I'm skipping David's room [ he's entitled to a bit of privacy and it's not as though he can tell me if he minds me splashing his space all over the net]
which brings us to MY room
which generally comes as a total surprise to anyone who really knows me IRL. I am most emphatically not a girlie/ cutsie type ... but for the very first time in my entire life I have a pretty room and I love it.
I finally have the Edwardian cast iron bed and froufrou mosquito netting of my dreams
This is my tree... obviously ...
so it has things that speak to and of me:
silver scissors
knitting gauges
bellydance coins
vintage silver sugar tongs
everything in silver and pearl and crystal
and a faux-Victorian Saint Nick in patchwork cloak, from a kit by Judy Golder, sitting on that little piece of not-at-all-faux crazy patchwork that I found at the Historical Society Garage Sale last month. It just fits the top of the DVD player perfectly, making that particular anachronism less obvious.
Shabby chic-ish angels hang from the mosquito netting and great grannie's tallboy [ armoire ]
A delicate crystal-like [ ie plastic] swag sits on the tallboy in company with a Victorian angel, and another 'crystal' swag is wrapped around the foot of the bed.
and now is probably a good time to revisit catsmum christmas decorating hint # 306:
If it sits still, tie a bow on it.
oh and a postscript from yesterday's seniors' visit: the one thing they couldn't get over was that I had a tree in my bedroom!
Doesn't everyone?
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Please! I barely survived getting the tree up in the living room yesterday!!! I think I'm going to have to call it, "done" for this year.
Although I can't help but get a little inspired by the thought of a bow on anything and everything...
So pretty and delicate (thinks again of likely fate of such gorgeousness around Destructoboy - puts head in arms and sobs quietly!)
Tink your time will come. Destructoboy will grow up [ eventually ]
Ask me how I know!
Susan, I LOVE your bedroom Xmas tree - I especially love how you decorated it with "you" things - just fabulous!
I also love that you had the Seniors out on a day visit - what a great idea!
Perfect and lovely.
Gorgeous. Just shows that with a little imagination, anything can become Xmas tree decos...just needs a common theme. Well done.
My grandcarrot has a tree in his room--I think his mummy is your child, not mine! She loves the whole season, in spite of working killer retail hours, and already has her house decorated to the nines. I love seeing your stuff but now I have to go lie down for a while to recover...
Still waiting for the Christmas bedspread. Was going to at least finish mine this year,but there is always next year. And sleeping is good for you.........vbg,
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