Welcome Winter....

Welcome Winter...

yeah, right...

Well, it's my fault.

I bragged once too often about the great weather we were having.

As the Hubby said ..

All good things must come to an end.

*SIGH*

Last  Saturday we had temps in the high40's , low 50"s.

I took advantage of the weather and brought in the Christmas decorations.

No more lights, garland or kitchy snowmen.

But my wreath still looked so fresh and green that I couldn't throw it out.

Sooo.... I took off the Christmas ribbon and tied a piece of burlap around it and made a bow.

I used the burlap to attach the wreath to my chippy chair.

And here we are ...

a few days later.

*SIGH* again...

Oh well... I live in Iowa.

It's to be expected.

We had a fabulous run of great weather and I loved it.

So Welcome Winter...

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There is defiantly beauty in Winter.

Most of the time though, I feel more like this ~

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 And this ~

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How do you feel ?

Are you like me and want to hibernate and wake up in spring ?

Or....

 Do you enjoy the cold and snow and beauty of winter ?

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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!

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