Happy Thanksgiving

Have a Happy and peaceful Thanksgiving!

Blessings,

Jeannine

Disney Inspired Mickey Ears

Here are some of the Disney Inspired Mickey Mouse Ears I have made lately.

Mad Hatter

Gingerbread Ears for Christmas

Plaid gingerbread man ears.

Star Wars

Star Wars

Star Wars, the force Awakens

Star Wars

And for something not Disney inspired, Minion ears

And Evil Minions

Be sure to see them on my etsy shop, 

www.dazeofgrace.etsy.com

Which ones do you like best?

Jeannine

Happy Fourth of July

 

 

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Happy 239th birthday to the United States of America.

 

 

 

Be safe as you celebrate the Fourth. And Please remember those who gave all for our freedoms.

Blessings,

Jeannine

Hppy Easter 2015

Happy Easter.  He is Risen, indeed!

 

 

Blessings to you today and every day,

Jeannine

Happy Thanksgiving

 

Have a wonderful holiday counting your blessings.

Jeannine

Merry Christmas Open House

Welcome to our home! We are all painted and moved in. Painting and moving is always hard work, but it was definitely worth it this time.  Owning our own house is a joy. But will also be a lot of maintenance.  As our son said, "You realize you just married a third person when you bought a house."

 

 

The kitchen is now a sunny yellow and all the appliances are stainless.  The stove is the one that came with the house.  The dishwasher, microwave, and refrigerator are new. The dog is half German Shepherd half Husky.  His name is Rerun and keeps that floor polished for me.  Yuck.

 

The other half of the kitchen.  Washer and Dryer in the kitchen. Sigh. Not ideal but I don't have to go out to the cold garage to do laundry. The chair and little table give us a spot for someone to sit and visit while someone (Husband) is cooking.  We wanted an open concept house so everyone would be together all the time, but this house really suits us and makes us happy.

 

Dining room.  We painted it Desert Sand by Glidden.

 

The dining table has another leaf but I don't think we will ever be able to use it as the room is a tight fit as is.

 

Our master bedroom.  I adore it.  I painted the focal wall Grey. I can't remember the name but it is by Behr. The white is the Dry Martini by Behr. It is white but it has the slightest pink tint to it.  When I painted it over the white you could tell it had pink in it.

I have never decorated the bedroom for Christmas before, but I really like this.  I used scraps of velvet to make the red pillows and purchased the plaid for the big pillows in back.  I then made all of the pillow covers.

 

 

 

My craft /guest room got a coat of girlie purple.  I love purple and finally got a room painted in it.  It's pinker than I thought it would be but it works. This is still a work in progress.

 

I thought all of my stuff would fit in these lovely built in drawers but I seem to have too much stuff.  The closet is packed with aprons for sale and costumes.  I can't part with the costumes! What if I need one?

 

The hallway joining the master bedroom and craft room. It leads directly to the living room.

 

The living room did not get new paint.  Mostly because our backs literally gave out.  Husband painted the bricks, shelves, and all the trim. The mantel is brand new and made of oak.  A friend made it for us as a gift.  I stained it with Cherry Minwax.

 

 

 

Oops! Forgot to remove the Double Gulp cup.

 

I made new stockings this year.  All in shiny sari type satin fabric. Each has unique trim.

 

The tree is decorated in Mardi Gras-New Orleans style.  All the ornaments are gold, green, and purple. White glittery poinsettia blossoms. Masks. Chandelier crystals.

The piano in the background is my great grandmother's. She purchased it in 1902. It's kind of heavy to haul around.  Can't wait for Daughter to have a house.  Traditionally it goes to the kid who took the most years of piano lessons.  She beat her brother because she took a semester of piano in high school. Ha Ha! Piano is like 800 pounds! Good luck.

 

Thanks for hanging with me through this fall while we found a house.  Hopefully I will be more consistent with blogging. 

Now, if we could only find the remote control for the DVD player.......

 

Blessings,

Jeannine

Happy Thanksgiving

Blessings in Christ,

 

 

Jeannine

Russian Christmas Ornaments

I realized I have never shared a special little Christmas tree that I put up each year.  It is only a little over one foot tall and I never remove the lights.  I just carefully replace the tree in a plastic bin.

What makes the tree so special to me is the ornaments. Husband and I purchased them in October of 1999 when we took our very first mission trip to Russia.  We worked in St. Petersburg but did all our shopping in Moscow.

We bought a small box with six handpainted Russian soldiers and three individual ornaments depicting traditional Russian costumes.  I adore these.  Each ornament is about four inches long.

These ornaments both remind me of our trip to Russia and of a classic Christmas tree.  They always have a place of honor.

Blessings,

Jeannine

Christmas Disney Table

Christmas dinner was a quiet affair at home again this year.  In fact we moved it from our traditional feast on Christmas day to Christmas Eve.  Husband and I are "sharing custody" of our Daughter with her Fiance's family.  And son is still serving in Operation Enduring Freedom overseas.

As our whole Christmas this year was Disney themed, so was the table setting.  The Mickey hand plates are from Target, this year, as are the red napkins.  The napkins were four for $4.99. Great deal!

The square plates are from Kohl's from about four years ago. The glasses are from Home Shopping Network last year, a gift from a friend.

The tealight holders are from Partylite, as are the tealights themselves.

The salt and pepper shakers are from Disneyland.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and enjoy a Blessed New Year.

I am linking to Tablescape Thursday with Susan at Between Naps on the Porch.

Blessings,

Jeannine

Disney Christmas Stockings

When our son was born back in 1988, we purchased a Christmas stocking for him.  It is green and has Santa appliqued on it.  I then traced around it and made a pattern to make stockings for Husband and me and then for Daughter when she came along.

We have been using those stockings for the past 20 or so years.  This year I wanted to make some new ones to go with the theme for our Christmas decorations. We decided to go with a Disney theme.

So, character stockings.

This is the start of Minnie Mouse.

And  Mickey.

Both stockings are lined.

The beginnings of Daisy and Donald Duck.

I sewed the ribbon around the top of Donald. It continues onto the back.  Daisy's ruffle also goes all the way around.

Finished.  Each stocking only takes about an hour or so to make. All are lined.  It just makes them nicer when you actually (meaning Santa) fills them!

"The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there."

This is our mantle all put together. I made Mickey and Minnie for Husband and me.  Daisy and Donald are for Daughter and her Fiance.  Our son is serving in Operation Enduring Freedom and I wanted to include him as well.  I could not find striped fabric so I cut 7/8 inch strips and sewed them together, then cut out the front.  The back is solid black.  I used sticky back black felt to make the grin and eyes.  It is supposed to be Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

I mailed it to him and it is already hanging in his small room.

You can clearly see the skull lights his sister sent him for Halloween and the tiny little Solstice tree we sent earlier.

Thanks for stopping by and seeing the new stockings.

Have a blessed Christmas.

Jeannine