Winter China Cabinet!

Hello, there! Happy new year! To those of you who have taken the time to visit and to comment, and to Pin and to follow since I’ve been blogging, this is a good time to say a big THANK YOU! You have no idea how much it means to me to have you visit my little ol’ blog! If you’re new to CHN, WELCOME! I hope you’ll like what you find here and that you too, will become part of my Chickadee family.

I gave you a peek at my winter china cabinet in my last post (here), so it’s time to show you a bit more detail. I did the china cabinet early enough (late November/early December) that I didn’t want it to be Christmassy—I wanted it to be wintery. It in fact carried us through Christmas—it didn’t make me cringe when I glanced in that direction, as though it were out of place—and it’s still feeling…well, wintery! (Although here in central Ohio we thankfully haven’t seen much of Old Man Winter--yet.)

As I write, our Christmas tree is still up, still giving off its warm glow of the white lights and the old, familiar ornaments. The garland is still on the banister (sans stockings), and the nativity scenes are still out, because in our Cuban tradition we celebrate the Epiphany, so the 12 days of Christmas are important to us. At our house, it’s still the Christmas season! Since the baby chickadees don’t know the date yet (well, Baby Love sort of does, but she doesn’t know they come on the 6th.) we’re going to have our annual Three Kings party on Saturday the 10th. We’re hoping the tree holds up—so far so good!

As many of you know, I love red, so to me, red isn’t just for Christmas. After the Epiphany I’ll remove the bottlebrush trees with ornaments on them and leave the plain ones—after all, pine trees and evergreens (especially with snow on them!) are certainly a part of winter! And the real holly will still have berries, so I may or may not remove the holly and the berries. If I do, it’ll be to get them put away with Christmas things.

I wanted to share this close-up tell you about the red square container in the center--$1 at Goodwill, and I love it!! I’ll use that for many years to come. I think the tiny cloche on the left was also a GW find that I like.

The wreaths on the Putz houses are certainly a Christmas touch, so they’ll get put away soon. The crooked little candle(s) and the very old, tin candle clips were my pleasant surprise this year! I’d forgotten that I had them! I was wishing I had some candle clips, and as I rummaged through Christmas decorations, there they were, in the darling vintage candle boxes, which also found a home in the china cabinet decor:

See one there as a pedestal to the bottlebrush tree?

And here’s the other one! I went after them at an auction, because I wanted the tiny, old candles (almost the size of a birthday candle, but OLD), and the other goodies came along!

I was so happy to have found the candle clips that I used them on the shelves as well, along with my cranberry glass pitcher and Friendly Village. Actually, as I recall now, the Friendly Village dishes were the inspiration for this china cabinet display!

Another Putz house, dressed for Christmas—wouldn’t it be precious to live in one of these?! The old spools (or bobbins?? Someone please enlighten me!) add a rustic touch that I like at Christmas, and the vintage deer are actually Baby Love’s—my mother gave them to her and I’ve got them for safekeeping. :)

The snowy Friendly Village plates seemed just perfect for this winter china cabinet. Did you notice it also snowed around them, and that the chimneys are spewing smoke? (That’s one of the great things about blogging; it allows us to become little girls again and engage our childlike imaginations!)

This Crate and Barrel wood “boat” has been a great item for just about any seasonal display. It now holds the pinecone roses I’ve also used on many occasions (for a close-up to see their detail click here (spring china cabinet display)), preserved cedar (one of my faves for Christmas and winter decorating), and faux greens and berries.

I’ve visited many of you since New Year’s and I see that many of you took your Christmas trees and decorations down right away, and I imagine that was the chore of choice this weekend, for those who hadn’t been able to get to it before now. Have you ever thought about celebrating the 12 days of Christmas? When our boys were little we’d have little gifts for them each day, in anticipation of the Three Kings’ arrival, then the Three Kings would leave them some gifts under the tree (fewer than Santa brought, and less $$$$). It’s our family’s way of keeping a cultural tradition alive by sharing it with our grandchildren now. I’ll be posting pictures of the Three Kings party next week!

Again, I wish you all a very, very good year, filled with many blessings. Thanks again! ~Zuni

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