Merry Christmas visit tour-and recipe

Recently I had a chance to just sit and visit with my neighbor. . . 

. . .over a salted caramel martini....

{yummy}

Christmas musings and tour 2015

I had grand plans.

I had grand plans...for a month of posts....with clever ideas...
yes. I. did.

A few of my favorite {Christmas} things...

Resistance is futile! 

You either jump on the decorating train or get out of the way....

It's officially December and time to get in the Christmas spirit!

I was inspired to start early this year with just a few of my favorite things...

Is it time? Hurry up Santa!

It's time!

It's time!

One day left!

Oh Joy!

Christmas Decor-Dining room tour

There are so many wonderful Christmas Home tours out in blog-land lately.

I just had to jump in on the fun.

Still working on finishing my tree...

it just seems that there is so much going on 

that decorating the home front has a quality of "divide and conquer" as I have time. 

{anyone else feel that way?}

LOL!

We moved into this home Dec 1st of last year and threw up everything as fast as we could unpack. 

 It was fun this year to really have time to find new homes for all my favority sparkly things.

I invite you to tour my dining room.

 Most of my decor is silver or white.  

I have stuck to that theme from the beginning of my adult years of decorating! 

I love the magical effects of white and silver and crystal!  The more sparkle the better!

Three Ways to Up-Scale Poinsettias

There is no easier way to get into the spirit of Christmas than with Poinsettias.

Just having this plant in the house...with its bright red leaves...transforms a room and says,
"It's Christmastime!"
Not only are pointsettias relatively inexpensive,
but they come in an assortment of sizes and varieties to address every area of your home.
The one problem is, however, when you buy them,