finally finishing up inside

I have a couple pictures to share of my tree, I am not totally finished yet, but will be tomorrow.   Hopefully the garland around front door will be finished tomorrow also

upstairs tree in mostly copper gold silver

three choir angels I cut from wood and painted a few years back

Lewis Ginter

My husband and I went to see the lights at Lewis Ginter Botanical gardens.  A special treat for members night was that we were able to tour the home of Lewis Ginter.   First pictures are of the gardens at Ginter.
Here is a peacock that is made of nothing but lites.

walking from the home to the garden

Model of Mount Vernon

 There were doll houses on display done by various artist and decorated

Nice tree house with decorated Christmas trees

this house was done with plastic canvas

Every flower ornament on this tree was grown here at Ginter and dried downstairs

daffodils, lambs ear, money plant , and orchids to name a few

very fragile and beautiful

money plant on a ball

you can see the daffodil next to it

another garden view

front porch,  I noticed there was not any greenery around the door this yea

 parlor close up of mantle with candelabra

 I like how the garland drapes to the floor

I looked up as I was moving to the next room and saw this beautiful stained glass

wonder if it is a Tiffany

Every decoration has flowers , butterflies and birds

view looking to the gardens from inside home

Lunch in the country and shopping

My husband and I spent a pleasant afternoon at this nice reastaurant and shop in our county.
  Great barbeque and roasted red pepper soup,The soup or bisque as I call it was very tasty,  next time I will get the bowl of it and not just a cup.
Great desserts also.
love the goodies that are sold in the shop.  The decorations for Christmas were done so nicely and got me in the spirit,  I came home and decorated more. -   click to enlarge some pictures here-

this was so adorable

Notice the doiley on the door,  it's made of metal.

I have a picture where there is doileys on the outside of the door and window.  I will have to show you sometime.

Welcoming entrance - Black Creek Country store.

Craft day

I had several members of my family over Friday to make crafts and eat spaghetti.  Mom was here and we had a good time.  I took a few pictures of what we made to show you.
Actually we took more time eating,  as it's something we really have fun doing. 

my snowman picture I made from a card Wanda sent me last year.

I added letters , snowflakes and sparkles, with beads and garland

another Christmas card I rec'd.  I added a bow to her hair and garland and ribbon with sparkles

 An angel I made for my tree

 Wanda made this coffee filter angel

I made this felt snowman and sprinkled him with mica flakes,  he most definitely needs a nose

I made some cones also

Donna (http://donna-overtheriverandthroughthewoods.blogspot.com/ )made this one

 I have started to put up my tree - takes a while