Christmas Inspiration

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This is such a beautiful Christmas table setting!  

I love the little Santa Claus in the Christmas bowl and the lovely quilt in Christmas red and green.

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How does a simple garland like this look...oh..so very elegant?

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The red and white striped ribbons on this gorgeous Christmas tree just make it POP!

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Here at Teacup Lane I finished all my outside Christmas decorations today.  

Our front door is done...but I didn't have my camera with me so I couldn't take a photo of it. 

I can hardly wait to share it with you.

Now to start on my inside Christmas decorations. 

What should I do?  

I like to vary it a little bit every year.  

So have you started your Christmas decorating yet?

Please...don't tell me you are done!  

Christmas Storage Ideas

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This is a neat idea for storing one's precious ornaments.

Every year when I take out my Christmas boxes I think there must be a better way to store all this stuff.  My Hubby is a fantastic packer and if I had him packed up all our Christmas decorations I'm sure he could reduce the number of boxes by fifty percent or more.

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                  I tried this cardboard system one year using cardboard wrapping paper rolls to wrap the lights but it seemed to take up even more room and the rolls were too long to fit into my boxes.

This is where we store all of our Christmas decorations...under our basement stairwell.  It's pretty deep...goes way back in.  I've taken several boxes out before I shot this photo...with all the boxes stored in there it is filled up to the top of the stairs.

 I may take our lights, wreaths and other items that heat and/or cold would not affect and put them out in our shed to make more room under the stairwell.

I do like the clear boxes because it is easier to identify what is in each box without opening it.  

What about you....have you found some nifty ways to store your Christmas decorations?

Starting the Christmas Season!

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It's been a busy day here at Teacup Lane.  

We dragged out all of the Christmas boxes and tested all the outdoor Christmas lights.  We just finished putting the lights on our front bushes and hanging our Green Garland over the front door.  It's suppose to rain the next three days so I wanted to get the exterior Christmas lights done today.

I'm on a roll...for once...I should finish our Christmas cards this weekend so they can be mailed Monday.  That's the earliest our cards have ever gone out.  LOL!

With our garage freezer dead as a door nail I have to hold off baking my Christmas cookies until just before Christmas.  Usually I spend the Thanksgiving weekend baking and frosting them and into the freezer they go until Christmas.  But not this year...my schedule is turned upside down this year.

I still have to decorate my front door and put lights out on the screened in porch rails.    Once that is done then the outside is finished. 

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Check out these Christmas treats (click on the photo).

These would be fun to make for the holidays.

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Isn't this little guy cute?  

We don't have any of this white stuff yet.

In fact, today and yesterday were warm here in the low 60s.   Some of our trees and bushes are all mixed up with blooms coming out on them!

I didn't have to wear gloves or even a coat outside while stringing the lights.

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Just click on the above photo for 34 yummy morning casseroles for the holidays!

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My laugh for the day!

Have a lovely day and thanks so much for visiting!