IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE...

I didn't say it but you know we are all thinking it. Jingle Bells, HO! HO! HO!, and all that jazz really and truly is just around the corner. What got me started on this vein thought you might ask, or maybe not, anyway...

Yesterday I took a friend to an appointment in the capitol city and after a lovely lunch we stopped at an antique mall near the interstate that neither of us had visited before. It was filled to the brim with awesome delights that were a little on the high end but that did not deter we bargain hunting gals. As we laughed, oohed, ahhhed, and poked each other saying, " look at this, look at that..." and in general livened up the staid atmosphere of the place (much to the dismay of the clerks I am sure), we ferreted out some fun finds.

Mine began with a quirky little tattered angel...She looked a little out of place and forlorn there among all the fancyfied antique German glass balls and I knew just how she felt, being in place a little out my price league and all, so I tipped her tag and saw that she was of my lot in life and decided on the spot to adopt her. My friend laughed at her sort of weird wink, crumpled wings, disheveled dress, and untied less than tidy slipper. I fiercely defended her and that is when the idea was born. I was going to adopt all the quirky creamy Christmas ornaments (say that three times fast!) I could find and give them a place of honor on a tiny tree at the center on my holiday table.I explained to my friend that my very favorite part of the holiday classic, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, was the island of misfit toys, which I strongly identified with and think if there were an island of misfit Christmas ornaments then the ones I bought would probably qualify and we misfits needed to stick together.

Next I found dear old St. Nick himself laying on a shelf with his big blue eyes imploring me to choose him too...My friend got into the spirit of things and found a tiny elf hiding in the branches of a feather tree. He is a cute little thing that hails from the orient and while he is not so much creamy he fits the bill perfectly as quirky...Could you resist these faces?Two soiled doves sat cooing in a box, their flocking having seen better days...
They left their boxed nest to join the rest...
This next pair caught my eye with a glint of their sparkling jeweled center and graceful shapes...
They are a fantastic pair of molded plastic clip on earrings with big shiny jeweled centers, love these!After arriving home a little homeless handmade Santa joined the group...
And we are starting to look like one happy quirky kind of Christmas family!Oh I don't mind if a they are not completely creamy and a little gold or red pops up in the color scheme, only that they capture the spirit of Christmas, a season that seems to soften with age, ripen with sentimentality, and includes a host of quirky personalities that live in any given family, different, yet fiercely loyal to one another.

Yep, it's beginning to look a lot like....are you beginning to make plans too?

Have a wonder filled day!

Blessings,
Miss Sandy