a look at the holidays

 A few saved moments of 2012 Christmas season at All in my Cottage....

On my front porch...

Candy Cane Cheesecake~

The project with my granddaughters one afternooon
Eight tiny reindeer noses and of course Rudolph's red nose too

Warm winter wishes at my front door

Lynsie 5 and Lilian 2 1/2 before Christmas Eve Church

a peek into the tree....this is a very old glass glittered deer I cherish

Upside down apple pie

another peek inside the tree...sparkling silver

Santa picked the perfect gift for the grands....no fighting,
they each have a side to do their art!
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 Wishing all my lovely blogger friends a wonderful Christmas and bright New Year
I promise to blog more in 2013 too...

Christmas at ArborOak Cottage

Some may be surprised that even tho I am all about pink and roses, my home decorating as a whole does not reflect that. I made a compromise with my hubby sometime back. He simply cannot live with too many flowers on the walls or windows, let alone pink!! But he does love vintage and retro, so we have our bedroom in French Victorian toile decor and the great room is mission style. My studio and guest room are totally shabby cottage!! Our Christmas decor is decidely very Victorian traditional. Mind you I do have some pink ornies snuck in here and there on the tree.If you remember last years post I had a HUGE tree. This year I was good, I kept it at 8 feet instead of 14 feet....
This year I decided to take my photos with a night time setting just at sunset. I also poked the camera in the tree to share some sparkle. 

I tried a new grouping on my mantel this year by using varied levels