Re-exploring Key West

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Sunday Favorites - Miniature Christmas Tree

It's time for Sunday Favorites, a fabulous event hosted by Chari at Happy to Design! What is Sunday Favorites? It's an opportunity to see a previous post you may have missed the first time it was published. Thank-you, Chari, for hosting this fun party each week! This miniature Christmas Tree was one of the first miniatures that I did and it is still one of my favorites. The paper chain is like the ones children make in grade school. I used quilling paper and it took forever.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Tablescape - In my little world

I love tablescapes, but I love my miniatures even more. I thought my little world needed its own special Christmas Table. I set their table the same way I set my real life table - full to capacity. Be sure to scroll all the way to the end of the pictures. Thanks to Susan at "Between Naps on the Porch" (www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com) for hosting Tablescape Thursday. Also thanks to Babette www.maidenamerica-babette.blogspot.com suggesting tablescape would be great done in Mini. She was so right.



















Green Beans






Absoluely love salt and pepper shakers. Have had them for year, but didn't know where they belonged until I set this table.







The ham looks certainly good enough to eat.








Peas and Carrots, Potato Salad, Deviled eggs with olives












Fruit salads







Note the quarter for scale reference.











Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Tablescape Thursday - More Snowmen

My favorite color combination is red with black and white. I love black and white checks. I also love Candy Kisses. They fit right in with my color scheme.
More snowmen. Love the black background.

Fluted stemware was a gift 20 plus years ago. The other was a yard sale find for $1.25 each and I got all 4.


Flatware was a promo on opening a checking account.



Snowman plate was from a dollar store and the black plate was from a yard sale.












I just love snowmen. Especially when they come as couples.














Love flowers and have been treating myself to fresh flowers on a very frequent basis.







We are joining Susan at Between Naps On The Porch (http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/) for Tablescape Thursday.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

More views of the living room for Christmas






I love my red walls all year long, but especially at Christmas. Makes the whole room look festive. The table to the left of the couch is where I have my domed Christmas tree featured in an earlier post.

It's beginning to look more like Christmas
























































I fully expect my son to be deployed next Christmas since he has tentative orders for deployment in April, so this year I pulled out all the stops on decorating. Even the bathroom has been fully decked out. I painted the little drummer boys, both toy shops with glass over then as well as the toy shop oil painting. I did the 3 dimensional candle and the strip of little houses (not the individual shops). I also did all the pen and inks in red frames. Did I tell you, I love decorating for Christmas?

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Snowmen and more snowmen
















I love snowmen. Although I live in Key West and we've never even had a frost, let alone a snow, they are still a favored collectible. They just make me smile!!!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Miniature trees














































Recently I decided my tables needed to be moved around. I love this table and thought it would be a perfect setting for my miniature trees. The flowers were added because it was "be nice to me day" and I wanted them. The little toy show lights up and is filled with toys. Enjoy