Finally, figured out the flash on my new camera (it pops up manually) and the pictures don't have the yellowish cast that they used to have. I decided to try and capture all of our Christmas decorations so that I can make a small book of the decorations (probably should make 2). The inspiration comes from CK magazine (December) and uses Daisy D paper (love that line).I love the new color on the walls (Thunder Bay). At the time we did the walls before (12 years ago), the sponge painting look was in. Over the last few years, I really began to hate it. Now that the walls are one color, it looks so beautiful and professional. Larry doesn't understand why I like to change wall color, but I think that the walls start to look dated and it's time for a change. I still need to wallpaper below the chair rail in the dining room and then maybe repaint Casey's bathroom.
The bears on the stairs are special to me. The two musical bears with the red hats and scarves were from my Mom. She bought them one year and gave one to me and one to her sister Betty. When Aunt Betty died, she got the bear from Sue and kept it for years. As she and Dad started to scale back on the holidays, she sent me the bear. They make me smile when they play their songs. The other bears in plaid also came from Mom. She loved plaid (as you can see from the tree and bears on the entrance hall table) and I have lovingly put this tree up every year since they died. I have added one or two plaid ornaments, but the rest came from Mom. More photos tomorrow.
