Cozy Kitchen Christmas Gone Tartan!

With all the attention to tartan plaid this year I decided to bring out this cute pair of doll sized chairs that I've been keeping in storage. 

 Does anybody remember the Santabears?  Our Michigan based store called Hudson's was selling them starting in the late 80's and into the 90's.  Marshall Fields was doing the same so I know a lot of people bought them.   During one of those years we purchased these two chairs that were being sold for the Santabears.   I used them for several years but eventually they fell by the wayside.  We kept them in good storage containers though and they are as good as new!

I made two mini throws for the chairs with some winter white felt.

I used this doll and the little bear below in last year's Santa sleigh.  

I found the "Believe "pillow at JoAnn's and I have another pillow

 coming for the other chair from a gal through Etsy but it's not here yet.

 I set them below the black plate rack since they also have black in the pattern and I thought it would look cozy there.  I tried them by my main Christmas tree but the green clashed a bit with the tree skirt.

I laid out a new look on the plate rack and brought out my Santa picture that I've been re-using each year for a while now.

The NOEL tins are for tea lights but I chose to stuff them with little trees and snow.

Found these adorable little birds at a local specialty shop and had to have a couple!

On black Friday I went into a Pottery Barn store and saw this little chalk board picture.  I got 20% off on it so I was pleased.  I was very disciplined that day and that's all I bought!

 To0 cute!

I layered some tartan plates from Williams Sonoma with the deer plates from Pottery Barn that I got last year.

I added a Cardinal to sit in front of the garland I laid across the top.

 Moving over to the corner...

Hey Santa!

 I set this long needle pine tree in the corner on top of the big cobalt blue vase that sets here with the wheat in it.  I covered the top of the vase with a plate that fit right in the opening.  I tied a tree skirt around the top leaving an opening just big enough to set the tree on.  The tree is adorned with wool felt garland and wool ornaments that I found at T.J.Maxx

Everything had to be fairly light since this kind of soft needle tree doesn't support much.

Cute reindeer

I found the tree skirt at T.J. Maxx.  The flip side is all red and white checked but it was a bit too much so I used the plain red side with the checkered border.  I tied on a pair of black skates up near the top of the tree skirt which show in the first pictures but not in this one.  That's what happens when you take pictures at different times!

At the bottom I used a galvanized tray to set some trees and giant pine cones in with a bit of snow too!   Both the trees were from T.J. Maxx...I love the Scandinavian look that all these felt pieces offered.

The chandelier with burlap and bells

 As you can also see my Amaryllis and Christmas Cactus are blooming now.

The one grew to 3 ft. tall so I set them all on the floor near the window to create a cluster.

I've never had Amaryllis bloom so quickly and at the same time have the Christmas Cactus blooming! 

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