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.

November weekend at Sweet Salvage on 7th

The theme for month of November is:

The gals and guys of Sweet Salvage on 7th have done just that!  Decked the Halls!  Check out some of the fabulous finds that were available Thursday morning!

Trees decorated with tiny lights, soft feathery angel wings and burlap gift bags with plenty of ribbon wrapped around!  Snowflakes hanging from the ceiling!

A tree decked out with gold and silver birds, gold and silver bird nests, plenty of twig balls and burlap ribbons strewn through it!  Love the green garland to add an outdoorsy touch!

A mantel decorated with greens, an old clock, a Canada goose decoy, twigs, and a huge mirror to reflect all the lovely decorations!  Did you see the silver tray on top that had the bottom painted with blackboard paint and "Joyous Noel" written on it?  You could do the same and change the words or sayings to fit your own occasions!

Silver trays, white milk glass, silver balls, salt and pepper shakers, and "snow balls".

Cupboards filled with wonderful items to celebrate the holidays!  Plenty of white and silver, gold and white, plumes, lace pieces, clocks, candle holders, you name it! 

 Cupboards topped with old wood sleds, rocking horses, buckets of Christmas greens, a green scale, white pieces to shine in the black cupboard, and that red wallpaper!

Great deer head and a wonderful posted of skiers!  Wouldn't that look great in a mountain cabin?  Even skis and a red and white striped stocking!

 Green wreaths, green Christmas balls, holly, and a jolly Santa!!

 Another tree, cute reindeer with backpack baskets, an old file sorter, wonderful old books and a great crate on top of an old cupboard.

I love the "25" numbers put on the sides of the old wooden boxes.  Great clock face, and gold statues and decorations! 

 I LOVE shapely storage jars on pedestals with wonderful tops.  These are filled with game cards and a little angel!  Check out the vintage ornaments!!

I love these repurposed glass vases turned into cloches!!  And that great rusty bedspring holding a glass punch cup with a pear!  Too cool!!  Way outside the box!!!

My personal fav was this vintage dresser in gray with the pink velvet chair, pink toe "pointe" shoes, and old books and pictures.  The fluffy shower curtain behind it -- I so wanted that but it wasn't for sale!!  

There's that pink shower curtain filled with twinkle lights over the dresser and that fabulous chandelier!!  That curtain was just like a gorgeous, soft pink cloud.  Love the ideas!  Love the decorating!!  Love everything!!

Even a cute outfit by Magnolia Pearl was adorning one of the vintage dress forms!

Celebrity sighting!!!  Do you know who this is???  Leave me a comment if you do!!!

The pink tree

I took the pink tree into the antique mall today and decorated it as well as the table it sits on.  Here are the results:

I love this pink tree.  I bought it last year after Christmas when it was on sale.  Today I decorated it with ornaments in white, pinks and red.  I also added a serving bowl full of Christmas craft items, bags of vintage ornaments, a white Eiffel Tower with a pink wreath, a box full of glittery postcards.  Note the pink and blue switch plates on the wall.  A great find on Sunday's shopping.  They are vintage and very pretty!  The little pink tray in front of the tree has bags full of frost white ornaments that look like Christmas tree bulbs.  So you can see I added lots of goodies today.  More to come in another day or two.

Be sure to visit Judy B's Shabby Chic for a few more pics of items taken in today for the booth.

I also visited with my sweet friend, Kim, of Sweet Sage Vintage while in Merchant Square.  She was fluffing and organizing her booth today as well.  She was kind enough to give me this little gift of tea roses in a tiny bottle.  Thank you so much, Kim!  I love them!!  Be sure to visit her blog and check out the pretty bottles she has decorated and put in her booth at Merchant's.

My southwest Christmas tree

Dug through more boxes in the garage today. Brought out my southwest tree that I have had for years. I started this tree with the red and green chili lights when we lived in Virginia. It was one of 5 trees, all sizes, that I used to decorate with for Christmas. I haven't decorated for Christmas since my DDH got sick and then passed away. Haven't spent a Christmas at home since then. But this year is different. I feel like doing it. And I will be here with my oldest son for Christmas.

It's not a big tree. Tabletop size. But the chili pepper lights, the Mexican/Southwest ornaments, the painted tin star atop the tree, raffia bows, saltillo runner and the santo with her rosary of red beads all lends itself to a Southwestern style Christmas. I am happy with this.