This just all sort of happened, not sure how or why, but all of a sudden my kitchen is full of sugar plums, sweet treats and a “ChistKiss” tree! I have a baker’s rack tucked in the corner of the kitchen near the dining room whereI usually keep seasonal serving pieces and decor. As I was getting ready to spruce it up with some Christmas things, I got an idea…{the Grinch always comes to mind when I think this…as in a WONDERFUL, TERRIBLE, AWFUL IDEA! Ha Ha!} So I thought and I thought and I thought, “How about a Sweet Shoppe?” Why not!!!
Lollipops, candy canes & a Gum Drop Tree, cupcakes & peppermints, there’s so much to see!
A Cookie Jar tree, cakes on a plate and cakes under a home, a platter for sweets…
and the toys found a home!
and this little “Sweet Shoppe”
is now just divine!
Across from the Sweet Shoppe is banister to the back stairway. Some years I decorate it and sometimes I don’t…but again I suddenly got another idea, another wonderful, awfully good idea! I had a garland that I didn’t use in the family room, and a box of glittery fruit that I bought years ago. I hadn’t used the fruit my decor for a while because it didn’t seem to fit in with the more modern decorations I have been using. I still love it and couldn’t believe I had never used it in the kitchen! This was not on my to do list that day but I couldn’t WAIT see how it would look!
It looks great at night too!
The glittery fruit looks so great with the sparkly sweets!
You can almost smell cinnamon and gingerbread!
The evergreen garland mixed with the bright lime green garland really updates this look and makes it work with my funkier decor.
On the kitchen island there is a combo of the candy and fruit with a canister full of glittery berries, a sugar frosted tree, a sugarplum fairy
and a “ChristKiss” Tree! My wonderful bestie BL brought this to me the other day! She knew it would be perfect for my “Sweet Shoppe!” She made it especially for me, and even used red & silver because she knew that was my color scheme this year. She even brought extra Hershey’s Kisses to replace the ones that are eaten! She is the best!
This is going to be a fun place to cook this month!
I love Christmas!
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