Dollar Tree Holiday Chandelier Makeover

My chandelier is getting ready for the holidays.  Like every girl, she's getting dressed up, putting on a little make up and sporting some "bling".

Holiday Magic - Just One Photo

Late this morning, before the clouds came and covered up the sunshine, I was taking a few photos of my home decorated for the holidays. Tonight, I took my first look at them.

If you follow Serendipity Refined on Facebook, saw a similar shot to this one, taken at night, last weekend but now, I'm shooting in daylight and the results are much different.

I'll be sharing photos this week but still have much to do and I promised myself that I'd finish decorating before I sat down to edit photos and write.

With that said, I had to share just one.....

90% of my  house is still a mess but for one magical moment today...

                                      ... through the lens of my camera,

                                                                      ...it looked like this.

Have a lovely rest of your weekend.

xo,


Linking to:
Savvy Southern Style

Jennifer Rizzo 2012 Virtual Holiday House Walk!

 Please Note: I'm just including a couple of photos from last year so that this post isn't all "words".



Okay, I'll admit it...

I drive past other people's homes after dark when the lights are on, so that I can see how they decorate.

My Grandmother's Butterscotch Pie Recipe

Do you have a recipe box?

Is it neat and tidy with all of the recipes filed in the proper sections behind carefully labeled tabs?

If you needed your recipe for...oh....Butterscotch Pie, for example, would you simply flip the box open, go to the tab labeled PIE or DESERTS and sort through your carefully alphabetized cards until you came to "B" where you'd find it waiting, exactly where you left it?

If you have that type of recipe filing system, would you come to my home for an intervention?

Visions of Sugar Plums - Holiday Decorating

As I've been hauling out the 35 boxes and bins of Christmas decorations that I've somehow managed to amass, I've been thinking about the story, The Night Before Christmas. You heard it as a child, didn't you? The one by Clement Moore? It's a favorite of mine...

mainly because I'd like to know how they managed it...
                                                                       
                                                                               pretty much  all of it.