Some special Santa's, a mismatched poinsettia, and finally those stairs are done!

I am finally getting some of my Christmas decorating completed around here. I am way behind and unfortunately won't be able to do as much this year.....I'm just running out of time! Some of my favorite Christmas things are my Santa's. They are one-of-a-kind pieces made by a very talented lady not far from where I live. She gave so much attention to the details and every year when I get them out I am still amazed and impressed by them. She shopped estate sales, flea markets, and antique stores in search of unique items to add to her creations. The fur collar around Santa's coat is a vintage fur and the coat itself was made from an old suit.

His stocking was made from a vintage quilt and she filled it with both vintage and non-vintage toys.


Notice the vintage buttons on Santa's coat and the beads are from a vintage belt. I love how she placed them around his shoulders. And those velvet pants.......love em! If you look closely to the left of the photograph you can see part of a mitten. She attached a tea stained mitten to both hands.

Santa's shoes are a pair of antique baby boots.

This is one of my other Santa's made by the same lady. He actually belonged to my mother and after years of drooling over him at her house she gave him to me. He is truly unique and very special to me.

His coat is made from wool and is trimmed....from the front and completely around the back.....in goat hair. It is to-die-for!!!!


I raised his arms here so you could get a better view of his trim.

A black velvet vintage belt with some old jingle bells added to it.

Santa is holding this toy soldier which she also made.

Check out the details on his face! And how about that hat? I can only imagine the time she put into just the toy soldier alone.

I have some other things that were also made by the same lady that I still have to get out. No matter how rushed I am or how close I am cutting it I always make sure to get all of those things out. Once they're all in place I'll take some pictures of them too.

Here are my stairs before. Notice that huge poinsettia there? My husband bought that (without telling me) from someone who was selling them as a fundraiser. It drives me nuts because the color is all wrong but I don't have the heart to tell him.

Anyway, stairs after......

It's hard to tell from this picture but it is really quite colorful. There is chocolate brown, purples, dark raspberry, blues, and golds.

The peacock feathers are from a peacock that was owned by my Uncle. When the bird dropped his feathers he would save them, bring them to a family reunion, and give them out to us. I love the colors in them.

A few close ups.........

Well, I'm off to do some more decorating and shopping!


So much time, so little to do!!!!