Merrry Kitschmas!

Here we are, on Christmas Eve eve, waiting for that guy in the red suit and hoping for a snowy white Christmas here in Atlanta!  Jeff, our good friend Brian, and myself are all going to saddle up in the car tonight, eat some bbq and do our annual "Northcrest Tour of Lights"!  Look for the results tomorrow on Home Sweet Split Level!  There are really some impressive houses in the 'hood, but Brian's probably takes the cake!  He prides himself on riding that line between over-the-top awesome fun, without being tacky.  It really is spectacular this year!  Here is sneak peek...

Oh don't worry, he has added more since this picture!



And, last but not least, here are our holiday decorations this year.  I swore I was going to pull out all the stops, but I just didn't have time with everything going on this year.  I am determined to stock up on some crafty holiday supplies for next year's handmade holiday when everything goes on sale.  I did make the wreath I had been dreaming of this year, and I may have squealed when the handmade vintage felt deer ornaments went perfectly with it.  We also usually get a real tree, which I adore, but we weren't in town much earlier this month so we pulled out our old college tree.  It is so tiny that I had to put it up on boxes for it to fill the space!  Oh well, it is really about the ornaments to me anyway!  I adore a good vintage ornament, and I picked up several new ones this year....we are going to have to get a bigger tree eventually because all my ornaments won't fit!

Improvised vintage Santa tree-topper.

Awesome wrapping paper from Target.

Holiday Tea crafting.

Holiday House.

Best attempt at a holiday dog portrait.

Have the happiest of holidays, all!

Brief Getaway...

<>

So I had a brief getaway for a couple of days last week in NYC.  I was there to do a little freelance design at the International Gift Show at Javits Center.  It was a whirlwind couple of days, but I really enjoyed it.  I only snapped a couple of pictures, but I did manage to see some nice George Nelson Bubble Lamps in the hallway of the hardware store I ran in to.  I also had the chance to stay at the fabulous Muse Hotel right off Times Square between Broadway and 6th Ave.

We put this together in 2 days!  Laurie of Bittersweet Designs lovely booth.

Bittersweet Designs booth in Designer Handmade.

Liz Lemon has good taste...

Recently, Jeff and I saw this set of mid-century wood plaques on ebay that I liked.  We watched them and then of course forgot to bid.  I was bummed, luckily they were re-listed and we won them the next time.  I knew they looked familiar and then it hit me that I had seen the larger one behind the door in Liz Lemon's office on 30Rock.  Liz has all kinds of weird stuff in her office, including a giant wooden fork and spoon.  I like it.

"I want to go to there!"-Liz Lemon

Mid-Century Wall Plaques on Ebay: