Finally---gettin' it Together!

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....bit by bit, getting it together. The last two weeks have been a whirlwind of family and friends.

We aren't celebrating the Christmas holidays here---but, probably will have family over the next weekend or New Years Day for a traditional Smorgasbord.

Our Kitchen is the HEART of our home---so I will begin there, between cookie baking and special treats our kitchen is a working kitchen. Really hard to get pictures when so much is going on-ALL-the time.

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The center of the kitchen is the island, where I always have some vintage on display. The Grand's apron is still here from cookie day---so it's on her chair. 

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But so is this fun towel---which describes the last two weeks...LOL. I'm blessed with an incurable romantic for a husband---so we having been overdosing on 'Christmas movies'.

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The old wooden tin cookie press/decorator--is the focal surrounded by vintage candy forms.

My kitchen always has touches of red, but not like Christmas!

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My favorite apron---with a magical Santa and a sleigh full of toys and goodies.

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My mixer is out all the time---too heavy for an old lady to bend down with .

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We've made pumpkin bread, poundcake, pepper nuts, sugar cookies and gingerbread, so far. I'm planning on popcorn balls, coated pretzels, Klejner(Danish fried cookies) and Rosettes--yet to do. I'm to bring Christmas desert on Christmas Eve...so also whatever we decide to bring for that. 

Now that my kids are in their mid-forties...we take turns on the holidays! 

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Our most important corner (besides the dishwasher) is the coffee machine. I haven't put out my Christmas mugs this year...when we have family---my girl's want to use cups and saucers...and the guys mugs. So it's easy enough to add cups. The blue bowl holds pepper nuts.

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Tea and cocoa, marshmallows and everything else you need for a 'hot beverage'. 

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The snowman jar holds marshmallows. Grab a mug and join me.

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I have spices and orange peels simmering on the burner. 

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I was out cutting some greens from the yard...a bundle of greens from a tree lot would be $20 here in the suburbs...? 

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Besides spices and baking, we love the scent of fresh greens. I will put some in containers and sprinkle them through the house, with simple red bows.

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I really picked quite a bit. 

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On the kitchen sink counter---I have the fish poacher filled with fun vintage toys and tins. The ginger bread couple are resting in a brass/copper frying pan by a local artist that works with vintage items.

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The window bookcase in the eating area...is filled with tins, plants, baking molds. The tree is my fresh ivy tree, that is really getting thick. I skipped the lights this year, and used a straw ornament chain and a bow on top. The old pot it's in is covered by a plastic gift bag of cottages.

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The vintage, probably antique red throw is a triple, maybe quadruple weave, and reversible. I've heard some call this Turkey red. Our antique coffee grinder and old scale work well.

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I love old tin boxes/shapes/containers. And I use them somewhere every year.

 I found the vintage Nestle box buried in some of my mom's things. 

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The detail in the linen is amazing, and it has a lovely 'hand' to it...soft and pliable.

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In the corner of the kitchen is our hutch. I've added extra red to my traditionally blue and white. 

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Here's another vintage crafted gingerbread pot---doesn't he just make you want to eat cookies and have a cup of tea.

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We have so much Christmas decor in totes...we only brought up about a third of it this year. 

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The top of the hutch has greens, lights and my gingerbread ribbon. 

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One side has a Julen Harten...Christmas Heart which is traditional in the Scandinavian countries, especially Denmark.

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On the other side is my old wall plaque, a woman with a broom....

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She says, "If everyone would sweep in front of their own stoop....the whole world would be clean!"

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I have to laugh this is as clean as it will get over the next two weeks. 

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Of course there are things hidden in the corners....

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Right now---the table is empty---except this bowl of fresh greens. I think a great decoration maybe a few popcorn balls and maybe a gingerbread cookie or two...we will see. I have more molds---? 

It definitely needs some red!

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From our Red holiday kitchen to yours!

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