The Stockings Were Hung by the Nutcrackers With Care!

I am so glad you stopped by 

Pink Glitter 

today, Glitterinas!

Thank you!  I know you are busy and 

these days are just crazy.....

Today I am sharing my favorite 

Christmas decorations.

Our Christmas stockings

We have a mantel over our fireplace 

which is a great place for the 

stockings.

I have a set of stocking hangers that are 

silver snowflakes and they fit nicely here.

The issue I have every year is what to put 

on the mantel WITH the stockings.

I have tried greenery......it looked OK.....

I have tried Christmas-y Mary Engelbreit boxes.......

they looked OK.....

I have tried ribbon all twisted with red beads......

it looked OK.....

You get the picture, Glitterinas, don't you? 

Nothing looked so good that I loved it!

This year I am trying the collection of 

nutcrackers my Mom spent several vacations 

and shopping trips collecting.

The nutcrackers always had a special 

place....as their numbers grew they moved from 

a little table in the den to a larger table and finally 

all the way across the piano!

As I unpacked them and arranged them

 I felt giddy about how good 

they looked on the mantel.

Why hadn't I thought of this before?!?

I stacked some books along the length of the 

mantel to give some of the shorter, handsome guys 

a little height....

So, what do you think, Glitterinas, do 

these guys look good standing proudly on the mantel?

Next, came the snowflake stocking hangers and the 

stockings.

Four on one end.....

.....and four on the other!

A space in the middle for something 

I'll share next time.

Oh hooray.....I like it!

Not crowded....or too busy....

.....plenty of room for all these Christmas pretties!

Can you see the lace draped 

over the window frame at the bottom 

of the picture?

This is an idea I have for my little green trunk.

As the pumpkins rolled to be put away, I wanted 

to continue to use my green trunk 

for Christmas!

I'll share more next time, Glitterinas!

Until next time....

Tammy