Enjoying Christmas

Last week I was a little stressed trying to get the house decorated for my Creating Christmas post.

I am so glad I participated in the blog hop that Jann of Have a  Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson hosted.

It means that now, my house is all decorated and 

I have no projects looming - no deadlines.

Any presents that have arrived (I did mostly online shopping this year) are wrapped.

So, I have time to be creative.

Each night for dinner, I am setting a festive table.

Steve slaves in the kitchen so it is only fair that I do my part.

I am enjoying adding little touches to the house each day

like this tin from Target that looks like a chalkboard, but much better than anything I could create.

Kris of Junk Chic Cottage knows my love of Maileg and she sent me this precious little pixy.

I call him Terry in honor of Kris's husband and he has a home on the dining room table - at least for today - the little Maileg pixies like to move around the house.

Olaf is now sitting on the window seat and Lulu seems to think he is there for her enjoyment.

At night while sitting by the fire watching Christmas movies, I like doing a little needlework.

Scraps of drop cloth became rustic hearts and

bigger scraps were painted to look like grainsacks.

It is still 10 days until Christmas, but I already have stockings made to hold the flatware in the Christmas morning tablesetting.

I am so happy to be at the point of just "Enjoying Christmas"!

And now,  someone is telling me that it is time to put away the laptop and go for a walk before the rain begins.

I hope you are getting the opportunity to enjoy Christmas too!

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