These are a Few of my Favorite Things:

Sarah at Thrifty Decor Chick had a Mr Linky party for us to show some of our favorite things. I saw this actually over at Valarie's Blog. You can still join the party if you want, or you can just go look at everyone else's favorite things.

These are a few of my favorite things....
Christmas ornaments!

Everyone of them is sentimental in some way, or has a story.
I have many that are handmade by my kids.....


I collect glass ornaments. Here are a few of the Santa's on my tree ( of which my kids did not make):
This one is full of glitter!


This one was given to me by a student, when I taught preschool.


And you KNOW I have to have some "island" on my tree...



And a little nod to Jimmy Buffett. I will bet he has this one on his tree!


I also love ornaments that relate to the nativity. This one in particular, is one of my favorites. I got it at Bombay Company.



I also love vintage ornaments. At one antique store I came upon a large stash for next to nothing. I was soooo excited! I love all the cracks in the glass. It adds to it's character.

And I have a couple of ornaments that I got when I attended a private Open House at the Governors Mansion. I am still trying to figure out how I got that invite. But it was fun! The Governor, I call him "Bob" (I didnt really) and his wife were so gracious and kind. And, They gave great party favors!

This one from the White House collection. I am still waiting on that invite! HA!

More islands.....mermaids. Sister Sledge was originally a mermaid. Not really, but that was her name before SS. She was on the swim team, swimming like a fish at four. Her swim coach called her mermaid and it stuck. Also because she had a great fascination with them. Ok, She and I both.

Oh and yes! That is Sister Sledge in the photo. My tree has lots of photos. And if you happen to send me a Christmas picture , it does go on my tree. I save all the pictures, year after year.

Another love, birds. They remind me of my aunts. They gave me a birds nest with a tiny (fake)cardinal one year. Attached was a card telling of having a birds nest in a tree was good luck. I always loved it. That ornament is at my Moms, although it may come up missing this year.....

A Christopher Radco ornament that I got for $5.00 after Christmas one year. I bought four of them.

And a vintage look ornament that says, "Peace".

A group collection....

Let me mention a great idea. I wanted something different for a tree skirt and couldn't find what I wanted. I didn't want to spend a bunch, so being the Thrifter that I am, headed to the thrift store. I began looking at ladies skirts, and found this. It's a perfect tree skirt!

It is hand embroidered and has tiny little beads on it. Kinda "bedazzled", but not to extreme. I like it. And at $2.88, I can change it and not feel bad, should I come across another skirt I like better.

Another idea I had, when shopping in World Market (import store), I have always loved the paper lanterns, so I bought three strings when they were on sale ($5.00 each) and put those on my tree. It adds just a punch of color to my white lights. I love it!

And those, are a few of my favorite things!