Holidays, It’s a Cotton Christmas!

the Painted Apron

9 years ago

It has turned out to be a Cotton Christmas!

I’ve been frantically fa la la-ing, and we still have the tree to do, but the halls in the family room are decked out with the Sweet Home Alabama Tree, and Frosty’s up to some mischief nearby

Somehow my gold and silver world of angels has exploded into a world of cotton and red, white and Santa stuff~

The Burlap Angels are still singing

They are on the sofa table and in the secretary

Now they have some snowy red ornaments tucked around

and their curly gold and silver wings have been added to the mantel garland and the Sweet Home Alabama Tree to tie everything together

I had one more cotton garland so I mixed it with an evergreen garland on the mantel and added some white lights, pine cones and some red and white, along with some extra tags from the tree

Sometimes one little touch can just tie everything together, like this little Santa belt pillow

It’s handy to decorate with faux packages, especially if you haven’t wrapped anything yet ^^’

As for Frosty, he’s been too busy to lounge in a bath full of bubbles, so he decided to take a shower!

It doesn’t hurt to post a sign for insurance, you know, so curious little hands don’t start touching

Frosty prefers ccccccccold water…

Let me show you what’s underneath

I used a clear plastic bin for the base and topped it with a garden trellis. I stood the trellis inside a white plastic garbage bag and added packing for volume and shape. The trellis then poked through the bottom of bag #2 and more packing was added and then the bag was tied off at the top

Since Frosty is “wet” from the shower, his normally fluffy cotton self is a little “matted” [I used some furry cloth left over from my recent pillow project Winter Knockoffs]