On Crooked Creektt

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

How Lovely Are Your Branches?

O Christmas Tree,
O Christmas Tree,
how lovely are your branches?

Christmas is my f a v o r i t e holiday!
One of my most enjoyable parts of Christmas is decorating the Christmas Tree!

Since "Mr. Ed" and I aren't hosting Christmas On Crooked Creektt,
I decided to use our Lodge Tree in the upper level Living Room this year.
Usually, this Christmas Tree is decorated in keeping with our Family Room theme.

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I debated over whether to keep or remove
the natural elements of this tree before decorating.
It came with natural twigs, pine cones and twig orbs already attached.

Once I began adding the silver leaf garlands,
it was evident the natural elements would be slightly visible, so on they stayed.

After the two silver leaf garlands were draped around the perimeter
of our Christmas Tree, I randomly placed sprigs of silver holly into the branches.

Next,
came six newly purchased golden evergreen springs.

I absolutely l o v e the silver and gold effect
that is dominating the evergreen appearance of our Christmas Tree!

Using two styles of eighteen champagne ornaments,
randomly placed throughout the Lodge Christmas Tree,
gives a visually appealing cohesiveness.

I placed a variety of six over sized convex glass evergreen

Christmas Tree and Wreath ornaments within the voided spaces

of the champagne ornaments.

With just a sprinkling of four bronze and gold crystal teardrop ornaments,

our 2015 Christmas Tree On Crooked Creektt is nearing completion.

Atop our Christmas Tree

rest a porcelain champagne Angel.

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I, truly, am amazed at how lovely are the branches

of On Crooked Creektt's 2015 Christmas Tree!

Just as lovely in the daylight as at night. . .

O Christmas Tree,

how lovely are your branches?

Until next time. . .

On Crooked Creektt will be joining

Cindy @ DWELLINGS ~The Heart Of Your Home for Amaze Me Monday!

And. . .

Christine @ Rustic and Refined for Table It!

And. . .

Karen @ Karen's Up On The Hill for Something To Talk About!

And. . .

Richella @ Imparting Grace for Grace At Home!

And. . .

Barbara @ 21 Rosemary Lane for Share Your Style!

And. . .

Jann @ Have A Daily Cup Of Mrs. Olson for Share Your Cup Thursday!

And. . .

Jody and Stan @ Rooted In Thyme for Simple and Sweet Fridays!

And. . .

Debra @ Common Ground for Come As You Are

Christmas Open House!

Each and every week,

seeds of inspiration bloom from these host and hostesses linky parties.

Be sure to visit and delight your family dwelling with brilliant interior design.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Window Dressings. . .

In my childhood and youth,
one of my favorite things to do at Christmas
was to enjoy all the window dressings on the Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.

I l o v e d looking at all the baby dolls dressed in pink ruffles and lace.
Each wearing ruffled anklets and black patent buckle shoes.
Ribbons and bows adorned the curls and waves in their hair.
Oh, in my mind's eye, I can almost see them still!

In our town, window dressing has almost become a 'thing of the past'.

So~o~o. . .
in On Crooked Creektt's upper level Living Room,
I styled the Entertainment Center display shelves
as if they were w i n d o w s.

Definitely, not the window dressing of my childhood or youth,
but dressing the display shelves in our Entertainment Center
On Crooked Creektt does make one feel a bit nostalgic.

Until next time. . .

On Crooked Creektt will be joining

Cindy @ DWELLINGS ~The Heart Of Your Home for Amaze Me Monday!

And. . .

Christine @ Rustic and Refined for Table It!

And. . .

Karen @ Karen's Up On The Hill for Something To Talk About!

And. . .

Richella @ Imparting Grace for Grace At Home!

And. . .

Barbara @ 21 Rosemary Lane for Share Your Style!

And. . .

Jann @ Have A Daily Cup Of Mrs. Olson for Share Your Cup Thursday!

And. . .

Jody and Stan @ Rooted In Thyme for Simple and Sweet Fridays!

And. . .

Debra @ Common Ground for Come As You Are

Christmas Open House!

Each and every week,

seeds of inspiration bloom from these host and hostesses linky parties.

Be sure to visit and delight your family dwelling with brilliant interior design.

Friday, November 27, 2015

Star Of Bethlehem . . .

Star of Bethlehem. . .
the name of the flora that fills my mercury silver vase.

The items that adorn On Crooked Creektt's Entry Hall
are fairly new to our design accessories.

However,
my Santos Angel has been in the same place since her arrival.

I adore that she greets our family and guests as they arrived
and keeps watch over our coming in~and going out!

I kept the Entry Hall in muted shades of soft gray, green and white
to accent the new hue of Sherwin~Williams Sandbar paint.

A single strand of rustic wire and white glittering stars
surround the heirloom print above the Entry Hall console table.

After placing a silver and gold embroidered table runner atop the console table,
I embellished my grey washed wrought iron candlesticks with beaded white rings.

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After I removed the timer faux wax candles,
I place two beaded white candle rings atop the candlestick.

Then,

I simply arranged the pillar candle atop the beaded candle ring.

I adore the festive vibe it gives to the candlesticks!

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Continuing the festive theme in the Entry Hall,
I tied chartreuse hued French Silk ribbon to three silver and white miniature glass ornaments and placed them within the base of my Santos.

My favorite word for Christmas is Noel!

So~o~o. . .
imagine my joy when I found this Noel ornament at our new Hobby Lobby!

I knew I just had to work this new treasure into my floral arrangement.

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I began by bending a gnarly grey twig garland
around the upper left~hand side of my French mirror.

Next,
I attached the silver and gold bird's nest to the twig garland
and tied the ornament with a gray hued French Silk ribbon in the garland, as well.

Then,
I embellished the gnarly garland with some silk and velvet glitter leaves,
a sprig of silver leaves and attached a silver bird atop the nest.

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In keeping a monochromatic color scheme within the Entry Hall,
I added vintage Cantique de Noel sheet music
to a recently purchased piano sheet music stand.