In a One Horse Open Sleigh

Merry Christmas!  We've had a wonderful day with part of the family and are looking forward to more this weekend!  Hope your holiday is merry and bright as well!

A few weeks ago I found this awesome vintage sled at my antique mall.  Actually, my friend Sharla at the House at Bluebird Lane had just shown me a sled that she bought so I had sled on the brain.  As she and I stood there talking, I noticed this awesome vintage sled. 

 We arm-wrestled for it.  Sharla was quite the gracious friend and let me have it.  And it was a bargain!  Don't hate me.  

I paid $7 for it!

I had visions of using it in front of my tree.  So I rushed home and stacked some gifts in it.   Perfect!

Today we found another use for it.  It was the perfect prop for photos of Jay's first Christmas!

He was pretty proud of sitting in the sled!

He didn't want to get out!

So he sat in the sled and opened presents!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Dress Up Some Skates for Christmas

November passes with a whirlwind.  I think I was out of town every weekend.  Needless to say, not much got accomplished around here.  So tonight I whipped out three projects and I'll post about all of them soon.

My Christmas tree is up but has no ornaments on it.  I'm ready for my house to start looking more Christmasy so I started with a Christmas project.

I found a pair of old ice skates at an antique mall this summer.

I love the red pom pom on the toe!

I decided to use them as a container for a holiday bouquet.  So I picked up some dry floral foam and some Christmas picks at Michael's and set to work.

The floral foam was a cube and wouldn't fit into the skate so I had to cut it down.  

It cut easily with a kitchen knife.  When I was finished trimming it, it looked like this:

I stuffed it down into the neck of the skate and then laced it up.

Next it was just a matter of sticking the floral picks into the foam.  I decided to go with two different themes.

The first was a very metallic, contemporary look.

The second skate was adorned with classic winter greens.

I think I may leave this one on the mantle!

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