dressing up the wexford

The glassware cases have gotten some attention for the holidays. I have been branching out into color flash Wexford for the collection.

missing the mark

Or… Learning to Forgive Myself as I Grieve Through the Holidays. Late starts can really snowball into conundrums when one is as thorough with holiday decorating as I prefer to be. Correcting bad pandemic housekeeping habits runs into early tree upping (early-because-no-less-then-three-and-each-one-takes-three-days-to-set-up). The Thanksgiving break gave me the time to catch up on trees, but […]

and peacock makes three

And next up, the peacock tree: An impromptu tree topper: I made a fan tail out of peacock tale feather and sequin sprays. This is my crazy tree. I look at and think what a mess it is, but I absolutely love it!

ST:TCT meets ST:TTS

This year brings some big changes for Star Trek: The Christmas Tree, shaking things up and giving it room to grow. To me, they are all equally big changes, but let’s act like there’s a ranking: Biggest change: Star Trek: The Tree Skant! I finally sorted out what to do for a tree skirt, having […]

today’s project:

Allow me to introduce Lt. Tree Skant. LOL We’ve been in need of a tree skirt for ST:TCT, and this year was the year to settle it. I found some vintage Camelot Fabrics and launched the plan. Wanting some flash for the holiday, I found some large scale metallic ric rac to mimick rank stripes. […]

unicorn tree: 100% gayer

I am late to my holiday decorating but hoping to catch up over the long weekend. Second tree up, but first one finished is the Unicorn Tree, now on a glittery rainbow tree: It doesn’t show well in photos, but the “needles” are thirty percent tinsel, giving a great sparkle as the viewer moves about. […]

ST:TCT pre-season opener

Our Christmas trees aren’t started yet, which is the latest of the seven holiday seasons we’ve had in this house. It’s not a problem, and mostly by choice, but here we are. Plotting and planning have been moving forward, though, and my excitement to start is building daily. I have reconceived ST:TCT, but I’m waiting […]

my new widget

We are ramping up efforts to shake off the remaining dregs of post-pandemic sequestering at our cattywampus cottage. Chaos and sloth crept into our anti-social phase, and we are climbing our way back into an organized, charming home. One of the tiniest efforts toward that is my new folding board: Sheldon Cooper and SNL’s GAP […]

my other home

This blog is about the life my husband and I are making together in our home. Today, it is about my other home. My mother died two fridays ago. Her children and grandchildren gathered last week to attend her home and service. I realized after her service that I was also saying goodbye to the […]

the details begin:

Bench No. 1: hand-painted shading… It’s subtle. The spray paint was selected for the previous solar chandeliar project. It was picked as neighbor colors for acrylic enamel we have on hand from painting the interior rooms of the Cattywampus Cottage. Typically, I start with the spray base coat, which prohibits further rusting and seals the […]