Farewell Christmas .....

I de-Christmased my house.

I'm  a little sad.

I miss all the twinkling lights.

The house looks a little bare.

But it gets a good cleaning that way.

Although I think I will be finding glitter stuck to everything FOR*EV*ER !

But I have to decorate.

So I changed my "faux mantle" to a "Wintery" scene instead of Christmas.

Here's how it looked at Christmas.

My cardboard houses and cloches.....

*SIGH*

And here is how it looks now.

My" ice trees" ( I got the big one at the thrift store for $3 ), antlers. a pair of metal deer I found on clearance while shopping for Christmas groceries and my white poinsettia from the kitchen.

Love these deer!

 $5 each at Hy-Vee.

I am not a fan of Hy-Vee ( for many reasons),

but a  good deal is a good deal.

And these are AWESOME!

I've been playing with photo-editing in Picasa.

What do you think?

I'm still a terrible picture taker ( I will never call myself a photographer )

but the effects are fun .

I wrapped some snowflake ribbon around my deer like scarves.

I've had it forever but never used it much.

I used the snowflake ribbon as a garland on the large "ice tree".

I had a lot of fun with the photo editing ....

Do you still have your Christmas decorations up?

Or have you moved on like me ?

Did it make you just a little bit sad to see it go too?

But I am happy to welcome 2012!

Joining these fun "linky" parties:

http://youaretalkingtoomuch.blogspot.com

http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com

http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com

http://my1929charmerblog.com/sundays-best-2012-link-party/

http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/


http://www.thegunnysack.com/



http://soverycreative.blogspot.com/2012/01/so-creative-party-time-18.html