sweet nothings

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS....MY CHRISTMAS DINING ROOM....

BEFORE we go into my CHRISTMAS DINING ROOM,

I have a small SWEET smorgasborg for you to enjoy...
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Have a piece of FANTASY FUDGE, full of pecans....
or maybe you would rather enjoy a chunk of PECAN DIVINETY....
and if you'd rather have a cookie...I have our traditional CHRISTMAS CANDY CANE cookies
that you can even have more than one ....I made a very large batch !!
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MY CHRISTMAS DINING ROOM.....
......all done up in
RED and WHITE
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I love my vintage fireplace mantel...I bought it at an antiques shop years ago.

It is pine and MR. SWEET nearly fainted dead away when I casually mentioned...

"I will paint it snow white"....
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But he seldom says NO to me...('cause I'm prudy mean...!)
(what is it with men and natural wood, anyway ??)

Once it was painted, he fell in love with it, too !! :O)

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This is a tiny little cup my daughter made in 1979..

that would make her 10 at the time....she is now 40....bwaaaa..

It's sitting right there...along with my other Christmas Cups....
I put these out so they will be handy to grab when that EGG NOG comes out of the fridge...
UMMMMM!

I DO love me some egg nog !! .....fresh ground Nutmeg on top...

"I like it..I love it....Can't get enuf of it"...

(now, in case you don't know, that's a country song...)
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As you can see, I am still using my vintage DISPLAY RACK that thinks it's a ..... BAKERS RACK....
I am ever on the look-out for that perfect HUTCH that I just know is out there..somewhere...
just waiting for me to find and rescue it !!
but....in the meantime...I still am lovin' this little rack...
I've NEVER walked into a cottage and found another one just like it in someone's dining room!! :O)
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O MY....Red and White is soooo pleasing to my eyes....

This Christmas, I have decided to bring out all my WHITES...

Olden Ironstone, some not so olden...

I love the way it looks on my red hutch..

just perfect for my RED and WHITE CHRISTMAS...
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Wonder why I love the look of old silver pieces in this ironstone sugar bowl ?...but, I DO !!
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I gathered a few of my little vintage pitchers together and put them on a silver tray

that my daughter gave to me...
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O !! and see this cute little LONE Target bird ...?

bwaaaaaaa......

I am linking with:

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY's HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
and with HOOTIN ANNI for her HOME 4 THE HOLIDAYS

and with SUSAN for TABLESCAPE THURSDAY
*PLEASE don't kick me out of the club, SUSAN...I KNOW I don't have a tablescape as such here...

but...it's in my dining room and there's dishes involved....ok??...:>)

THANKS TO ALL YOU SWEET LADIES FOR HOSTING THESE FUN DAYS FOR US !

MERRY CHRISTMAS.....

CHRISTMAS TIME FROST ON THE PUMPKIN...

OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY

let's me share the

VERY FIRST SNOW of the SEASON...out here in WEST TEXAS...

WOO...HOO...

Our first SNOW of the season...

it didn't last 30 minutes and the snow melted almost as soon as it hit the ground...

but it was snow !!

All this on the 1st day of December...

YEP...there WAS frost on the pumpkin...

......and on the HOLLY....
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Needless to say...

I SPENT MOST OF THE DAY

in front of

THIS !!
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my legs propped up on the ottoman..

reading cook books...

drinking so much hot tea I was afraid I'd wet the bed !!
AND...when I was little, everyone always told me that if you stared at a fire, you WOULD wet the bed...

Oh, dear...I had a double whammy going on here..

and, NO, JUSTINE...I REALLY DIDN'T WET THE BED ! :o)