Christmas decorating - Kitchen

The top of the frig

This room is continually changing and probably will be as December continues.  If I get some yo-yo's made in time, they will go in the kitchen, too.  I may work on them today.  I'd planned to go into town but the country roads are a little slick with snow this morning... a good day for domestic creativity.

Yes, I did decorate a lot this year but I needed more Christmas than usual.  By getting down every container, I found items I thought I'd lost last year.  Hubby had stored that big container on a different shelf.  I have collected Christmas items since I was a teenager and now I'm a grandmother... so even though I have downsized the items a lot, there are plenty left (mostly my very favorites now).  I've promised the future Mrs. Christopher she can go through them next Christmas.  :)

To answer questions from yesterday, the candle lamp in the last picture came from Goodwill (so many Christmas decorations were found while thrifting and at garage sales through the years).  I made my large lamp smaller by removing the top part of it, easily done just by unscrewing that part of the lamp in this case.

Lots of little cuties here, including the Cabbage Patch doll that was a Happy Meal Christmas toy when Stephanie was little.

This scene makes me smile just looking at it.

The "milk" in the milk bottles is really salt.  :)

The top of the bread box.  I stitched the embroidery when I was first married.

The vintage looking whisk and spatula are tree ornaments bought on clearance at Cracker Barrel a couple years ago.  They stay out all year.

Finally... this isn't exactly Christmas-y but I thought I'd share the change I made on the kitchen wall.  I used to have a favorite large piece of artwork there but I moved it to the "room formerly known as Christopher's".

I was concerned about replacing it without changing a lot of other items but our favorite print of the lighthouse in Holland, Michigan (where we lived for nearly nine years) and the trivet that was a gift from my daughter fit in the space perfectly.

This print of "Big Red" brings back lovely memories.

Hubby and I love having the print where we can see it often.  I promise to take a picture when I get the yo-yo's made and hung!

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