Moravian Candle Trimming

You know it's almost Christmas when we Moravians gather to trim the beeswax candles for the upcoming candlelight Christmas Lovefeasts. I love the sweet smell of pure beeswax candles. Working with many others at our church we worked on getting all the candles trimmed. When all was said and done 2,000 candles were trimmed with bright red paper, placed in trays, and ready to be lit to proclaim Christ's light. To read about this Moravian tradition click on the post title "Moravian Candle Trimming".

For Unto Us A Child Is Born

Merry Christmas to you all!

Pink and Blue Christmas?

I love this paper! I found it in a local scrapbook store and I was drawn to the vintage designs. Pink and blue are not the usual Christmas colors but they will be perfect for making cards; which by the way is one of my new hobbies. Maybe I can get creative and make an advent tree with the numbered paper. Christmas is so near and I am still have not sent out our Christmas cards; well the cards and Advent tree are going on the list of "to do's"

Getting Ready for Christmas

Christmas is only a few short weeks away, and I am excited about decorating the house. The first thing I put out was this ceramic Santa Clause cup I used as a little girl. Each of us kids had one and my mom used to make homemade hot cocoa and fill our Santa mugs . . . mmmmm sweet memory.

Vintage Christmas Handkerchiefs

I found these beautiful vintage Christmas handkerchiefs and enjoyed displaying them this year. The colors as so vivid on the poinsettias and the Santa Claus reminds me of the ones when I was small.