Posting the Season

One last holiday post. I didn't want to let the season close without sharing this to keep in your memory bank for next year. Those of you who saw my "White Tree" a few posts back, know that I love using vintage postcards on the tree.

But I have too many, so I use them elsewhere, too! Here is my postcard wreath.

When I was going through the cards to find Christmas and Thanksgiving cards this season, I found a gem (not pictured.)

It was one addressed to my grandmother from my grandfather and posted on my birthdate seven years before my mother was born!

Unlike the card I wrote about here, found at an antique book fair and written by my grandmother to my former babysitter and showing our family cottage at the lake (sort of -- it's lost in the trees!), I have no recollection of buying this one or knowing I even had it.

In fact, Rick was the one who found it, struggling to read the street address on the back. When he passed it off to me to try, I realized it was the home where my mom was born!

It was a real gift!

The countdown to Christmas continues all over the world. From where I sit, it's about 357 days away!

And here is a little parting bling because I couldn't resist!
Ornaments in a silver tray (Gorham, a flea find for $1.60!)

Ornaments and crystals angling from the chandelier.

One of the tiny trees I made (thanking Karla for the wonderful idea!)

Silver bird, tinsel and glass balls in one of mom's cut glass bowls.

Another Margaret Furlong ornament with a sparkly tree.

(If you want to download any of the postcard images for your own projects, just click on them!)

If you missed them....Other Christmas posts from 2013!

• Tea with friends, meeting Santa, the Cat Tree, Dad's Tree and Lizzie 
• Power to the People: Christmas during an ice storm and power failure!
• "A Visit to the Giant Gingerman" -- a Story about the ornaments on my "Mom" tree
• Autobiography in Faux Fir -- a Look at the Big Christmas Tree
•  Angels we Have Heard on High -- The "Angel" Tree
• O Tannenbaum (Farms) -- Getting the tree with our friends from Japan
• On the Shelves -- Christmas is everywhere, even the shelves!
• Let the Spirit Begin -- A visit to the greens market and my favorite holiday store! 

 
Happy to join Beverly at Pink Saturday with this final Christmas post!  Check out others HERE.