Christmas at our house

Well I have to confess that I wanted to participate in "Deck the Halls" with Over the Rainbow but this year I have not had much time to deck, so these are my last years decorations that I am sharing with you.
I started this blog to share my addiction to Jim Shore's work so it's only fitting that I start with my treasured Jim Shore Nativity. The first big piece that I ever bought and I purchased it in New Harmony, Indiana in April 2005.

Angel tree

Old pump organ that my dad refinished, with my Jim Shore Santa collection, which has expanded to the top of the organ now.

These are just different shelves on my entertainment center.

The Santa and Sleigh was my second big Jim Shore piece. My husband gave it to me for my birthday one year.

This is a picture of the entire entertainment center.

This is our game room. It is a themed "50's" room but as you can see Elvis is the focal point with accents of Marilyn, James Dean and other film stars of the era. We chose the decor together but my husband did the wallpaper, laid the tile and built the glass block bar

The large bubblegum machine is filled with silver and red Christmas ornaments.

This is our game room. It is a themed "50's" room but as you can see Elvis is the focal point with accents of Marilyn, James Dean and other film stars of the era. We chose the decor together but my husband did the wallpaper, laid the tile and built the glass block bar.

This is a close up of our puzzle wall. It features film stars of the 50's and is made entirely of puzzle put together by us and our friends.

This is the glass block bar and yes that is a singing Elvis head on top of the game in the corner.

This is the pool table. The Crocheted Christmas Tree was made by my husbands mom.

This is a full shot of the puzzle wall. There are 11-1,000 piece puzzles. The Casablanca puzzle in the middle was 3,000 pieces, and then there are several partial puzzles at the bottom of the wall.

I hope you enjoyed a brief glimpse of our Christmas decorations.

Merry Christmas Two Me!

This year, like every other year I tell myself that I am not going to get carried away with buying new pieces. This year, I bought 2 new pieces that go with "Santa's Toy Shop" I got "The Livery" and The Sweet Shop"
Click on the first picture to get a close up view of how beautiful these pieces are. They are so rich with detail and color they don't need anything else.
Life has been so busy the last few weeks that I haven't really taken any photos of my Holiday displays, mostly because I barely have them up. I do have most of my Jim Shore pieces out and will try to get some pictures up here sometime next week.
Until then, I hope you enjoy these.