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Inexpensive Holiday Artwork

Posted in Christmas, Holidays, tagged , , , , on December 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »

One easy way to deck your walls, or halls, is to hang up some Christmas artwork.

Not everyone can afford to run right out and buy some beautiful piece of original creativity, but there are some really inexpensive things you can do.

santa with roses

This fun little piece of art is actually a framed Christmas card. I got the mat at Wally-world along with the frame. I think the whole thing probably cost me less than $8. And I love it. Who is Santa giving those flowers to? What is that jolly old elf up to?

santa patriotic

This patriotic Santa print is one of my favorites. It is bold and striking and adds a wonderful pop of color to my dining room wall. The artwork was actually a gift bag I found at a Hallmark store a few years ago. I carefully cut out the front panel that was bedecked with sparkles, put it behind a pre-cut mat (again from Wal-Mart) and framed it. Probably looking at about a $12 investment for this piece of artwork.

Not bad, huh?

winter scene costco

Captain Cavedweller found this at Costco one year for next to nothing. I love the scene and it looks perfect above our fireplace.

As you begin to deck your halls, look at inexpensive ways to bring some magic to your home.

She Who Likes to Get Creative with Her Decorations

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Blessed

Posted in Entertaining at Home, tagged , , , on December 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »

25 days 2011

As we head into the holiday season, it is easy to get so caught up in things, we forget about the people who truly mean so much to us and make Christmas special.

I know for a fact, I can get so wrapped up in stuff, I sometimes neglect my own beloved Captain Cavedweller.

And even when I’m being a pill, he will still do something sweet and completely unexpected.

roses from scott

Like have little beauties like these waiting for me after a very long day of work.

I like the shade of red. I’m quite taken by the contrast of the white baby’s breath. I adore the sparkles in the buds.

But I really, really love my Captain.

She Who is Really Very Blessed

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25 days of Christmas

Posted in Christmas, Holidays, tagged , on December 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »

25 days 2011

Guess what?

It’s time for the annual 25 days of Christmas on Savvy Entertaining!

To start you off, here is one of my favorite holiday songs…

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

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Frozen Felines

Posted in Captain Cavedweller, Entertaining at Home, Musings, Pets, tagged , , , , on November 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The weather in our neck of the woods is miserable – cold, drizzly, freezing rain, fog.

It has caused the fuzzy little felines at our house to act even more abnormal than usual.

Miss Maizy (see photo above) comes charging out to the front yard as soon as she hears our car pull in the driveway. She barricades the front door, refusing to let us in, and loudly lets it be known that she is

1. starving to death

2. freezing to death

3. annoyed that we have let the above situations occur

Drooley, aka The Heinous Cat, does not voice his displeasure with us. He is much more subtle with his complaints.

It starts with a cold, steely glare in the kitchen window. If we ignore that, he moves to the patio door where he sits staring at us with narrowed eyes and twitching what remains of his left ear. He will then curl up in a sad little ball and pretend he is going to freeze to the door mat. At this point, Captain Cavedweller will take pity on him and open the door to pet him. Seeing an opportunity to escape into warmth, the cat will race on and plop himself down on the rug by CC’s chair. Flopping onto his side, he waits for the head and tummy rub that is sure to come.

CC is so easily manipulated by the felines. And they know it.

They have to work a little harder to get me to do their bidding. Although Maizy knows if she sits in the kitchen window and looks at me with big, sad, eyes it won’t take long for her to get what she wants.

Maybe I need to take a few lessons from the cats to use on CC…

She Who Has Crazy Cats

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