s IN the boat! Do you see them?

I still get a thrill seeing Santa...even at my age! heehee!

Mrs. Claus was as pretty and sweet as ever, too!

Do you see the little boy in the stroller looking up?

What a delight to spend time at Rainbow Springs State Park

with thousands of twinkling lights to lead the way!

Do you still feel excited seeing Santa?

I knew what your answer would be!

Enjoy your week!

A Tiny Merry Merry!

I found this cute little ‘wooden house’ at the Thrift Store for a quarter and had all kinds of plans to make it beautiful! But then I started playing just to see how some of my little wooden ornies would look and decided to enjoy it just the way it is! (I’m sure I’ll spray paint it and wall paper it and put little embellishments on it....some day! heehee!)

I’m joining Mary at the dear little red house

for Mosaic Monday!

And if you enjoyed my Giveaway last week, you’ll LOVE this one!

Anne won the 2 little Christmas stockings that I made and stuffed with Eco Soap’s Peppermint Lip Balm and she’s giving one away on her blog HERE! She’s even added another Christmas goodie! The FUN continues! Hurry, it’s a quick giveaway!

***Happy Holidays***

♥ Merry Merry ♥

A Good time for a Good book!

I know it’s a busy time but that can be the perfect time to read a good book.

My hubby and I read at night before we go to bed and it’s a nice way to unwind.

My sweet friend, Maggie from Just Books and Normandy Life sent me my first Mary Kay Andrews book, Savannah Blues....all the way from France!

And she was right...I fell in love with this author!

So I went to the library and checked out Deep Dish next. I loved the story and the characters in this book, too but was disappointed in the language. I don’t know why she felt it was necessary to use so many curse words so that knocked it down and notch or two for me. The book ended with some Southern recipes...that brought it back up a notch! heehee!

Today I checked out Blue Christmas and I will start reading that tonight! I can’t wait!

We bought the latest book by one of my favorite authors Charles Frazier.

In case you are new here....I’ll post a photo of my favorite author...and me taken last year!

I went goo goo ga ga over him ...right in front of my hubby (and his wife, too) ! haha!

One of my ALL time favorite books is Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier but you may recognize his name as the author of Cold Mountain. I can’t wait to read Nightwoods! My hubby is reading it first!

I have a stack of Christmas books on my library table. It’s such a great time to read the classic Christmas stories.

Do you have a favorite Christmas book? What are you reading now?

“Seashells and deer”

I enjoyed decorating my foyer with a

simple arrangement of my deer collection...

and a few shells here and there for a ‘Florida’ touch!

(my art is not wrinkled, that’s a reflection through the glass!)

You don’t think of deer and seashells together but last year when we spent a few days on Jekyll Island, GA we got up early to see the sunrise and saw deer on the beach! I was too shocked to take a photo! And as soon as they saw us they were off through the dunes. But it was a sight I will never forget!

I’m joining Sally Lee by the Sea for Coastal Christmas!

Do you have any deer in your Christmas decor this year?

Color Coordinated Thrifting!

I found this precious little tea cup and saucer at my favorite thrift store!

So perfect...without even a chip!

Do you think it looks nice on this tablecloth?

Yes?

Hhhhmmmm.....this isn’t a tablecloth but the top I was wearing when I shopped! heehee!

I came home and washed my little cup and sat down with it, put my glasses on to read the bottom and looked down and realized my top perfectly matched the tea set! (It says Winterling Kirchenlamitz Bavaria on the bottom)

I’m good...but I didn’t know I was THIS good! haha!

And look at all the little wooden ornies I found in a bin full of junk...I mean treasures!

The tiny basket and container were part of the deal, too.

(I’ve turned the basket around to the pretty side now!)

 

I also got three other little Christmas treasures that I’ll save for another day!

It was half price day at the Thrift store so my bill rang up to $2.07 for everything!!!

Oh, what FUN!

I’m linking to these fun parties!

I’m joining....Vintage Thingie Thursday

and Time Travel Thursday

and Club G.W. No. 15

and Thrifty Things Friday!

and Treasure Hunt Thursday!

and Thursday’s Favorite Things!

I’m linking to Honey’s Potpourri Party, too!

I love Christmas thrifting, don’t you?

(and wearing tops that match my finds! lol)

Santa came to Florida! “PAFA”

I do believe Santa asked my blog buddies if I had been good this year and didn’t ask my hubby. Because I have been very blessed....lucky...or fortunate (whatever you would like to call it) this holiday season.

