Random Goodies

Thank you so much for stopping in. I am so enjoying visiting every one's beautiful creations. For some reason I just can't get into the mood to decorate for the holidays. I am trying to finish up the boxes that have to be shipped to our loved ones all across the country. I am rushing around trying to get things all wrapped up so to speak. First, I so enjoy reading Southern Plate .
I saw this some time ago and knew it would be fun to give out to friends and guests. I have seen a lot of smores kits and this one was easy but also was perfect for casual lifestyle. Ima is a blogger friend and she posted her reindeer a few weeks ago, I fell in love. Aren't these reindeer so cute. I am making little vignettes to sit around. This is sitting on a mirror I had cut several years ago. I use it to serve appetizers on. I am not certain where I am going to put it but isn't the combination just lovely?

I have stopped using potpourri in the house but saw this on a recent outing and thought it would be so lovely with my reindeer. Doug says it smells great. Some one I have come to love dearly shipped me these beautiful reindeer. Thank you Donna, I love them.

Well I cannot go an entire thread without mentioning my furbabies, Josh and Keelie. This is their Advent Calendar. Is that just too cute? We had to hang it on the back of the door because Josh learned very quickly how to get the treats out. Happy Howli-days....

But of course I cannot end a post entitled Random Goodies....without an ahhhhh moment. My grandson sleeping and dreaming and just being so cute.....

Thank you so much for stopping in! Hey if you have some suggestions to get me in gear for the decorating let me know. Stop in soon, hey I might have given up on Christmas all together and get my Valentine stuff out.....

Help me decorate!

Please come help me decorate! This is the look I want OK? Here in Georgia I am certain I will get this much snow. It is December 9th and I can't get into decorating. My husband has brought down the boxes, they want to be opened and displayed. I decided just to do some vignettes in these shelves from a Christopher Lowell project my husband built (I watched!) a few years ago. There are 2 sets of these shelves. What would you do in them? As you can see I started to do a nativity scene. It was not working for me. Should I put in some live pine, cedar or magnolia? A combination? With the exception of decorating the tree, which I am struggling with also; these 2 vignettes will probably be the extent of my Christmas decorating. Would it be too much to put a vignette on each shelf? Should I

just put one in the middle? 1st and 3rd shelf? You guys have the greatest ideas. Do you have any thoughts? I want it to be festive here. I have guests coming on Friday. Please don't let them come in to all these boxes cause I will do it! I have scanned blogs like crazy and everyone is doing such beautiful things. I am so envious. Come on it will be fun.

You know you want to.....come on....please