Simple Christmas

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLH_eZdNI0M_cuYteenJXjEG9QsNS1CxZpe-JLI8-wu7JvK-H2ZjgPHYolvJO815FXgEcPcfpHz71qO3uc4EUD4cyKZvEcYXgBs4wDB0K9D3U263agqwRS4J3WQKfWSagI0gPFW_1LY8c/s1600/heart+xmas+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLH_eZdNI0M_cuYteenJXjEG9QsNS1CxZpe-JLI8-wu7JvK-H2ZjgPHYolvJO815FXgEcPcfpHz71qO3uc4EUD4cyKZvEcYXgBs4wDB0K9D3U263agqwRS4J3WQKfWSagI0gPFW_1LY8c/s640/heart+xmas+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Happy Wednesday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f4cccc;">♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So much</span> fun to start decorating for</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Christ</span>mas </div><div style="text-align: center;">This is one of the vintage treasures we found at the</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Lucky Street Productions warehouse sale</div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you know what this tin piece</div><div style="text-align: center;"> was originally used for.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF9qHci03yD31tvU_7kKM5UswK_nMAkpWLO3NOzmk5J_b7J07bhy-_sqEnHMHOIwWte2FlF_0GXE-XQLlMWUvRf93iPlay9vfTFa03AG2DVpShG3MK-SBUBdNFo4LdPJEWoM71SSFcQ8/s1600/heart+xmas+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF9qHci03yD31tvU_7kKM5UswK_nMAkpWLO3NOzmk5J_b7J07bhy-_sqEnHMHOIwWte2FlF_0GXE-XQLlMWUvRf93iPlay9vfTFa03AG2DVpShG3MK-SBUBdNFo4LdPJEWoM71SSFcQ8/s640/heart+xmas+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This little </span>vintage treasure grabbed my heart instantly </div><div style="text-align: center;">and was gratefully within<br /> our <span style="font-size: large;">Christ</span>mas budget </div><div style="text-align: center;">it really helps to have a budget <br /> and let the creativity flow more than the money <br />  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAU_30CNdjAtdYdNJJLRTy0Bk3jFhnU_eN-FIrrRcM2pSgw_Cme6jd_ha2rufuLfGLTX94HiSHpfmBxDHKy0gDduTVx03PBpDUCSUdBtLnABPtm0lFwGPqWdadGK3OwnUUBaUjqtPCaM/s1600/heart+xmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAU_30CNdjAtdYdNJJLRTy0Bk3jFhnU_eN-FIrrRcM2pSgw_Cme6jd_ha2rufuLfGLTX94HiSHpfmBxDHKy0gDduTVx03PBpDUCSUdBtLnABPtm0lFwGPqWdadGK3OwnUUBaUjqtPCaM/s640/heart+xmas.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We learned <span style="font-size: small;">these tin</span></span>s were used as rain gutters </div><div style="text-align: center;">can you imagine how cute it would be</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to see this all along the side</div><div style="text-align: center;"> of a home<br />♥ </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBBisiJOyVrFVm6Wg_8AKe7ttSiDEV3DBkS0KhWkcmnArkTEhWq_spbS4SPryPguhrgx8B6H8uWgsCnQ64qDMBmNSuD_BgxF0uxt9AjZsfuSSXZSafovJbtOQGLYHvZSV4zvN4eqscms/s1600/heart+xmas+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBBisiJOyVrFVm6Wg_8AKe7ttSiDEV3DBkS0KhWkcmnArkTEhWq_spbS4SPryPguhrgx8B6H8uWgsCnQ64qDMBmNSuD_BgxF0uxt9AjZsfuSSXZSafovJbtOQGLYHvZSV4zvN4eqscms/s640/heart+xmas+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{Love}</span><br /> the three hearts<br />three for my three favorite words<br /><span style="font-size: large;">~ I Love You ~</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3toyScgR3tGcYoWpQlkNwM7vSXE-9ELZaLDI9W9SvJQfbbkcDHc8FE6RL32SiI22yPjzxOwx8P2d55Z0A3W8mlzpHMVp-ipG_vtosx8nl7b8QkEsa0TGc-zJph0V0HkF6XDvlyq9KaY4/s1600/heart+xmas+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3toyScgR3tGcYoWpQlkNwM7vSXE-9ELZaLDI9W9SvJQfbbkcDHc8FE6RL32SiI22yPjzxOwx8P2d55Z0A3W8mlzpHMVp-ipG_vtosx8nl7b8QkEsa0TGc-zJph0V0HkF6XDvlyq9KaY4/s640/heart+xmas+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">When we </span>were first married and had just bought our home<br /> we had very little money to decorate our Christmas tree<br />That year we used pine cones  <br />Starbucks  sample cups  <br />{now a family tradition} <br />handmade paper snowflakes<br />paper chains made from grocery bags and<br /> on the top of the tree was a<br />star made out of branches and twine<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVPV-ij9Zu-pg0qiTO20EBuBxfrT4zqFb2SgGGnZ5Wc7Pzu5Vtv2NFrD2KdgGxGiSLO-fp-8HU6zyoUkldK8-__UGKx32QsCplo04uCcQWE3_Xn9NzUrK8nXCzw6SY8rzKKf1V_6dAyM/s1600/heart+xmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVPV-ij9Zu-pg0qiTO20EBuBxfrT4zqFb2SgGGnZ5Wc7Pzu5Vtv2NFrD2KdgGxGiSLO-fp-8HU6zyoUkldK8-__UGKx32QsCplo04uCcQWE3_Xn9NzUrK8nXCzw6SY8rzKKf1V_6dAyM/s640/heart+xmas.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">We <span style="font-size: x-large;">learned<span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span>that year that <br /> simple <br />can make a<br /> beautiful <span style="font-size: large;">Christ</span>mas!!<br /><br /><br />romantic saying for today<br /><br /><i>“You don’t take away my choices. You are my choice.” </i><br />Houck<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">♥</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pam</span></div>

Simple Christmas

Hi Everyone  Happy Wednesday ♥ So much fun to start decorating for  Christ mas This is one of the vintage treasures we found at the  Lucky ...

