tis the season

Christmas is 12 days away. I still want to make a treeskirt, decide where to display our Christmas cards, adorn the bare wreath on our porch, bake an assortment of cookies, and finish wrapping gifts, but in the meantime I'll share a few of our holiday traditions in our new home.

The Portage alit with twinkle lights from our wedding

a tree Brett designed out of scraps at work

corduroy stockings on our century staircase

our reassembled metal tree
with branches that unscrew and red rubber-capped tips

decorated with cardinals & ribbons on Brett's birthday

a tree for Norah to decorate with ornaments

our candlelit helm