Indulge Your Shelf

Hi, my name is Laurie, and I'm a vintage-Christmas-aholic.  Front and back of  this pair of Santa candle holders!  They were in such great condition that I couldn't leave them behind!  Vintage Christmas wrap...  A runner I almost passed up because I thought, at $4, it was too expensive.   That's how I get when I'm out thrifting!  I just love all the reindeer! I bought all of these at the antique store in Boulder:   This very delicate glass ornament is by Resl Lenz; it was made in Germany, and is the first in their 12 Days of Christmas Series...  a partridge in a pear tree!  I love this little boot by Holt Howard!  I picked up this little grouping of ornaments at a thrift shop called St. Paws , where sales go to support animal rescue charities.  These little red deer ar flocked, then decorated to the hilt, including with sequins pinned on.  This "old lady who lived in a ...

I received my white Christmas swap ATCs the other day; what a beautiful package to get!  It was so lovely the way she wrapped and embellished it. These were the six I received:  Kim sent along these beautiful creations to all the swappers:  Here's a better photo of the one I sent six of; I hope the swappers loved them.  Visit Kim's blog for photos  of all the ATC's that got swapped! I haven't had too much time for creating, but I did make a point of working on two wreaths just the other night: j The first was a craft store basic evergreen one; first I took off all the stuff that came on it, and then I refurbished it all in sparkling silver.   As you can see, Paul Simon was pretty pushed out of shape that I wouldn't let him help. The second one was a vintage white wreath I found at a thrift store a while back.  I had been saving it to decorate, and I chose white and red vintage picks to use:  How much do you lo...

For my husband's birthday this past weekend, we went to Boulder, Colorado for an overnight stay in the Hotel Boulderado .  The town was kicking off the Christmas season, and the hotel was festively decorated. In fact, the first person we saw upon arrival was Santa Claus, eating in the hotel's cafe! That seriously really set the mood! It was a little getaway that I won at my work Christmas party last year.  It's a lovely, historical hotel, and one that we probably wouldn't have gotten to otherwise. We had a large corner room, with a bed that was so wonderfully comfortable that we both got a great night's sleep. Before dinner, we went to the town's little holiday light's parade.  It was so much fun -- very "small town" feeling. It was a super cold night, about 24 degrees before the windchill.  We bundled up like crazy (including long underwear) but it was so unbearable that were only able to stay for about 40 minutes before we ra...