Inspired By Felicity Blog

My Christmas Home Tour

Hello, hello, please come on in and let me show you around!

This is the first year that Felicity has been big enough to help me decorate for Christmas and it has made it so much for fun this year having her there helping me, getting excited about everything we pulled out of the box and then running around the house searching for the perfect place to put each piece....

I love my Christmas tree full of both new ornaments we've been given each year as gifts and my vintage ornaments that were my Nanny's and Great-Grandmother's.

The pink ball with the silver Christmas trees is one of my favorite old ornaments that was my Nanny's...

and this pink stork is one of my favorite new ones. This was a gift when I was pregnant with Felicity at Christmas in 3 years ago.

The tree topper was also my Nanny's that she has had forever, there is no telling how old it is and it's so skinny and delicate at the top I'm always scared every year that when I unwrap it from it's padded box that I will find it broken, and then each year when I pull it out intact I breathe a sigh of relief.

My Nanny also made these Christmas carolers which I LOVE.

*Yes, we have a television in the living room and unlike most bloggers I don't try to hide it when I take photos of my house =)

Felicity and I had fun gathering lots of greenery from trees in our area to spruce up the house for the season.

These brooches will eventually be made into hair pieces, but until then I thought I would enjoy looking at them!

The elves you see here and there were also made by my Nanny and were always out in her house when I was growing up, I love that Felicity now gets to grow up with them!

Last, here a couple of night-time photos.....

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Between Naps on the Porch

Outdoor Collecting

Felicity and I love going outside and collecting things from mother nature to bring inside to brighten up the house.

For some Christmas fresh greenery we went down the road and found some great evergreen trees on a fence line that we got a bunch of clipping from to bring home.

I love the the look the greenery adds to our Christmas decor and the fresh smell.... of course the best part is it's free!

We stuffed pieces of greenery here and there and everywhere....

The only problem has been trying to keep Felicity's kitten out of the stuff, she loves to jump up and play with it and has drug a couple pieces down onto the floor.

I'm still finding all sorts of fun decorative uses for our pecans as well. We have picked pecans off the ground this year until I am so sick of the things! I send Felicity out with a basket and she loves hunting for them and picking them up, I think it's as fun as hunting for Easter Eggs for her!

I am going to finish getting photos edited and I'll have a full Christmas tour of our house posted soon!
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Also, I just had to share a few photos I took when we were at my grandparent's home on Thanksgiving....

Felicity & her Daddy looking at cows and Lamas

Papa feeding a struggling calf while its mother looks on.

Of course, we had to put Felicity's hair bow on the calf and get a picture. We are just certain that livestock accessories will be the next big thing, so we want to stay ahead of the game!

-Have a great week!
Pamela

Vintage Ornament Centerpiece

I cannot believe this will be Felicity's third Christmas! This silly photo below was taken on her first Christmas and is still one of my favorite pictures of her....

Now this year she seems so big, running around helping me decorate the tree!

I hope we can make Christmas decorating together a tradition that will last as long as possible.

I also hope I can pass on to her my love of my vintage and antique pieces, like my grandmother's old Christmas ornaments.

We used some of my old ornaments to make a simple little centerpiece for the dinning room table this year.

Every year when I pull out these old pieces I feel so nostalgic, remembering always seeing these on my Nanny's tree as a kid... this year I actually shed a few tears, I'm a sap like that sometimes.

I wish I could say the silver tray I used for the centerpiece was some old family piece passed down, but it actually came from Goodwill. I paid a couple of dollars for it and it's one of my favorite Goodwill finds ever.

I love how the little flame of a candle suddenly makes everything so elegant!

Unfortunately our candles never stay lit long, because as soon as Felicity notices they are burning she blows them out =)

We've fancied up the rest of the house for Christmas and I really love how it looks. As soon as I get pictures finished of it all I will post them.

Also, you can still use the temporary discount code for our store www.InspiredByFelicity.com and all orders at this point are still guaranteed to arrive by Christmas.

P.S.

Felicity & I made these balsamic roasted Portabella Mushrooms from Good Life Eats yesterday for lunch and they were delicious! I think I will be making them regularly now.

{Click Here to go get the recipe from Good Life Eats}

They are super quick, easy, healthy & even Felicity loves them - you can't beat that.

It's a Mad Tea Party { & a discount code }

After reading about Felicity's little mad tea party my Niece wanted the Mad Hatter to throw a tea party for her.

So on her birthday the Mad Hatter and I got together in the woods and threw together a party in her honor.

The girls enjoyed tea and sweet treats. They played croquet and checkers, then ran around the woods in search of that elusive Mad Hatter.

Dogs were welcome at the party too, as long as they behaved!

I made the princess a crown and the Mad Hatter left a little note filled with tiny trinkets.

I'm so in love with paper doilies. I've been finding so many uses for them lately, and on this day they were the perfect thing to fancy up some simple plastic plates.