Happy Holidays!!!

Wishing each of you a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!!!

Busy, busy, busy!!!

Hello friends!!  Sorry I've been MIA around here.......very busy getting crafts ready for Christmas!!!  And having a lot of fun with it too!!!

I've never worked with clay before and am giving it a try, guess what???  I really like it!!  A new world has opened up for me............something else for me to spend money on and get obsessed with.........woe is me.......

Take a peek...

Pretty in pink snow girl......

Little guy carrying a lantern......

Oh, what fun!!!

Also working on some ornaments........here is just one........

Visit me at.....www.designsbycleo.net............

Thank you for looking........

Fall Snippets

I can't stop Falling...!!!!

Falling for Fall

At last, our heat wave ended and we are now enjoying much cooler temps!!  Some leaves are changing and falling and the slant of the sun has changed too.  Love it.....feels soooooo good!!

Brought out more Fall décor and loving the look.......

Just bought this bunny plate at Pier I......what a cutie!!

A favorite piece of Guy Wolff pottery.......

Happy Fall!!!

Autumn

As each changing season approaches, I say to myself......'why not decorate in neutrals as so many in blogland are doing'???  Then I look to Nature and see that there are not many neutrals out there!!!  I see greens, oranges, reds, faded rose and purple, brown and beiges.  So, self says to me.......'just not your style'......

Autumn is my fav season and I am embracing all that it offers!!  Here is my cherry hutch in the living room, my starting off point for this glorious time of year!!

  I cleaned the drapes and lace curtains, too bright without the drapes!!!

So here we are with it all put back to normal......

 I love these tiny pears.....the cups are ironstone Baptimal cups, English, 1800s.

 Seed balls and yellow ware mold in rice bowl.

Small  nappy holding antique velvet chick.........

 Chestnuts are so much a part of my Italian heritage.......I remember being so excited when we first had them in the Fall, roasted or boiled!!

 Yellow ware egg separator with dried pomegranate.......

 These are small custard cups and pudding bowls, collected over time......