Dining Room Santa Vignettes
This is the other side of my dining room where I’ve added Santa vignettes and birds, etc.
Vintage cookie cutters and a marmalade jar of Christmas berry picks were added to the scene.
There’s my sheep I bring out at Christmastime. I have no idea where I got them, but I’ve had them for years.
They just seemed to “materialize” one day and they’ve been with me ever since.
For some reason they just seem Christmas-y to me.
For a filler I’ve used wine corks and red berry picks. They keep the Santa’s standing upright in case “Ivy-goes-a-hunting.”
Male Cardinals:
I found the two male cardinals at Amazon.
They both look pretty serious. Maybe they can’t find their mates. I read that cardinals mate for life.
But sometimes cardinal couples will break up just like people do. Even during the nesting season.
Or one of the pair will die, and the survivor will quickly look for another mate.
“Survival of the fittest” I suppose.
I guess I need to look for a couple of female cardinals to stand by the males. Maybe then the males won’t look so grim.
Vintage Cookie Cutters:
Cookie cutters are fun to collect. I’ve purchased them at antique malls.
I ordered the dough bowl from Walmart. You can see it here and it’s just under $15.
I like the curves and dips in the wood.
Vintage Marmalade Jar:
The story of Dundee Marmalade began back in the 18th century when a Spanish ship took refuge from a storm, in the harbor at Dundee.
Dundee marmalade crocks come in all different sizes and styles.
I only have one little marmalade jar. But I’m going to be on the hunt for them in the future.
I just love them.
Dough Bowl Of Santa’s:
I think the dough bowl of Santa’s kind of look like they’re in a boat out at sea.
But that would mean the sheep are walking on water. So that doesn’t exactly ring true, does it?
Holiday Vignettes:
Well, you can’t say I didn’t go “bright and colorful” with my Christmas decorating this year.
Though I did not put up a tree, I feel that the few little areas I’ve decorated are enough.
Normally this would not be enough holiday decorating for me. But as I get older I just don’t want to drag it all anymore
There are probably 3 Christmas trees in boxes out in my patio closet.
A tree would have been nice, sure, but it just didn’t seem like it was in the cards this year.
I feel like more little vignettes might pop up somewhere. Because it’s still a few weeks until Christmas.
My Sweet Ivy Lou:
I might just get a burst of strength and energy, have a good day, and let Ivy help me decorate just a little bit more.
Ivy does love to rearrange vignettes.
I have one big plastic tub of Christmas decor currently not being used behind the chair, and she’s fascinated by what is inside.
I often see her stand on her back legs while she digs around in it. She’s one curious cat.
Yes, Ivy doesn’t just like to pilfer things and hide them. She also likes to pick things up and toss them upward.
Suddenly I’ll see an airborne toy come flying up from behind the chair. And I’ll know that Ivy is having a bit of fun back there.
The Santa display is lovely. I was just out of town for a few days to a little town that celebrates the holiday in a big way. Several
shops decorated with mostly bottle brush trees and it was so warm and inviting. I’m pretty sure you were an interior decorator in a past life and Ivy was your helper🎄❄️☃️
Love the Santa vignette! The whole look with the corks and berries with the Santas in the bowl is just beautiful. You sure know how to put things together.
Love the Santa’s!!! I’m going to have to dig out my Mom’s collection of vintage Santa’s …. I bet Ivy has a wonderful time with the ornaments……
The cardinals look like they have black beards, LOL! I know it’s a thing right now for men to be growing long beards that I don’t like at all, but to put them on the male cardinals – obviously not the intent but that’s all I could see! The little lambs are so cute and have a part in the Christmas story, out in the fields with the shepherds who saw the big star on Christmas and heard the angels singing. The antique looking Santas are really eye-catching.
The vignettes look great, Brenda. I like the collection of Santas, especially. And the white bottle brush tree with the white pearl ornaments on it. I have one just like that which I have had for years and years. My energy level has been so low this year and having had eye surgery with an extended recovery I haven’t done any decorating this year. Hopefully, I will get a little done before the season is over! It’s one of my favorite things to do and it irks me not to have the energy to do it. Anyway, I can enjoy yours if I don’t get anything done! Thanks for sharing it!
So cheerful, all the photos are great!
The Santas look great. I would love to see how Ivy would style a vignette all by herself. Please post a picture, if she decides you need her help, lol! I, too, would love to see an overall room view, to get a better idea of how it all comes together. To see everything from your perspective.
Brenda,
just love sitting down with a cup of coffee and enjoying your blog during a break from work/chores! I love your creativity, it’s inspires me to look at things differently. Your sheep are gorgeous.
Every year it’s like saying hello to friends I haven’t seen in awhile when I take out my Christmas things. Your post today made me think about my living room vignetttes. I love placing my Santas on my right standing speaker and my snow people on the left one. My sheep, that I made out of clothespins and a piece of furry fabric many years ago, sit on one of the CD shelves and my newest Christmas collection of wooden trees sits on top.
Brenda, I Love your Christmas decor. The wonderful Santa’s, and the two sheep. My Father Christmas’s are a vintage Valencourt collection, and I have two sheep that are similar, but, like you, I don’t remember where they came from or when they arrived in my home. AT Christmas the group sits on a small table in the kitchen.
I have the old cookie cutters also, most belonged to my Mom, and she gave them to me when I got married, 60 years ago. The others, with the green handles came from St. Vinnie’s thrift store, or antique flea markets. I keep them all, in a large vintage jar, I think that sold with coffee in it, many years ago. I love your wooden bowl and I think I’ll have to get one like yours, I really like that look. Love the white bottle brush tree with the pearl balls very very nice…Never saw one like that before, or the red tree. It all goes together perfectly. You and Ivy do a wonderful job decorating…Beautiful even without a tree. It all says Christmas…
I like to see
all your vignettes. You have such an eye for arranging items. I’d love to see a few overall pictures of how they all fit into your room if you’re so inclined. So much inspiration to see how to fit things together!
I have seen on YouTube on the Flea Market Rescue channel-she puts a bottle brush tree inside the Santa mugs and sells them like that! The pop of green with the red mug is nice.
Brenda, your decorating is so beautiful!
The little vignettes are perfect.
I keep saying I’m not going to do much, and then I just get carried
away,
You have a real knack if pulling it all together!
Thanks for sharing, Lynn
You’ve done it again! You’ve made such a lovely home of your apartment! I love everything you’ve done.