Quickly, I will post some pictures of our Open House. I have just a few minutes before Sharon calls out to me, “We need to leave for the shop!”
Well, that’s it for now, we are off to the shop to open for our 14th Annual Christmas Open House today! Joyeux Noel….
The armoire in my entry is now filled with my Santa collection. New or old, stern or happy, celluloid or fabric, each Santa is special to me. This collection grows yearly, it will never be completed.
Vintage Santas from Japan, circa 1940.
1950′s Santas, early plastics, pine cone and batting. The yellow Santa was a great find!
My small telephone booth is a great display for tiny Santas.
Wonderful artist Santas complement my collection.
An antique chair and vintage Christmas boxes make great display pieces.
I use small battery tea lights to illuminate my Santas.
Three Cheerful Roly Poly Santas from the 1950′s are fun additions to a Santa collection.
Don’t forget paper cutouts and candy containers when hunting for St. Nick treasures. Please let me know if you are a Santa collector. I’d love to see the Santas that live in your home.
Have you started your Christmas decorating? Because I am working so many hours at American Harvest, I stay up late and/or get up very early to decorate my home for Christmas. Rodger and I began decorating the tree on Thanksgiving morning and just finished it last night! More decorating will continue throughout the house, as I find time! Let me know how your decorating is going. 
Antique candy jars filled to the brim with vintage Christmas ornaments.
My addiction to antique bottle brush trees continues to grow….I just cannot get enough of these treasures. This forest of trees is on my family room mantle.
I loved this book when I was a little girl….Mom read it to me often.
We bought these ornaments the first year we were married. They are now considered vintage…..OH MY!
This sentimental ornament was crocheted by my Grandma Donnie when I was a little girl. She lived to be 94 and we still talk about the incredible Christmas cookies that she baked for us every year.
My youngest son, Jeremy made this ornament for us in pre-school. Talent abounds in our family!
Not to be outdone by his younger brother, Noel created this lovely ornament in Sunday School.
My newest addition to our tree is this fabulous cone that was made and given to me by Lidy Baars on the day we met this past October.
Nicol Sayre‘s incredible angel watches over the Christmas festivities at our home. She graces our hearth all year long.