Christmas Time

Woooooooooooohooooooooooooooo, it's Christmas Time!!

My starry advent garland has been hung with it's final number 24 this morning and I'm happy to say that all is jolly and festive here in the Attic24 household. Presents are all bought and wrapped, decorations are up, our log and candle supply replenished and a fresh layer of powdery snow has fallen over night.

We are set and ready.

We were quite late getting our decorations up this year, which was entirely down to me not quite having the energy to get down on my hands and knees and crawl into the under-eaves cupboard in the Attic to retrieve them. The Little People were very, very patient, but by Monday their patience had run out and they stomped their Little Feet and demanded that we go fetch The Christmas Boxes and get busy.

Some years ago I decided that I would only have red and white decorations on our tree. It would be simple and chic and co-ordinated. I bought a whole load of new decorations that year, all red and white, and although it looked OK, I kind of felt like the fun was missing. So over the following years (helped enormously by the arrival of the Little People) I began to buy and make more colourful decorations for the tree, and the fun and colour crept back in. 

This year, I decided to leave the red-and-white decorations in their boxes and just bring out the colourful ones. No pine cones or cinnamon sticks this year either, just colour and fun.

 

Aside from the very top branches, the Little People did all the decorating, and they did good, don't you think? I was more than happy to let them crack on, and enjoyed their delight in doing it By-Themselves.

We love our tree. Ok, so it's not a real one this year, but we love it all the same. The new coloured lights have made me especially happy (don't know why we had white ones for so many years??)

The rest of my Christmas decorating has been greatly simplified this year. Our dining room fireplace remains pretty much as it always is, although I moved out my jugs of artificial flowers to make way for the evergreens and berries, and a few little Christmas characters arrived too (the adorable crocheted robins and penguins were made by the lovely Alison, aren't they amazing?)

The Little People took charge of this years table display...

....these little pom-pom robins that they made from a simple kit make me laugh every time I see them, they're so quirky and full of character. Love-love-love them so much, I think they'll be sticking around for a while after Christmas has been and gone.

 

I also managed to find the little jam-jar ribbons that I made a few years ago, so my Bonne Mamman candle jars on the mantle got a little extra seasonal makeover.

And then there's the snowflakes....remember them? Well yesterday afternoon I sat and prettified them a little. Ahhhh, you know what? I had fully intended to string them up with silver beads and possibly some white pearly buttons,  but when it came down to it, I just could not. Resist. The. Colour. Hahaha, I can tell you're not one bit surprised at that.

I love that the flakes themselves are white, but I love even more that they now have some little coloured buttons and bells.

I strung then on some silvery pom-pom thread which I found in the cupboard....

....and they do look rather lovely against the dark wood of our fireplace.

I just LOVE Christmas Eve, love the feelings of anticipation and excitement mixed up with the feelings of calm and relief that all is ready, and all is as it should be.

I was sitting drinking coffee and eating a mince pie earlier on, listening to the Little People playing out in the hallway (zooming toy cars through the long empty tube that the wrapping paper was wrapped around), and I felt so happy, so very happy and blessed for all that I have.

 

We've been to town this morning, walking slowly through the snowy streets, bumping into friends, buying a few last minute bits and pieces (a carrot for Rudolph being top of the list of Things-we-nearly-forgot).

Home again now :: it's  mid afternoon and J has taken the extremely excited Little People to the park to go sledging as we still have quite a lot of snow lying on the ground. The Excitement in the air today is huuuuge :: Snow on the ground and only One More Sleep till Christmas, it's almost too much to take!!!

Well......I'm off to go light the fire now and will settle myself down and wait for my snowy family to return. I'm all set for a cosy afternoon/evening with my feet up.

Thank you so much, as always for calling in to see me, I really do appreciate your company very much. Here's wishing you a very, very Happy Christmas, I hope the days ahead will be filled with love and laughter, joy and happiness.

With Love to you all.........

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Comments

[emmy]

hi lucy.. im writing to you from Malaysia.. i've been following your blog for several month too and its really inspired me.. even though ive no skill in crochet but i do love to see your colorful blog and it really brighten my day.. thank you and keep it up..

[Rebecca P (Post Falls, ID USA)]

As a newcomer to your website, I was greatly impressed by (& jealous of) your beautiful creativity. Your home is so warm & inviting & you obviously have a number of long-time well wishers.

