My 2014 Christmas dollhouse...

I'm happy to announce that Josie pulled Holly from Damita's Pretty Wrap for my Kim K. Christmas give-away. 

 I had meant to update the blog last night but the evening escaped from me.   Congratulations, Holly.  Please send me an email with your address and I'll get this in the mail this weekend!

You all know how much I love to restore and collect dollhouses, and my favorite dollhouse is now all decked out for Christmas.

One of my favorite estate sale finds over the last few weeks, was this reindeer Santa light and it fits perfectly on the roof of the house.

Have yourself a wonderful weekend!

Be sure to take time to play!

More Christmas decorating at the A-frame!

As soon as school was out last Tuesday, we headed to our A-frame cottage for some extended time.

From door to door (in good weather), it's a quick  40 minutes!

Have I said how much I love being able to spread out my Christmas collections between two places?

Makes me feel less guilty for continuing to find and rescue vintage Christmas items from estate sales.

I think I love our cottage even more in the cooler months.

 It's quiet.

 It's cozy.   That new furnace makes a HUGE difference!

 I can pretend that we are nestled in the mountains somewhere.

Going for walks in the snow around the lake is extremely peaceful.

While we were out for a morning walk, I spotted this camper.  Wouldn't it be fun to decorate for Christmas?  Chris was very quick to tell me "no more restoration projects" and to get out of the neighbors yard. 

We have so much to be thankful for.  Christmas break is going to be so much fun at the A-frame!

If you didn't sign up, I'm doing a Kim K. no-strings Christmas give-away on this post.  Happy December!
   

Happy Mail and a Kim K. Give-away!

Did you all have a good Thanksgiving?   It's been a wonderful week of respite and family time.  We spent several days at our A-frame cottage (more on that later this week) and when we came back home, a special box was waiting for me from Sandy (521 Lake Street). 

We were partnered in Erica's (Golden Egg Vintage) Christmas in the Kitchen exchange.

I had so much fun putting together a box of treasures for Sandy.  These are a few of the things I sent her.

Sandy completely spoiled me with so many beautiful homemade treasures.

One of my favorite goodies is this teeny tiny snow globe made from a salt shaker.

Just look at all these amazing goodies!

Sandy, I'm completely smitten with everything.

Yummy treats and paper crafting supplies too! Thank you, so much!  I love kicking off Christmas with you!

 And because I want to share my Christmas spirit with all of my friends, I'd like to share a Kim K. Christmas give-away!

With my love of miniatures, I've designed  a tiny Santa Christmas kitchen.  It's filled with lots of special details.  This is a give-away for the pure joy of giving back to my friends!

In order to be entered in the giveaway, just leave a comment on this blog post.  If you don't have an active blog, be sure your email address is included in your comment.  Entries close at 8:00pm EST Thursday, December 4. Merry Christmas!
  

A wild week!

What a wild week of weather. Lots of lake effect snow all week long and now its raining out.  This was a picture I took outside of my university office window mid-week.

I understand cold weather is returning and they are predicting we will have several inches of new snow again to give us a white Thanksgiving. It's certainly never dull in MI!  Chris will be spending his Sunday afternoon constructing the backyard ice rink in preparation for the return of cold weather.

 I wrapped up the work week with a great estate sale on my lunch hour Friday.

I really wish I could have gotten there sooner.

 They had advertised lots of vintage Christmas and the pictures looked amazing!

 I did find enough to make me happy.

Speaking of things that make me happy, we did a quick overnight at our A-frame Friday night.  

It's looks super cozy with all the snow.

As you can imagine, I'm having so much fun decorating the cottage for Christmas.

We will be heading back during Thanksgiving break to enjoy some extended time.

I see lots of board games, puzzles and sledding this coming week!

Hoping you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family or friends.  Safe travels (especially if you have snowy weather in your forecast).

After Thanksgiving I'll be revealing a Kim K.  Christmas give-away!  XOXO

 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

The Great Lakes have been producing all kinds of lake effect snow for my area. 

So much snow, that we all had a snow day yesterday...even my University closed!

Does make me wonder what we have in store for this winter?  

 Stay cozy!  Happy Wednesday!