Today we went to get our tree. It was spur of the moment and we happened to be in my car, so we were not sure how that was going to work. Since we have so little available space in our place (we outgrew it when we moved in! We will be looking for a place to buy in the new year thankfully), we needed a smallish tree. We found a great little fir a little over 6 feet. They strung it on my car no problem and we were off. Half way home we stopped to make sure it was still secure and I snapped a photo. But seriously, it looks like either the tree is tiny or that I own the largest mini cooper ever.
We had a nice time decorating the tree. I flicked the fireplace on (yes, I typed that bitterly, I hate not having a real fireplace - the gas one with fake logs just does not do it for me) and Mike mixed us some eggnog drinks (spiked, of course). I left mine, nearly empty, unattended for a minute and came back to this site:
I did not know if I should yell or laugh! She is sleeping it off now, while I type this.
I always wanted to have one of those matching Christmas trees out of a Neiman Marcus catalog, you know what I mean? But I get so sentimental about ornaments that I have a mishmash of un-matching ones hanging from the branches. It looks sweet, and Mike is sweeter, listening to my stories for each one "My mom made me this one when we moved when I was 2" or "I made these when I was little" (see above the talented works of Hope Wallace as a child! Hopefully a very young child, they are so awful!). He is so patient and lets me put on Holiday music, this year supplied by the talented Lisa Cook in her Winter Twilight CD that she made.
I think I am finally in the holiday spirit. Good thing, my office Holiday party is Friday!
Other news - I created a banner for ULLABENULLA. I just purchased on of her kits (it arrived today actually and it looks so great - I found her through Pam Garrison's Blog I think) and we got to chatting and we came up with this wonderful banner made from one of her own works. An etsy banner will follow shortly.
Oh, and some shop news (don't forget you can always see what's new on the what's new page):
New Clipart CDs in the New Year - I am planning a photo cd made from photos from here and another cd of French fashion made from these goodies I found.
I finally have a newsletter for people to sign up for here.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful December so far... let me know where I can see your trees!
P.S. Looking for a good book - check out The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield , I loved it - it was very good.
