Sitting here with a Vanilla Dream candle burning, the mist softly falling, and the dogs sleeping, I’m contemplate a nap.
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Okay, I actually took a nap after I wrote that and now I’m back. LOL! It’s just a dreary Thanksgiving Eve and a good day for relaxing, especially if you don’t have to prepare for visitors or dinner.
… a healthy and loving family, a warm and comfortable home, the fact that I’ve been out of work for almost a month and we can still pay the bills, my mothers continued good health (she’s healing very well! The doctor said ‘better than most people who have had the same surgery’), a good strong stable marriage, the animals in our family who were all adopted and whose lives could have had a much different outcome, plenty of food in the cupboard and on our table, and as always, friends and family.
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So, are you ready to turn the corner from Fall decor into Christmas pizzazz? Judging by the blogs out there I’d say many of you already have! I just can’t quite do it until Friday, it just doesn’t seem right. I have to ride Autumn’s wave as long as possible. The above photos were taken this morning.
Instructions are below. I plan on making this in the next few days but with a red velvet ribbon instead. My husband who loves flowers and plants thought it was a great idea too. We’ll see how it comes out. If you make it I’d love to see the results!
Happy Thanksgiving.
22 comments:
I love poinsettias. I have a Christmas tree all decorated with burgundy poinsettias and gold ornaments and gold tingting. Beautiful if I do say so myself! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving in beautiful New Hampshire!
Beautiful post today, Sharon! Hope that winter weather stays at bay for you and that fall lasts for a few more days at least. The leaves here are gone except for a few stragglers here and there around town. It's feeling chilly tonite though.
As for the crown molding... it sure enhances a room!
Di
The Blue Ridge Gal
Just Vignettes
I too, wait until Friday to decorate. Give Thanksgiving it's due. However, it's very hard when all the holiday magazines start showing up with all the new ideas for decorating! Love the topiary idea! I might have to try it! Come over and check out my blog today, I have a little something for ya!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Your photographs are awesome and I love how the colors came through. Glad your mom is doing so well.
Love your photos, and the textures are so wonderful! That's a pretty cool topiary, looks so easy to make. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Thanksgiving from Texas!
Your home is beautiful. And your photos are wonderful. This is your first attempt? Wow.
And thanks for the shout-out.
PS ~ The poinsettia idea rocks.
funny i saw the idea too and tore the page out to do also. happy thanksgiving.
Fabulous post! Your pictures turned out wonderfully! WOW!!
I really need to learn how to work with layers!
Sounds like you have a lot to be grateful for and I do too.
Lovely post.
Happy Thanksgiving.
I love your fall decor. Can't really do it here. It still feels like summer. Really looking forward to Christmas though.
Just want to say thanks for all the time and effort you put into your blog. It is one that inspires me and I love to visit. Enjoy your holiday.
Sounds like a very pleasant day with lots of reflection going on there...which is good to do at times. I love the photos - will have to find out more about that. I think Autumn has pretty much left us over here - only hint that it still remains is that Jack Frost hasn't appeared yet... xxx
I'm with you Sharon. I can't put up anything related to Christmas until the day after Thanksgiving! Feels blasphemous! LOL!
So glad to hear your mom is doing so well! :c) Today I am thankful for you and your presence here in this beautiful little spot on the web. Many blessings to you and yours.
Sharon Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Your home is lovely. I too try to enjoy the beauty of Autumn for as long as possible. Thanks for sharing the Poinsettia Idea, I'm sure a few of us will give it a whirl. Blessings.
Very pretty! I need to take the time and experiment with my pictures. Have a very Happy Thanksgiving.
Sharon,
The photos look amazing! I am glad to here you're mom is doing great. She's tough as nails and is going to come through this better than ever. I wouldn't be surprised to hear she is wall papering again within the next 6 months!
Love,
-Mike
Great photo's.I was trying layers the other day but that's the only thing it was: trying. But I just have to get back at it once. Glad to hear your mother is getting better. Happy Thanksgiving
The happiest of holidays to you! You have a beautiful home and a wonderful family (both two & four legged) to fill it with.
A beautiful song. Thank you for sharing it and your exquisite photos.
I just learned about photoshop layers at my course earlier in the week. Still a N.O.V.I.C.E. but it gives me something to play with.
Enjoy your day today!
Great work with the textures. I like using them too. Love the Poinsettia idea. Have a Happy and safe Thanksgiving.
Cindy
hi sharon,
thanks for stopping by my blog too.
i'll post a pic of my poinsetta topiary after i finish it....probably later next week. no time to work on it til then, as i am gonna be heading outta of town for few days. i will probably do mine with white flowers and a natural color ribbon of some sort.
can't wait to see how your's looks. i'll be checking out your blog in the meantime.
dj
Beautiful photos, and house, too. It reminds me of my sister's house. I call her Linda Martha Stewart! She decorates so nice, AND she cooks good too!
I love pointsettas, but aren't they poisonous to animals? I thought I read that somewhere. So be careful around your pets!
I love the fall photos!! I am not going to do anything about Christmas for another couple of weeks, though. It just feels too early yet.
I hope, you and all the other Americans, had a good Thanksgiving! In Canada, it was a month and a half ago! But it is always good to remember what we are thankful for!!
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