Although it's a bit too late to wish you & your family & friends a Merry Christmas, I do wish you all a Very Happy & Blessed New Year!! I will return to see what additional wonders you have created.

God Bless!

PS: Have visited England & Scotland 4 times & LOVE it! Would move there if I could!!!!

[April]

Merry Christmas and wishing you a new year filled with many happy memories and special moments, blessings galore and as much inspiration and more than you had last year. I don't comment often, but I'm here often, and my heart soars with inspiration and love of your work when I visit.

So happy new year, wishing you a fabulous 2010.

Love,
APRIL

PS-- the pic of the cards with the trees at the top... we sent out those cards for christmas :) Neat!

[Joyce]

I have been following your blog for several months now, but this is my first comment. I absolutely love all of your creations, and I have made several stars. I've just started a blog of my own, and I hope to be telling my readers about you with a link to your crocheting posts. Thanks so much for the patterns.

[Petit Filoux]

What lovely decorations you had up!!! Love love love the stars and the way they've been 'prettified'!!

[lisette]

Love. love love all the garments!! So pretty!
Hope you had a great Christmas!

[Lydia]

Hi Lucy! I'm a new follower of yours and I LOVE your blog! I'm SO happy to see all your colorful Christmas decorations...when our son was born my husband and I decided we just had to do a colorful Christmas tree and it always makes me smile now every year :-) No more boring white lights! ;-) I wanted to ask where you found the nativity set on your mantlepiece...it's so beautiful! Anyway...hope you had a happy Christmas and can't wait to start trying out some of your crochet patterns this year!

[Amanda]

I would REALLLLLLLY LOOOOOOOVE to know where you got your tree-topper! It's adorable!!!!!!

(this is my first comment, but I've been reading your blog for a While now. I'm totally in love with your colorful little world!)

[cybele]

I made your florentines as a Christmas present - my partner and I often buy presents for each other during the year and neither of us could think of much to buy, so rather than buying something that he didn't need, just for the sake of it, I thought these biscuits would go down well. And they did - very easy to make and boy are they lovely. I used a mixture of dried berries as i couldn't find dried cranberries, can recommend that too.
Hope you had a lovely Christmas!

[Karoline]

Merry Christmas Lucy, I hope you've all had a lovely time

[Antje]

I hope that you have had a nice X-mas. Thank you for all the lovely story's you told us. I love to read them.

Antje from Holland

[Anne H]

Here's hoping you're having a Very Merry Christmas - have loved popping in to see your cosy words and pictures this year so Very Best Wishes for 2010 and your New Year new arrival! Anne xxxx

[PinkCat]

Merry Christmas Lucy! It looks so beautifully festive in your home. I hope you and your family had a really lovely day. xxx

[Bertie Meadows]

A Very Merry Christmas to you and your family Lucy.
Bertie x

[Innessa]

Hi Lucy. i came across your page by chance and after curiosity got the better of me i became kinda sorta fascinated by your arts n crafts. now im starting to think of ways i can make my home more cheery and cozy. So thanks. just wanted to say Have a Very Merry Christmas. God Bless in the new year.

Innessa (US)

[Jenny McH]

With best wishes for a lovely Christmas with your family. May the year ahead be filled with laughter, peace & happiness. Keep well & take care.

[Michelle]

Love those Snow Flakes!
Merry Christmas.

[Enid Stephens]

Oh you made me home sick , we are in really hot down under sat in pool nearly all day Christmas .I think you are such alovely lady , wish you were my daughter Enid and Raymond Australia x x

[Barbara]

What a lovely Christmas post and thank you so much for all your crochet help and inspiration during the year ...

[Linda and Posy]

Happy Christmas Lucy and family and best best best wishes for a wonderful 2010. Linda and Posy, West Palm Beach, FL

[Marian M-S]

Merry Christmas and a lovely lovely house! Wishes for a happy, healthy, and fun 2010 as well!

[Elaine/MuddlingThrough]

Everything at your place looks wonderfully festive and happy. Hope your Christmas was filled with beautiful things and feelings!

[Mildawg]

I absolutely love all of your decorations. Merry Christmas!

[Fée-ronique]

Joyeux Noel !!!

[Lynn C]

Happy Holidays to you and yours. Your always such a huge inspration and its lovely to read your blog....