have yourself a merry little Christmas...

I always love Christmas time. Maybe I'm still wearing tank-tops in LA - but it's Christmas none-the-less. Below are some picture highlights of my month!

My new roomate, Danielle, and I got all dressed up forties-style to attend "It's A Wonderful Life" shown in the historic downtown "Million-Dollar Theatre". Such a good movie. Such a good time.
Afterwards we got our little tree and decorated it...tree-trimming has always been one of my favorite things.
This past weekend, Kim and I got all dressed up in vintage(the dress I'm wearing was my great-Grandmother's!) and attended the LA City Ballet's "The Nutcraker Swings" at the Orpheum Theatre. The outfits were fantastic...the ballet seemed more like a dance recital. But fun none-the-less.
The next day, Kim and I did our annual Christmas baking. This year we downscaled to 3 recipes. Which sadly enough didn't turn out as good as usual. The gluten-free molasses cookies crumbled to pieces (I'm hoping to salvage this into a cobbler or pie-crust or something) and the toffee is a little bit off. But the fudge turned out yummy. I'm really looking forward to doing some baking with my neices on Christmas Eve!
Other than that I've been busy doing some nesting (finally got pictures hung!) and lots of various crafts. I re-visited pinstripping after awhile and was very pleased with the results. Pleased enough with my skills that I embarked on putting the first stripes on my "pinstripping toolbox!" I've also been doing mending and fixing up old vintage clothes, making little hair things, painting, and getting the beautiful lamps below done!
Aunt Pam gave me these lamp bases from a Montana auction-sale. At the time they were creme colored with some light-blue accents...blah! I painted them gloss black and found these matching newly-made, vintage-styled shades on Ebay for a very reasonable price! The results are splendid...and just the lamps I've always wanted for my family room!


















That's it for December! 2010 is looking like it will be quite an interesting year...I really have NO idea what's around the bend...but I'm pretty sure there might be some surprises!