A little Christmas...

 It almost didn't happen, but I finally got out some of my Christmas stuff 3 days before Christmas. I only did one room, and I only got out about a quarter of my stuff. Here are some pictures! (Four years here and I'm still not good at getting pictures in my house. I think I need to rig some lights or something.)

 Scampi gazing at my candle lights. I love seeing those in my windows when I get home from work.

 The green tree. I have a lot of special ornaments, and a lot of cute vintage ones, so I need a green tree to put them on. I just don't think aluminum trees look good with anything by vintage ornaments. My grandparents gave me an ornament every year since I was born, and Travis' mom did the same for him, so we have a lot of special ornaments. My aunt made the knit tree pillow in the chair.
This isn't Christmas, but I think we're getting built in book shelves against that wall in the back, so I'll be able to say goodbye to those mismatched bookcases soon! Yay!

 The spun head Santa with the holly-ish body is one of my favorite finds from this year!

 The little gnome on the mushroom is another favorite. The bird on the wreath was a gift from my mom the year we were married. It also inspired the ornaments I made last year.

 I was so happy to finally use the tree skirt I got on ebay earlier this year. It looks so beautiful under the tree. All the different sequins sparkle in the lights. You can see more pictures of it here. It is one of my favorite possessions!

 The advent calender is another special decoration of mine. We had one very similar to it that my aunt made for my parents over 25 years ago. I asked her to make me one as a wedding gift and I'm so happy she did! You turn over one of the numbers every day.

 Some blowmold Santa's with Merlin the squirrel. 

 That cabinet holds Travis' vintage first aid collection! He LOVES medical stuff, and first aid kits. He is a really good sport about most of the house being decorated with my stuff, and this is his one little collection. I put the doll in there though. Haha.

 He especially loves Red Cross stuff. He is trained to be a Red Cross Volunteer. 

 There is my ceramic tree in action! With some old plastic deer, a cute Santa mug, and Phyllis' picture with Santa from the first year we had here. You can't tell here but her little face looks so concerned. Oh, and I guess I should have moved Priscilla's eye drops oops!

 Here is my little collection of vintage corsages. I really love them. I got the macrame ish tree from Travis' grandma Betty. I think I just need a few more corsages to complete the display!

 The pink one is my favorite. I love the little spun Santa too!

 Here is the Kitschmas wreath I made last year. It isn't the best one you'll see out there on the internet, but I'm pretty happy with it for a first try! I want to make another one next year if I can collect some more really old ornaments at a good price.

And last, for now, our Santa cookie jar. Travis' grandma has the same one and he loves it. We saw one at a vintage store for about 15 bucks and decided not to buy it. Not an hour later we walked into a local thrift to see the same one for 1.99! It was meant to be!