English National Ballet tree

Oh so clever an cute!!

Wish I had thought of that!

Very pink and pretty and since dancers usually only get one or two performances out of the shoes they can accumulate them rapidly to make the tree.

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Pinkmas pretties

 Marie Antoinette crochet doll new this year she sits by MA tree with her dog Mops

 English National Ballet tree from Facebook

 Versailles gift shop purchase I only bought one ...why? Hmmm

 Paper Nosh image trimmed with Dresden trim I made this.

Collection of vintage tree toppers pinks n silver ones

Pinkmas still dancing in my head. Listening to holiday music and loving Classical Baroque music. My sweet mother coming to visit next week so I'm glad all the decorations will be up. I take them down after Epiphany ( Jan 6) .

If you read this blog or look back on older holiday posts I like to change things around a bit every year keeps me occupied and from being bored with the outcome.

Already having ideas for next year adding a flocked tree a skinny one i n formal living room would be nice doing it all white would be fun too we shall see.

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Merry Pinkmas 2015

Pink Boy folded the napkins into trees --we watched a You Tube video to see how to do it.
 lt is always fun to host Pinkmas Eve dinner and use pretty china and silver and good food.  

I hope your 2016 full of love, friends, family, health!

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Pinkmas my favorite time of year

 Armand under the tree all my cats love the tulle and the twinkie lights

 My big swan now has two babies this year one under the tree and one in the sleigh

 Barry Belcher swan topper

Pinkmas decorating

So sorry blog friends for being absent so long.

 We had a death in our family and that took the pop out of me for awhile. 

Decorating for the holiday and making some decorating changes helped perk me up a bit.

The main change was we bought a flip tree from Balsam Hill ( I do not get paid to endorse them) which is wonderful, very natural looking and easy to set up prelit and all that too. ANd I added a new swan topper to the large tree ( tree covered in swans, EIffel Towers, peonies , pearls all the things I love) mde by Barry Belcher he is on You Tube and has an Etsy shop. It is wonderful! 

I also added ribbon and pearl strands this year and had a local calligrapher write Merry Pinkmas on one of the ribbons.

Love to change things up a bit.

We have much to be joyful about and wonderful memories of people who have left us far too early.

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Puppet of Marie Antoinette

I think this needle-felted puppet of Marie Antoinette is divine!! 

I have contacted Laura Lee Burch, the artist, to see if she will make one for me in the year ahead. 

Maybe a little smaller than the one above.

 I can just see this beautiful puppet living in  my French armoire and coming out to be part of my Marie Antoinette themed tree scene at holiday time.

Some things like this puppet make me so happy and I wish I could create something beautiful like her.

 But I lack any real artistic skills. My talent seems to be ability to find lovely things and appreciate them.

So it is with baited breath I await her decision.Keep pink fingers crossed! 

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Courting settee a perfect spot for taking tea

A treasure we found at Scott's Antique Market a few months ago. 

It is an 18th century French courting settee. Original for the most part and I left it alone .

I had a new silk cushion made for it and that is the end of the" restoration". I adore it. 

I can move it around for a party, I can relax on it with a cup of tea and I can certainly see gifts set on it near the Pinkmas tree!

Having all these pretty objects from 18th century France just feeds my soul and my fantasy of living in that time period.

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Swans and more swans

 Swan Princess oh how I want to have this!!She is soo pretty

 I'm wearing this hat next year in Charleston, SC Easter Parade

 Swan rocker can't find it anywhere!! Love it the dogs would love to sit in it.

Swan wall art I'd like it even more as an entire swan

I google swans a lot. Many times I learn new facts about swans. Sometimes new images pop up and I find a source for some lovely swan artwork or hat .

I keep my eyes open for swans to put around my swan theme Pinkmas tree. I like to add new elements.

Now I must save my money for swan hat and swan princess soft  swan art work.

Have a Pink day!