A Christmas Collection Over the Years

Yummy, huh?

Guncle Randy had a boxful of these vintage beauties and sold them to me for a sweet deal.  

My plan, and it was a good one, was to keep a couple faves and sell the rest.  

Oops!

Somehow they all landed on my own tree!  Who could pick a favorite from them?  Too pretty and full of vintagey goodness.

My home is filled with good intentions.  This is a bench I paid my son to build for me, I painted it and planned to sell it.  20 years later, here it sits, still in the cottage.  That banner was made to sell too, I kept it because I love the word, MERRY.

When I was first in the junking biz, there was a revolving door of inventory that I’d decorated with then sell and replace.  Over time, I appear to have gathered bits and pieces that never leave.  These mirrors, each with a rose theme, have found a home here and seem to be permanent.

There are some things that just seem to fit where placed and deserve to stay there.  This cabinet is the perfect size for this wall.

As is the hutch that sits near it.  But what about the holiday decor?  As I was arranging Christmas decorations this year, I was pondering that.


What makes something “a keeper”? Often, it’s a gift, or from the past.

Other times it’s something I made at a friends’ gathering.

Or a project I made that no one bought.  Same with inventory I bought to resell, and it just got overlooked and is still here.

Sometimes, there are special, family items, like these snowflakes my great aunt made.

There are even pieces I found in trash along the road, like this broken buggy.  


All I know is that, whatever the origin, heirloom, trash, hand crafted, unsold inventory, gifts, all of it- when they come together to fill my home- it feels like Christmas.

 

 

Comments

[Ellen D. Bailey]

Merry Christmas, Karla! Enjoy all the pretties that you have kept!