{PHFR} Christmas-Style

I haven't linked up for {PHFR} in quite awhile. Life got busy and things got in the way of me blogging regularly. So, now I'm back!

I love this time of year...I love decorating our home with Pretty things like this:

And this:

I also made these:

And these:

Not the candles and other items, but the Winter letters in the frames.

I also made this:

And this:

I got this lovely piece at a Christmas craft market:

The artisan from whom I purchased this,  makes rings, bracelets, watches, necklaces, earrings, wind chimes, hooks, and all kinds of things out of antique cutlery. I thought it was the neatest thing. This ring is made from an old spoon handle!



{Happy}, or, happily, I decided to swap out the shades on the light fixture over our table. They were white once upon a time, but now, they are a dingy off-white, and the seams on them have yellowed considerably. I didn't take a before picture to show you. However, I swapped the shades for this instead:

The berries are dark red and the stars are rusty. Here's what the whole she-bang looks like:

I am happy with how this tree decal turned out. However, if I had taken pictures of the piece in-progress, it would have been in the "Real" category. OMW, what a pain in the neck. Thankfully this tree was in one piece, but somehow, during the transfer process, the transfer sheet folded on itself, of course...and it was the sticky side...so I had to peel it carefully and hope that it didn't rip in the process. As if that wasn't enough, the sticky side did not want to adhere to the wall at all...hardly one section wanted to stick. It's fine now that it's up, but I was not a happy camper putting this blasted thing up.

This makes me happy...and the candles are my favourite scent: Chai Latte. Yum!!!!

{Funny}

I'm trying to experiment with self-pictures. 'Nuff said.

Moving right along, next is {Real}:

I made these Red Velvet cupcakes. I used the President's Choice Red Velvet baking mix, as it is natural and has no food dyes in it. They were really delicious. I made the icing swirls from buttercream icing (homemade). YUM!!!!
In reality, this is what my kitchen looked like:

Sadly, at the time, the Sens weren't doing so hot in their hockey game, so the score fit right in as well:

But then, this is real too, and it makes me happy, and it's pretty...and funny (I have 2 sock monkey ornaments on our tree):



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