Christmas Mantle

My Christmas decorations are minimal right now due to the kitchen re-no but our bedroom has a new headboard mantle that I'm linking up to several lovely Christmas Mantle parties.

Old books add an ambience all of their own! Our DIL gave me a stack of books and I simply tore the covers off of most of them. The faux mercury votives are a GW buy.

I love this reminder of what Christmas truly is - the presence of God in our lives!

The lights are too bright to let on at night, so I guess they are for show-off times only! :)

Link parties:

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
From my Front Porch to Yours

Kitchen at the End of the Day

The carpenter.

The plumber.

The surprise.

The origional wallpaper (EEK!!).

12:00 noon.

4:30 PM.

The electricians at 7:30 AM this morning.

Things are moving right along!!

Old Mother Hubbard...

...went to her cupboard.

But when she went there,

her cupboard was bare!

Out with old - in with the new...TODAY...actually, this week!