More Christmas Beauties

Hello Friends!

I wanted to share some more of my beautiful Christmas creations. I have had so much fun making all of these beautiful things for the holiday season.
These first few items are ornaments with pockets on the back to stick a gift card or some money in. I made one for each of my employees and for some of my relatives too!

Here is a sweet tree I made from a foam tree form and some tulle. It was a lot of hard work and I felt like I would never be finished gathering tulle to get it finished. I think it turned out beautifully!

Here is a darling old post office box that I found at an antique store several months ago. The label at the top says "post" and has six post office boxes that are numbered. When I bought it she was an ugly brown color and now it is pretty in pink!

This NOEL sign was red and green with brown pine cones stuck on it. I painted it pink and covered it with scrapbook paper and glitter.

My mom made this pillow and gave it to me a long time ago. I decided to make it a Christmas pillow so I sewed some pink jingle bells and ribbon on the corner, then made a post card to put in the pocket! I just love how sweet it turned out!

Isn't the post card so sweet?

I made this wreath from a foam form (say that 5 times fast) and some more gathered tulle.

Isn't the pink birdie so sweet?

This is a napkin ring I made for my beautiful Christmas tablescape. I will be showing it to you and all the other decorations in the house next weekend!

This is a topper I made for my tree in the kitchen/dining area. It is my angel tree so the topper had to have an angel on it! I think it turned out lovely.

I bought this church at my favorite candy/gift store in Oklahoma City last week. It was very plain so I added some pearls to the trees and the wreath. isn't it beautiful?

I also bought this wreath and as you can see it is very lovely, but rather plain.

I added some ivory silk ribbon, a snowflake ornament, and that sweet bird and feather nest to decorate it up a bit. I think it is prettier now.

I started making this garland at my mom's house on Thanksgiving day. I finished it the next day. I made it from old dictionary pages, silver tinsel garland, pearl garland, and tulle. It matches my decor perfectly.

Christmas is a magical time so I made this sweet sign to remind all who enter my cottage to WISH!

After I got my living room decorated for Christmas I realized that I didn't have any stockings that were going to work, so I made some! They are just amazing and I am so proud of how beautifully they turned out. This one is for James.

This is my stocking. I love the beautiful image on it and the handmade ribbon poinsettia. Isn't it just gorgeous?

Here are some little Santa figurines I bought and wanted to give a makeover. I painted them last night and they are so pretty now!

Don't they look so sweet? I love that they are pink now. I know I will enjoy them for years to come.

I hope you enjoyed my pretty Christmas creations. I wish you a blessed week and hope you are enjoying this magical season.

Blessings to you!

Love Tammy

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Pink Christmas Pretties

Hello Blogger Friends!

I have been so busy creating so many beautiful things and decorating my house for Christmas that I haven't updated my blog lately! I wanted to share some of these beautiful creations with you I have been working so hard on.
This is a very ugly snowman that I bought at a local craft store. I thought he needed a makeover so I took him to my workshop and . . . Now he is ready for Christmas at my enchanted Christmas cottage! Much better don't you think?

I am so in love with this snowman and when things are super cheap after Christmas I hope they have some more like him so they can get makeovers too!

Aren't the lacy scarf and the pink jingle bells the best! It turned out much prettier that I expected!

Here is another ugly Santa that was in need of a makeover. After some paint and glitter . . .

he looks much better! I love the sweet Christmas bells on his front.

This cute snowman got a makeover too. I had so much fun repainting these guys. It was a lot of work but it was worth it. Just look at the difference!

He is so sweet now! I may paint some rose buds on his little snow pail if I can remember before I box him up for the season.

Here are some ornaments I made. This one was a tin treat cup that I painted ivory, distressed, and embellished with paper, glitter, and gems. I love these ornaments because they look so old and vintage! They are on my beautiful tree in my kitchen that I will show you soon!

This ornament was a series I made using fleece fabric, ribbon, buttons, glitter, and other embellishments. I made 6 different ornaments in this set. I love the snowflake on this ornament.

I made these ornaments from fabric scraps that I wrapped around a candy cane shape, then embellished them. I love how they look on my sweet pink tree in my living room. I will show that to you soon!

Aren't these ornaments gorgeous! I made them from ornaments I was going to throw away ( I know I am ashamed) but decided I could do something with them. I am so glad I did! They are covered in vintage music sheet paper and mica glitter. They are some of my favorite I have made this year. They are on my kitchen tree. Can't wait for you to see!

I made large and small ornaments but only the large ornaments have the NOEL tags on them.

I made this beautiful piece right after Thanksgiving. I saw something similar on Pinterest but it was red and green - yuck!!! So I took the idea and made it my own. The frame was so ugly when I bought it but now it is pretty in pink! I am loving it!!!

I made this "snow globe" from a Pinterest idea too. I cut the letters on the front of the jar out of a newspaper - there were plenty in a stack in my utility room rotting away. I am in love with painted pink jingle bells this year. You will see when I show you pictures of my Christmas cottage. If you like pink you will love my nest!

I have made tons of other things for Christmas and I am in the process of making some to-die-for stockings so please check back next weekend for more goodies!

