Hello December!

Whew -- So long to November!

It  was a bit of a tough month

with Mr. Tennis being ill and having surgery

during Thanksgiving week

Deja vu all over again as last year

at this time he was ill too.

He is on the mend and we are hopeful

for a full and speedy recovery!

Pine cones -- love these!

So, in a rather slow attempt to get some

holiday decorating done,

Maddy and I went to our local Earl May

and put together some

pot-toppers for the outside planters.

It was a DIY day so we nabbed their heavy duty

cutters and went at it.

Glitter and pine cones and embellishments were flying!

We each put one together 

and think we did a fabulous job!

We love to pat each other on the back 

when we accomplish something halfway crafty!

This morning when I picked up the newspaper, I noticed now that 

we've had a bit of snow,

the pot-toppers look even more festive!

Check off part 1 of outside holiday decorating!

Constructing a Pot-Topper

Tis the Season . . . 

to start the holiday decorating!

It was warmish on Saturday, so Maddy and I cleaned up

the leaves and disgusting frozen pumpkins from the

front yard and trimmed branches.

We knew the cold would be back

and it was -- by late Saturday!

Soooooo, on Sunday, we headed

over to our local garden center, Earl May, to

put together some pot-toppers.

Earl and his workers had put the greenery together

on Styrofoam blocks.

Then, they had all kinds of goodies to add

to the greenery  -- acorns, ornaments, flocked branches,

colored leaves and berries!

Our job was to do add whatever the heck we wanted!

It was so much fun!

We wished we had arrived sooner so we could

put together more fun greenery!

Definitely marking our calendar to do this

every single year. 

They also provided some hooks so we could place the toppers

on a pot of dirt and secure it.

Last year, I purchased pot-toppers and they cost

at least $10 to $15 more each plus had less add-ons!

We had such a fun mother/daughter afternoon 

of holiday fun!