Just one ornament............

This was the year I said "no more ornaments." The decision to simplify ~ remember all I learned in France in October ~ made me decide not to unpack many from other years as we are not having an indoor tree. If you are still a sweet young thing, you've no clue as to how Christmas ornaments have a tendency to multiply..........very quickly! By the time you become a grandparent your entire home can be a repository for Christmas stuff! The secret is to have a yard sale as part of your New Year celebration or, better still, donate them to a charity shop, as many of us refuse to do a yard sale on a sub-zero Saturday morning in January. Otherwise, the only remaining option is to run to Target for a pickup truck full of those green plastic 'ornament storage' boxes which then take up your entire attic or basement.

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A quick trip to the mall this past weekend had me stop in my tracks when I spied a Christmas Shop. There's probably one in a mall near you too. Inside.................yes, I just begged a minute to pop inside.............was every imaginable ornament ever made. Nice thing was they were categorized such as Disney, Birds, Fairies, Snowmen etc., making it easy to just look at what you enjoy collecting.

Of course I don't really collect chandeliers............yet! I have one in the dining room, one in the 'Paris guest room', and a little one in the Potting Shed - hanging there because the electrician refused to hang it in a bathroom............apparently it's "against code" if reachable when one stands dripping wet on the rim of the tub, and we all do that, don't we!!? I would have those beautiful glittery prisms dangling in every room if dh would agree to dump the ugly ceiling fans.

So I broke the vow of 'no new ornaments' this year. You have to agree it's really lovely. Even dh knew this mini chandelier wouldn't require taking down a ceiling fan ~ guess that's why he treated me to it, thanks dear.

I hung this miniature beauty around the cottage, loving how it brightened up each place. Near a dark wood door it glowed.......................reflected in a vintage oval mirror it sparkled.


Hanging from my old French frame and glass glitter sign in the Paris bedroom, it made me think of the Opera Garnier and a certain phantom!


Tonight it's hanging beneath the real dining room chandelier. The porch lights are on, 'snowflakes' are at the window........................and as the rain pours down the little chandelier helps light up the room.

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Did you buy new ornaments this year? If so, which one is your favorite?