More Christmas displays in the house

Time to change over from Thanksgiving and fall and get into the Christmas spirit.  I don't put up a tree anymore since my husband passed away 7 years ago.  But I do like to put up small trees in displays around the house.  Here are the first two I finished yesterday.

I replaced the red southwest runner for this old seed bag.  The glittery tree and the little cloche on the silver stand I bought yesterday at FOUND in Mesa, AZ.  This store has wonderful things for decorating and they were having a sale this weekend.  So I took advantage!

These candles are battery operated.  Love their nice glow in the evening.  I also put out two of my clear crystal rosaries around on the mirror.

And finally this display I put together yesterday as well. 

The little white tree was a great find at My Sister's Attic.  Had to tuck the branches up a bit so it would fit under the tall cloche, but it works!  Now I think I need a few glittery stars to decorate the tree.  Yes, that's just craft stuffing around the base of the tree.  The bottle on the right is an empty Patron bottle decorated with pearls.  The other bottle has a wonderful "Dream" collar with a rhinestone crown -- also a find at FOUND.

My answer to music candles

On October 13 my blog featured the music pages I applied resin to as well as those music candles from the Pottery Barn catalog.  Well, here is my solution to otherwise expensive candles.

The candles are actually LED candles I bought at Costco a week ago.  With two AA batteries these candles look great and smell like vanilla when turned on.  They even flicker like real ones.  Also, they have a timer that lets them run for 5 hours then shuts off automatically.  How cool is that??!!  The candles were in a 4-pack for $20.  However, I noticed in the last coupon book from Costco there is a $4 off coupon for the candle pack.  I think these will do and give me the same effect!  And, I just taped them to the candle so the music can be changed or removed.