(Santa pics taken at Rainbow Springs)

 

If you like me, read on....

if you don’t, time to hop to the next blog!

This post will be about ONE giveaway that I won.

ONE....but a BIG ONE!

Come on in!!!

I won the PAFA Winter Wonderland giveaway this year!

What does that mean? It means I received 13 gifts...

plus one....from all over the US and Canada!

PAFA...Primitive and Folk Artists - a team of talented artists!

And here’s a list of what I won....

1. Hand embroidered candle mat and a little wood and paper Christmas ornie, Donated By Deb of Paxton Valley Folk Art   

 **Go Here to Visit Deb's Blog**    **And Here Deb Has Two Blogs**

2. A beautiful Hand Woven Basket

Donated by Ann of 1803ohiofarmbaskets

**Go Here to Visit Ann's Blog**  **And Here yes Ann has two blogs**

3. A Wonderful Snowman

Donated by Donna of CtrysideCottage

**Go Here to Visit Donna's Blog**

4. Five Sweet Snowmen Ornaments

Donated by Karen of Cedar Creek Primitives

**Go Here to Visit Karen's Blog**   **And Here She has Two blogs**

5. An adorable Painted Snowman Ornament

Donated by Barb of Barbsheartstrokes

**Go Here to Visit Barb's Blog**

6. Some Cute Gingerbread Bowl Fillers

Donated by Wendy of  Ravenwood Whimsies

**Go Here to Visit Wendy's Blog**   **And Here she has Two Blogs**

7. A great ticking Stocking Ornament

Donated by Valerie of Yorkie's Primitives

**Go Here to Visit Valerie's Blog**  **And Here to her other Blog**

8. A Wonderful Decorative Soy Candle

Donated by Brandy of TheLilPrimCabin

9. A Hand painted Bell

Donated by Jan of Raggedy Jan

10. A Sweet Pair of Primitive Snowmen

Donated by Brenda of Blackbirdprimitives

11. A mini angel sled, Christmas tree bear, and bear photo ornament

Donated by Brenda of Pumpkin Hollow Store

**Go Here to Visit Brenda's Blog**

12. A Wonderful snow Plaque

Donated by Vicky of PaintspotsnSplinters

**Go Here to Visit Vicky's Blog**

 

Are you still here? I’ll save my last gift for a special post!

And what do all of these pressies look like up close?

(the crates, a couple of candles and little red Christmas balls are mine that I used for ‘props’!)

and then there’s these....

 

and all of these!

I’m almost tempted to turn off the comments! (I’m embarrassed by all of this special treatment!) You don’t have to say I’ve been this good! But if you know any of these ladies or visit them today, I would love to hear about that!

A special thanks to PAFA for this amazing Giveaway!

Merry Christmas dear ones! ♥

Winner of the ‘Giveaway with a Twist’!

Thanks so much to everyone that entered!

I had so many sweet comments and appreciate every one!

And the winner is....

Ann from Ohio Farm Baskets!

Her comment...

Diane, Neat idea for a giveaway and yes, I would be glad to pass one along to someone else. I'm thinking of how I could do it on my blog...hmm. I know what I'll do, but I'm going to keep it a secret for now! ~Ann

So visit her soon to see what she comes up with!

She’ll get her choice of any two of these stockings (made by me) with a peppermint Lip Balm from Eco Natural Soaps tucked inside of them!

But there’s still one stocking left

and one Peppermint Lip Balm!

So this one is going to another Anne from Bird/Like!

I’m sending her one to keep for herself!

Her comment....

Diane, what a delightful gift you're offering! Yes, absolutely I would give one to a friend. And up here in the 0 degrees of humidity, we can certainly use a lip balm! Have a great weekend and thanks for being you!

Thanks again to Eco Natural Soap for the Peppermint Lip balms! You can visit her blog HERE, too! She has a wonderful Eco friendly Christmas arrangement to share!

Happy holidays everyone! ♥

Celebrating Christmas...Florida style!

So what do you think of when you think of Florida?

And what do you get when you have enough of these?

My hubby is wearing some ‘Florida style’ this Christmas

and I made the mosaic from photos of his shirt!

I’m joining Mary at the dear little red house

for Mosaic Monday!

I guess hubby is joining this week, too! heehee!

Please enter my holiday ‘Give, Give’ Giveaway

on the original post HERE!!!

Do you have a favorite sweater

or Christmas shirt?