Monday, December 5, 2011

Christmas Decorating 2011

 I love decorating for the Holidays! (once I get in the Holiday spirit)
Today I want to inspire you to get your decor out or share your photos with me.
Above: Stockings my Mom made for me several years ago. They are very special.
I found these gingerbread men about 10 years ago at Marshalls. 
I still think they were a great find and love to pull them out!

 It might be strange to you that we have a monkey on the top of our Christmas tree....but it's not strange to us....it's a tradition. However, I do remember when our son was young and he said, "Why do we have a monkey at the top of our tree?" I'm sure at school he colored angels or stars. I guess that would be something to question.
My favorite part after decorating is enjoying the lights. I have more decorations to share....another day. I also have some fun ornament ideas with the stocking die that I'll show next week. I can't spoil it for my stampin' friends. We have a party and will be exchanging ornaments or small gifts. I can't wait to share those with you too!

Merry Christmas,
Christie

2 comments:

Jacque said...

I can't find the original post, but the artisan's name you were looking for is Jim Shore. At least, I'm pretty it's his stuff. ;)

Karen said...

Jacque is right. It is a Jim Shore nativity set. For some reason, that post did not show up on here. So, why do you have a monkey on your tree? Besides the fact that it is a tradition...it had to start somehow...somewhere...by someone. It is a very attractive monkey, of course, and your decorations are splendid.