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Simple Christmas Ideas

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCm_CrINsvbqykh5i5RhpDK1Oy0oW7v0vqwc004TE_WsNovwIEQGwYe5KivdlEenZGY5GvMytDzFI5xe7CSsgQZiuDSTKT6uXJlTTb6H-uS3-d_1o2uj2bxZEQtslhkgg_9aFTE2k0nfEp/s1600/swedish-elle-decor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCm_CrINsvbqykh5i5RhpDK1Oy0oW7v0vqwc004TE_WsNovwIEQGwYe5KivdlEenZGY5GvMytDzFI5xe7CSsgQZiuDSTKT6uXJlTTb6H-uS3-d_1o2uj2bxZEQtslhkgg_9aFTE2k0nfEp/s400/swedish-elle-decor.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Hi Everyone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Friday</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I know</span> we have</div><div style="text-align: center;">not celebrated Thanksgiving yet </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I am so excited to start decorating for<br /><span style="font-size: large;">~Christmas</span>~  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnRVaossxtc8oDL5jqJA8fDPQaKVi9GOi0vVfokj0zIqLPiY5CtqcaxQGO8uC_2Y7XPXQlU2oKDdDwtAOY2H70ZRFGqHpmeWdJV7bgaxhEQy9iuy-gHRHofAwZbSS_Muw13hNBieCLz1B/s1600/swedish-inspired-elle-decor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWnRVaossxtc8oDL5jqJA8fDPQaKVi9GOi0vVfokj0zIqLPiY5CtqcaxQGO8uC_2Y7XPXQlU2oKDdDwtAOY2H70ZRFGqHpmeWdJV7bgaxhEQy9iuy-gHRHofAwZbSS_Muw13hNBieCLz1B/s400/swedish-inspired-elle-decor.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">These pictures </span>by Michael Partenio for<br /><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/image/tid/4316?page=3&pause=1">Swedish Elle Decor magazine</a><br /> are some of my favorite inspiration pics </div><div style="text-align: center;">for this years <br /><span style="font-size: large;">*Christmas*</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">such sweet and simple ideas</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDl1XhROK9zSSQIcfki_YaYme02Qh-VsSktQYvrUco5YlglDd04hoHBZesj3fJod0AEbMcho-WAZjItrfs3LMnIZddgsnQnxlMPpHHwSf6hyphenhyphenZ2GxCTrDEB2SAQhaAxRRCCrs003sXGQW6/s1600/wreath+2011-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDl1XhROK9zSSQIcfki_YaYme02Qh-VsSktQYvrUco5YlglDd04hoHBZesj3fJod0AEbMcho-WAZjItrfs3LMnIZddgsnQnxlMPpHHwSf6hyphenhyphenZ2GxCTrDEB2SAQhaAxRRCCrs003sXGQW6/s640/wreath+2011-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">started </span>experimenting</div><div style="text-align: center;">with wreaths on the chairs in our dining room<br />last night </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">{Love}</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">the crisp red and white<br />I am going to buy red and white polka dot ribbon today<br />may even try real wreaths, can you imagine the smell<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCY1_sVKdYcmBBpxsVohCN6kHXOyF3gNSux36S2QETFkQ9ImIJ8mzgbCk_SkSCSrKCxBiEith47AG7XBOrs6x4VVcqxQ2-rBHJVBbpGxCY1q9C6yIMj5RrO5L2HfWIcq5oHnTVUkiaXb6/s1600/pink-hearts-bedlinen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCY1_sVKdYcmBBpxsVohCN6kHXOyF3gNSux36S2QETFkQ9ImIJ8mzgbCk_SkSCSrKCxBiEith47AG7XBOrs6x4VVcqxQ2-rBHJVBbpGxCY1q9C6yIMj5RrO5L2HfWIcq5oHnTVUkiaXb6/s640/pink-hearts-bedlinen.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Are you a</span> online shopper or a catalog shopper<br />Last year I bought most of our gifts online and it was wonderful<br />the big lesson I want to share with you is to start early shipping late can be a disaster<br />I just ordered these comfy sheets <br />from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.emmabridgewater.co.uk/?awc=2642_1320375410_3bfebbb5f4ce4ef538f5b6fa17cb3132">Emma Bridgewater</a><br /><span style="color: #f4cccc;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{Love}</span><br />the Hearts<br /><div style="color: #f4cccc;">♥ </div><div style="color: #666666;">sharing with</div><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/">Feathered Nest Friday </a></span></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Vintage Inspiration Friday </a></span></span><br /><br />romantic saying for today<br /><i>"In Life we share a single quilt a patchwork of our Love"</i><br /><i>unknown</i><br /><i> </i><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">♥</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pam </span></div>

Simple Christmas Ideas

 Hi Everyone Happy Friday  I know we have not celebrated Thanksgiving yet  but I am so excited to start decorating for ~Christmas ~  These ...

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