Welcome December

 

Greetings Friends

and

Welcome to December.

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~~~As I enjoy a steaming cup of coffee this morning~~~

in the very early hours of this

blessed Sunday,

I am thankful for many blessings.

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Join me for a cup of Christmas Joy.

Let me share with you

these sheet music napkin holders.

Easy and quick to create

by cutting stripes of

sheet music paper

or in my case,

I used sheet music wrapping paper.

 

With mod podge

brush the glue inside and out on the holder.

My napkin holders were old

silver pieces that had really seen better days.

Besides the fact that I did not want to silver clean them any longer.

I know some will raise eyebrows at this, but hey

we creative souls don't mind a bit!!

 

Anyway, start wrapping the paper all around the holder.

It is very messy but worth the effort.

I suggest also,

using a hair drying to dry one side of the holder

before setting it down to dry.

This way it will not stick to your surface.

Sitting the napkins holders on wax paper helps too.

 

When dry~

tie a simply ribbon

or accent with a twig of greens.

I did not glue on the ribbon

just simply tied around

so it can be changed with the seasons.

 

 

While sipping my coffee

I am enjoying these sweet window wreaths in my kitchen.

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To create these

I purchased dollar wreaths

from Dollar Tree.

Dry brushed each with

white paint.

Tied a silk white ribbon to the bottom

and added a sprig of evergreen

pine cone and berries over the top.

To hang in the window I

used candlewick thread

and looped around the curtain rod.

 

Easy, quick and a nice winter touch

around the table.

 

 

 

Another sip of coffee has

me thinking how glad I am to have

decorated early this year as I gaze

on my centerpiece.

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Another easy, use what you have idea.

I used a large 18" round platter

filled with pine cones,

berries, apples ,holly

 and pine cones from my magnolia tree in the yard.

Added a large sheet music faux timer candle

to the center

and that's it.

 

 

I look above and

enjoy the snowflakes I added to my chandy.

Snuggled around white roosters of iron

shimmering with the light.

How about another cup of coffee?

Shall we sit in the parlor?

 

In the early morning hours,

I love to sit by the

Christmas tree in

this room and I'll share more here soon.

 

Till then,

Thank you for sharing your early Sunday with me.

I hope everyone has a blessed month

filled with all your heartfelt wishes.

I also want to thank everyone who stopped

by and prayed for Diana's grandson

For the latest update on

his mystery illness you can visit

HERE.

 

See you next time with more of my Christmas home and a tour.

 

Hugs,

Celestina Marie