Thursday, December 13, 2012

O Holy Night

O HOLY NIGHT - THE STARS ARE BRIGHTLY SHINING








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My favorite Christmas Carol - bar none.



I used Annie Sloan Graphite and White - and dollar store glitter. And can I tell you that I have glitter from one end of the house to the other?  This stuff is like rabbits - it multiplies I swear -  how can 1 itsy bitsy little bottle create such havoc?  It's on my face - in my hair - stuck to my feet - on my clothes - pajamas - housecoat - and I swear I thought I saw some in my potatoes tonight at dinner lol!
I colored in the wording with a white crayon pencil ( using stencils )
The wood is actually a melamine shelf left over from one of my makeovers.

And now I'm so excited I can hardly type - have any of you heard Anita from  Far Above Rubies renditon of O Holy Night?
I've listened to it over and over - John sang in a choir for many many years in England and here in Canada
( if I can ever get him to agree to it I'll post his version of " Were you there when they crucified my Lord " )
and he was in awe of Anita's voice.................
AND it isn't only her voice - it's the passion and the love she puts into this song that could reduce me to tears.  I bet you can't listen to it only once!
ENJOY!
Warning it's addictive - and may cause inner peace
What a beautiful talented lady.......................
I wish I could be sitting beside you when you listen to her the first time - just to see your expressions




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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

My Ice Castle Mantel

Busy busy busy..............................

Last night I started on the mantel ( I'm so late this year that I think I'll keep everything up until Valentine's day lol ) just stick a couple of red hearts here and there


White and Silver - and lots of glitz


I bought the star from the dollar store a couple of years ago - think it's one of my favourite decorations

3 different sized glitzy trees
the white tree also came from the dollar store - just might be my second favourite decoration - it sparkles though you can't really tell from the photo


I normally use garland - this year I just poked silver glitzy flowers all along the bottom and then added some
white poinsettas
Isn't it serene - almost ethereal like?
Ok - so now this is where I go mental with my mantel.......................
I don't quite get the concept that LESS IS MORE - LESS IS MORE - LESS IS MORE -
It's perfect the way it is - completely what I was going for - and then I go and do this


Get them off Suzan - you don't need things dangling from the mantel


Oh wait - she's not finished yet -
lets take the dangling ornaments off - and stick a small wreath with looks even more ridiculous


actually lets just go back to the way it was originally and call it a day


 but by now it's dark outside - so let there be light

it looks so pretty lit up in person



stay tuned - there's aproximately 3,354 more projects to do in 2 weeks


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