~ dreaming of Christmas ~

good morning, lovlies!

it was a wonderful weekend here at heaven's walk,

full of christmas spirit!

watching our darling little granddaughter in her mouse costume

sing in the children's program at church...

our little red-headed actress...(2009)

walking 3 miles on the treadmill to pre-burn pre-holiday cals...

yeah...it's blurry because i'm moving so fast.....

listening to beautiful holiday hymns while wrapping presents...

trying to find a place to stack all the presents so that the cats wouldn't get into them,

eat the ribbons,

and then proceed to hack them up all over the rug...

(google-cat) because i've never really thought about photographing any of my cats hacking, to tell you the truth...

cleaning up all the sparkles from the wrapping paper and tags
before the cats try to eat those, too...

doing a little shoveling...

well....we don't have THAT much snow yet....thank goodness...but it's coming - this was photo from last winter

watching "Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe"
on tv - which we never get tired of seeing...

gathering up the kleenex from crying and sobbing while watching "Narnia"...

eyeing the rum balls in the freezer

that are IN the freezer so that i won't eat them...

logging 3 more miles on the treadmill because i LOOKED at the rum balls...

walking faster now...

and taking a few more pictures of the christmas love 

that has filled heaven's walk this holiday season.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

a tiny tree in a tiny bucket tied with twine

that sits on the dresser in the guest room...

tiny tree from hobby lobby; tiny bucket from ikea

looking into the dresser mirror you can see the tiny wreath hanging in the window

that overlooks the property

in the master bedroom

the armoire is dressed in a little holiday spirit too

the hydrangeas in the aqua mason jar have been replaced with pine and berries
in a vintage cheese box and enamel pitcher

cheesebox - barnowl primitives; pitcher - ikea; clay tag - marleyandlockyer

this large wreath was originally on our side entry door

but hubby kept knocking it down when he walked in

(big shoulders + small entry = disaster)

so i moved it to our vintage fireplace mantel headboard
 (which you can read about here. )

with another tiny tree in a tiny bucket

(ok....i just like saying that.....)

on the bedside table

i absolutely adore my grain sack pillows

 

 at the end of the bed on the antique blanket chest

rests a basket with a vintage-looking pillow

pillow - shellagh @ ticking and toile

a mix of delicious textures cover the bed -

hemp linen grain sack pillow covers

cream colored linen duvet cover

oatmeal colored linen throw

white cotton sheets

did i tell you how much i love my linen grain sacks....?

especially against the ruffled linen goodness of the pillow slips...

the perfect place to dream of Christmas

and forget about hacking cats and rum ball thighs...

{ holiday hugs }

~ laurie

(linking to between naps on the porch for metamorphosis monday,
 faded charm for white wednesday, 
and french country cottage for feather your nest friday)