I’m joining Sandie in her monthly meme 5 in 5 – one day late as it turns out as I always intend to publish on the fifth. Lots of things seem to be getting away from me recently. The days are flying by. I’ve been busy making Christmas cards, but not finding the time to post them. The 5 in 5 post was also on my mind, but it wasn’t until I saw Sandie’s blog and then Mary-Lou’s blog show up in my Feedly account last night that I realized that the fifth was already here. The advantage to it this month, is that both Sandie and Mary-Lou featured Christmas decorations, so I decided to do the same. We always seem to have a few new ones, and this year is no different. I’ve downsized a lot of our decorations, and sent several to Goodwill this year as well, but the new ones just seem to show up!
First off two decorations from trips we took in 2019. The first came from our trip with Sarah and her family to DisneyWorld last January. This turned out to be much more difficult to photograph than I expected since both Mickey and Minnie are quite sparkly in real life. I had totally forgotten I’d purchased the ornament until I unwrapped it as we were decorating our tree.
The second ornament came from Holland, Michigan when we were there for the Tulip Festival in May. This ornament has been laying on my roll-top desk in the hall ever since we returned.
The largest of our new decorations is the result of a lovely gift certificate a friend gave me for my birthday in May. As soon as I saw this lovely “scene,” I knew it was the perfect way to use the gift certificate. This is on our dry sink that originally belonged to my great-grandmother. On the side table in the same room is a collection of tin houses and a church. In addition, it’s something my friend would love. It’s too bad the flickering battery-operated candles don’t show in the photo!
All year round, I have a collection of pitchers on these shelves in my kitchen. For Christmas last year, I found this one with the red and green arrangement, and this year added the little red cardinal to the shelf.
Lastly, a particularly beautiful poinsettia. We always have two or three in the living room, and I love this pink and white edition.
I love decorating for Christmas, and sitting in the living room with all the pretty lights and a fire in the fireplace. We’ve already had nearly 25″ of snow this year, so it certainly feels like Christmas-time.
A great five-some. I like the Mickey/Minnie ornament. It I had a bucket list I think being at Disney World over Christmas would be on it. Your scene of the reindeer prancing through the trees & past the houses, is so sweet, it could be the start of a new collection of adding to that scene.
Oh my word, that is a LOT of snow! We have not had any yet (not that I am complaining). Your little reindeer scene is a delight, and I do like your china blue and white bird too. As every poinsetta I have ever had has dropped its leaves, I sadly give them a miss now – but your pink one is very prettily marked …
I’m a Christmas décor/music lover and your set of photos is fun to view! It’s fun to decorate and be surprised with earlier purchase and your two are darling. The tin scenes and houses that are so popular now are lots of fun and your scene is especially nice. It would work all winter long in the pnw as we daily see deer tromping through the area. Nice 5 in 5!!
Lovely decorations – I used to have quite a few pitchers too, and used them mostly for fresh flowers. I have since downsized a lot of them, but still hold onto the solid white and cream ones with the prettiest variety of shapes. I loved your checked one too!
Seeing your Mickey ornament reminds me that I bought an ornament from Harry Potter world on our May family vacation. Need to find that and add it to the tree! Your decorations are lovely – the pitcher collection is a fun idea with lots of possibility!
Karen, I’ve very late with this and remembered that I saw your post while I was at a conference and didn’t have the opportunity to reply. Gosh, where did those weeks go to?!
Thank you for being such a wonderful supporter of 5in5. I always enjoy your photos and accompanying story and I loved that you shared your own tree decorations. They are all beautiful in their own way and I imagine unwrapping them evokes happy memories.
I was intrigued by the dry sink that originally belonged to my great-grandmother. I have never heard of this term before, I had to look it up on Google and it makes complete sense now. What a lovely family keepsake. The small touches that you add make your home sounds really special not only at Christmas but all year round. That’s what I am aiming for this year. Clearing space for things that give me pleasure and happy memories. Wishing you a very happy New Year with good health and happiness. And of course, a bounty of blog posts to enjoy!
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