Train Ride To The North Pole

When I went to New York City earlier this month, I wanted to go to Macy's to see Santa.  Not that I wanted to sit on his lap and give him my wish list.  No, I wanted to see if the real set-up was as elaborate as it is in the movies!  I wasn't disappointed!  We took a train ride to the North Pole and walked through the village to see the jolly man himself!  The train didn't actually move.  When we walked through the door, it looked like the inside of a train car and the floor rumbled so it sounded and felt like we were riding the train!  The next door we walked through was our stop at the North Pole!

Have you visited Santa yet?

Happy Monday!!!

Blogtoberfest ~ Day Four ~ Craft Show Finds

In this post I told you about the craft show we went to at Annmarie Gardens.  Today I'll show you the beautiful things we bought.  I can't resist Santa!  This is an oil painted ornament and the detail is amazing!

A year ago, we redid our bathroom and I haven't been able to find art work to go on the walls.  Everything I looked at was either too beachy or just the wrong color.  I didn't know what I wanted, but when I saw these tiles I knew they were perfect.  Michael hung them up side by side and an hour later one of them fell.  I'm still gluing the little pieces back together!

I fell in love with the tiles because I knew the colors were perfect!





Santa Collection

I've been collecting Santas for about twenty years now.  It's been a few years since I've bought a new one, mostly because the last two years I was working retail and I barely got the tree up let alone other decorations.  The two Christmases before that we lived in an apartment with most of our things in storage and again was doing good to have a tree! 

So this year they are all out in a place they've never been before.  I think they like it here!  If you click on the picture you can see them better. :)

Have you started any Christmas collections?