To the hilt Part 1

December 15, 2009 | Posted By: Annie | 3 Comments
Filed Under Annie, Artist Love, Like + Love 

I think my Christmas style might be categorized as “great-grandma’s estate sale”. . . which sounds kind of ridiculous, actually. I think I just really like Christmas to feel nostalgic and old-timey. This year it was old-timey and toddler proof. Unbreakable pompoms, all wooden ornaments (they are the best) collected from various thriftstores across the country, and the tree is wired to a wall mounted book shelf. It wish it was real, I do, even though the fake ones are a bit easier. We had a lot of tree farms in the area that I grew up in. Every year we trudged through some dense pine forest, through snow, I love snow, and bickered continually about the qualifications for best tree. The cold never affected our opinions. Then dad would start hacking away at the compromise and a jump-suited man would appear out of the distance to drag the victim back to the car. Driving home was the most terrifying part, it seemed so possible that the wind really could rip it off the car.  This one is pre-lit, three feet tall and perfectly tacky, it was our first tree, I still remember picking it out and paying for it with tip money. (most likely)

A must see blog this Christmas. Oh yes, and this one. heeheehee, go on, click the link, you have to.