Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I'm almost done with my decorating but right now there are some scary looking piles in my living room again. Once I get them cleaned up, I will take pictures. Originally I had planned on toning things down this year but then I decided to use some of the abundant greenery in my yard. Now it looks (and smells) very festive in here.
Originally Posted By debtee Wow what fun it is to see everyone's trees! Thanks for sharing! They all look lovely! I will take some pix of mine tonight and post them soon.
Originally Posted By Stacers76 Thanks for the nice comments everyone it's been fun being able to do all the christmas stuff with my boyfriend (we met the day AFTER Christmas last year) and even our little crazy dog is doing well and hasn't eaten any decorations....yet
Originally Posted By Stacers76 Duh the whole point of my last post, I totally left out...what I was going to say is that I also am enjoying seeing everyone else's trees and decorations, they're amazing! Thanks TDLFAN for starting the thread!
Originally Posted By trailsend Stacers76 ~ boy did I enjoy your pictures!! What a beautiful tree!! And all your festive decorations. Your doggie, Boo is so cute. Thanks for sharing. I will try to get mine up at some point.
Originally Posted By trailsend ^^^I mean, my tree is up; I just don't know how to do the picture stuff.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Nice tree Stacers!!! Trailmix, if you can type on your PC, posting pics is just that simple.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka Okay. I've spent hours dragging the clutter from one end of the house to the other just to take these pictures. Let's all just pretend that I am a fantastic housekeeper and that the clutter didn't go right back where it was in the first place. <a href="http://www.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=33471552/a=13868597/t_=13868597" target="_blank">http://www.snapfish.com/thumbn ailshare/AlbumID=33471552/a=13868597/t_=13868597</a> (Sorry you'll have to sign in/up to view them. This is the first time I've created an online photo album. I did it just for you, TDL!) Oh, I should also say that I'm not quite happy all of these pictures, but they'll have to do for now.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka The first picture, titled "cones" (nice title! LOL) are the favors that I made for the PDX LP meet. They're filled with Russian Teacakes.
Originally Posted By trailsend Mele ~ Oh what fun this was to see! I've been following your whole saga through your decorating, and I have enjoyed all the hassle and I know exactly what you mean about all the boxes of stuff and mess to have to put away because it's all been carefully stored!!! I have enjoyed this so much. Your nativity is beautiful! The darkened photo with the light on in it is so so pretty. Thank you Mele. You have a lovely, warm, inviting home. Merry Christmas!!
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy DANG...very festive, mele! I feel like I just set a few twigs 'n stones around my place now... *waits for mele's ratings to squash Martha's*
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I'm trying to figure out a way to post the pictures of a friends Christmas palm tree! I am willing to email the pic to anyone intrested.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy KennesawTom, e-mail me (via my profile) and I'll get it up for you. If you do it before too long, I'll have it up for ya before I go to bed.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy meaning this morning---I don't go to bed at night like "normal people" due to my job.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Thanks TallDisneyGuy I will do that when I get home from work today. <smile>
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Wow! Now I know why your screenname is "melekalikimaka"! You must have a separate room in your house for non-seasonal storage of all your Christmas stuff! Very cool and pretty, mele! And very crafty with those cones, too! I'm impressed!
Originally Posted By smedley Cool decorations guys! Mele, your house looks ace, and Stacers I think the tree up high may be a good plan with such a bouncy looking dog in the house lol! I'm with TDG, my house feels sparse by comparison now lol!
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 Great photos everyone! I will try to remember to take pictures tonight and post them in the morning.