I hope you are enjoying every single minute of this magical Christmas season. The time just goes so quickly and there are so many things to do! I hope you have a blessed weekend whatever you do!

Blessings to you!

Love Tammy

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My Living Room in Fall Whites

Hello Friends,

Today I wanted to share some pictures of the pretty decorating in my living room I did for fall. I used ivory, white, and brown for my color palette. Isn't this angel lovely? I made the pumpkins at her feet and showed those to you last weekend.

I love this shelf above my giant television set. It is really pretty this fall with the ivory and white. The "dream" figural was gold when I got it and I painted it white then sanded it to make it look more vintage.

I love these plates and had to use them somewhere in my decorating since I didn't use them on my table this year. They were made in jolly ole' England.This has become one of my favorite shelves to decorate and I think the height of that beautiful blown glass tree is perfect on this tall shutter shelf. The sweet turkey teacup is hiding a bit behind some flowers. I wish you could see it better. I think I might have a cup of tea in that thing tonight!

My fireplace mantle is gorgeous again for this season. I love how it all came together. I never really know how things are going to turn out until I do it. I just let my creative spirit take over and don't really put much brain thought in to my decorating. I am always amazed at how lovely everything turns out!

I think my favorite thing on my mantle right now is the tall ivory pumpkin. It is a tea light holder and it is so pretty at night when it is aglow.

Here is a close up of it! I love this picture!

Here is my mannequin, Miss Molly, all dressed up for fall. Her dress is ivory with silver sequins and she has a pearl necklace, a beautiful ivory lace scarf, and a gorgeous ivory hat. She looks very elegant, doesn't she?! She is like my life-size Barbie doll and I love to dress her up!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a blessed Thanksgiving holiday! I have been super busy making all kinds of beautiful Christmas creations that I can't wait to share with you. Please come back and check them out soon!

Blessings to you!

Love Tammy

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Pretty Fall Pumpkins

Hello Friends!


I have been busy crafting and decorating for fall and I wanted to show you some of the fruits of my labor!
I covered 4 small foam pumpkins with old book paper and then distressed them. I added some ribbon, lace, tulle, and other embellishments to dress them up!

Aren't they pretty? I love how vintage and old fashioned they look. They are decorating my dining room table right now but I might move them to a more prominent place later.

Here are a few more pumpkins I made last weekend. They are fashioned from fabric and embellishments. This one above was actually cut from a tablecloth!!! They make great fabric for crafting!

It's hard to believe this beautiful little pumpkin used to be a tablecloth! This pumpkin looks like she's dressed for a wedding in all white and ivory. I love how it turned out!

This little pumpkin is made out of ivory velvet fabric. Isn't the rhinestone embellishment gorgeous!?

This is my dining room all decorated for the fall. I decided to go light this year. Last year I used browns, oranges, golds . . . the traditional fall colors. This year I wanted a fresh, different look so I decorated with ivory, white, and brown. I really love how the light colors really brightens the room . . . and my mood!

This is my glorious table scape. I was inspired by Rebecca and got busy creating my own version of a romantic fall table scape in all ivory and white. I am so delighted at how it turned out!! I can't wait to have a tea party and a romantic dinner here! James and I have decided to eat our spaghetti on TV trays in the living room, however, since marinara sauce could be very dangerous if eaten at this table!

I am so in love with ivory lace right now. I just can't get enough! Every time I see it anywhere I have to buy it, no matter what it is. I think I may need help!

See the sweet vintage pumpkins I created on the table? I don't know if I should move them or not? What do you think?

Here is the place setting. I spray painted some gold chargers white. They haven't held up very well. The paint didn't stick so well so I need to figure out what I need to do to fix that. I used my Pope Gosser Rose Point china this time. The white silk napkin is tied with tan silk ribbon and I added a wedding flower to embellish it up a bit. So feminine and romantic!!!

Here is my china hutch filled with more Rose Point dishes. It isn't too fussy this time. I didn't really know what else I could put in it other than some ivory pumpkins and some pine cones. Do you have any suggestions?

I found this beautiful thing at my favorite store in Guthrie called Rosa Bella. I buy something every time I go in. This and a few other treasures I will be showing you later are what I came out with this past trip. I am going to add more rhinestone embellishment to this to really make it sparkle. You will probably see it again with pink ribbon on it for Christmas!

I know it is a bit late and we are all over Halloween now but I couldn't resist showing you the pictures of our Halloween pumpkins for this year. They turned out so cute!

I think you all know that I am in love with one of the sweetest men alive. James is so kind, loving, and thoughtful. I love how we have so much fun together and that I can be myself with him. He is so giving and generous and he is always doing sweet things for me. I feel so blessed to have this wonderful man to share my life with.

Our pumpkins were pretty spooky on the front porch in the dark! It was too bad they only lasted about a week. But we had so much fun creating them and go to enjoy them for a while! At least we will have the memories forever!

I haven't taken pictures of the fall living room yet because the lighting hasn't been right, but they are coming. The living room is so pretty decorated in ivory, white, and brown. I am so excited for you to see!!! Hopefully I can post those pictures next weekend!

I hope you have a blessed weekend! Please leave me a comment, I love to hear from you all!

Blessings to you!
Love Tammy

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