This year my Christmas decorating is limited to a sole pair of sparkling snowflakes that my sister sent me. I'm noticing them in a way I wouldn't if they were next to all of the other ornament finery. I appreciate the the symmetry of each glittered curve and corner.
I lay on the couch in the hush of evening staring at them. My brain resting in the beauty of their geometric forms.
One thing led to another. The doilies came out. Pure meditation for the left brain. I'm thinking of ways to string these together and hang them. Off-white winter patterned perfection. First seen HERE. If I figure out a way to hang them all other activity at Moss Cottage will cease. I will be lost in a labyrinth of vanilla cotton.
Of course, there are far worse things in which one can become lost. And after all I do have the next 14 days of winter vacation to find my way back. And a brand new pair of fingerless gloves in case where I'm headed is cold.
My sister took pity on me and knit me up this pair of ravishing beauties. Yes, someone got a Christmas package delivered to their porch yesterday. Yes, someone opened it early. I tried to wait. I did. For 5 full minutes I tried.
I dig the sparse clean lines of Waterhalo's journal. There are hundreds of pages here. Have fun.
I’m another Melissa who wanted to know about your gloves. Thanks so much for the book info, I’m gonna have to hate it. I love those gloves.
catching up on your blog, and was tickled by your bright and beautiful banner. the snowflakes are lovely. enjoy your time off, and merry merry, happy happy.
Thanks so much for that link. Her journals are lovely in their simplicity and as a novice journaler, I need the contrast. I do love your so much and am so intimidated by all that loveliness, hers look so manageable, we’ll see if I can build up from there. Merry Happy
Your canvases…they make such a statement..all together, beautiful.
Merry Christmas Ms Moss…enjoy ENJOY!!
meeohmyoh!! NOW I know what to do with my “too many to know what to do with” pile of doilies I “inherited” (I suppose I should admit I did purchase at least half of them…just couldn’t resist. I have a particular affinity to the handmade ones that weren’t finished. Tie the loose ends off and enjoy a superbly, asymetrical and unfinished testament to a life of once-upon-a-time.)
How lovely it would be to make a panel of these beauties to hang in my window. In my perfect world, not a single window in my house would be covered, but to spare the neighbors’ eyes from a firey death, I do have a few – like in the bedroom. 🙂 They are as thin and white as possible without causing convulsions in onlookers. Of course, Vinnietheman says if they burn their eyes, it’s their own dang fault for looking. 🙂
Merriest of Christmases to you, M.A.!
Decorating with doilies – more fun than keeping them in a drawer! How about stiffening them with loads of spray starch and then using tiny loops of clear tape to hold them on your windows? (Spot the set decorator at work again!)
Melissa-the pattern for the gloves is from the book Kristen Knits – author of the blog Getting Stitched on the Farm (in my links).
Chrissy-bought that little eiffel tower from one of those men hawking them under the eiffel tower itself on a trip to paris i took alone several years ago. i still remember that day…it was raining and i was late for the batobus and in my haste dumped my blown inside out umbrella full of water on the other passengers. they were so annoyed.
dog girl- the rest of the house looks straight out of worse-homes-than- yours magazine
I enjoyed this look into your home. You have an Eiffel Tower!! And those old-looking silver frames go so well with it.
Does this mean you are going away for Christmas? It’s hard to know when the blogging will stop (or, rather, pause) so I’ll take this opportunity to wish you the happiest possible Christmas and holiday.
The gloves are great! I love the colors, as they are so you =)
And, the doilies….ummmm…I love them, and can’t wait to see what you come up with my dear!
LOVE those gloves…would your sister be willing to share her pattern source?!! PLEEEZE! Today it is 3 degrees with 18″ of snow where I live. So much for global warming. Did you ever see how the store Anthropologie used doilies for store display? Great! I can’t afford their stuff, but go in for endless inspiration on decorating with everyday stuff!
I am getting a paper bag to calm down my hyperventilation from viewing the collection of canvasses above your fire place…
have a wonderful holiday, the doilies are lovely, and I am going to start digging for mine, they will look swell on my sage green living room wall…
Fourteen days of winter vacation! How nice is THAT? I love your new fingerless gloves, your glittery snowflakes and I’m sure you will find something wonderful to do with your snowflake doilies.
I want to run away to Moss Cottage.. your wall looks right out of a “better homes than yours” magazine. Ya know i saw a tree covered in doilys once…
I think that “Stiff Stuff” (or some such name) is washable – available at Michael’s, etc.. You could use that or starch to give the doilies turgidity to hang unfloppishly if that is a look you’re going for. So far my decorating is just the big calendar paper stars and some smaller ones strung on silver string. I don’t feel Scroogish at all.