MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas everyone!  

Hope you all have a blessed and wonderful day with your families! So happy to have you visit the past year. 

Hopefully I will soon get a new computer and be able to post more.. 

Take care dear hearts and God bless!

Love and Prayers

Terry and Faye 

xo

If you look for me at Christmas,
You won’t need a special star.
I’m no longer just in Bethlehem,
I’m right there where you are.
You may not be aware of Me,
Amid the celebrations.
You’ll have to look beyond the stores,
And all the decorations.
But if you take a moment,
From your list of things to do,
And listen to your heart, you’ll find
I’m waiting there for you.
You’re the one I want to be with,
You’re the reason that I came.
And you’ll find Me in the stillness,
As I’m whispering your name.

Merry Christmas 2017 ....

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and may you know the real reason for the season.. 

Jesus!  

xo

Christmas projects and doings..

Good Evening everyone.. 

Welcome to the Blessed Hearth tonight.. 

As you can see we have a bit of snow here in New Brunswick.. 

A very heavy wet snow and the trees are gorgeous ... 

Thankfully, the hydro has stayed on and I have been working on house work and a few projects I thought you might like to see.. smile.. 

This is the little curtain I was telling you about.. 

I see one of the santa hats is not pulled tight.. 

Oh well, too late to fix it now.. grin.. 

My friend, Dawn found a pin on Pinterest that inspired our imaginations and this is what we came up with.. 

Just a hole in each side of the santa hats and the curtain rod poked through.. 

I have santas in my kitchen but the rest of the house is basically nativities and old fashioned Christmas decor.. 

I don't like him having first place but one room is fine.. 

Happy medium to everything, eh? 

The santa hugging the candle in the middle of the sill used to look like this... 

But after cutting off all of that fake fur and replacing it with sheep's wool... 

He turned out a bit more vintage, shall we say?  smile.. 

The red hats make the kitchen so cozy at night.. 

Terry took me for a lovely drive a couple of weeks ago to a wonderful open house near P. E. I.. 

Her name is Gael and she makes wonderful crafts... 

Her shop is full of antiques and vintage Christmas decor.. 

She is a darling and I totally enjoyed myself.. 

My husband is a dear to sit in the car and wait for me.. smile.. 

I found several Christmas gifts and I will try to get a few pics of them to show you soon.. 

Lots of wonderful gift ideas.. 

This was looking out our living room windows today.. 

So pretty.. 

I worked on the birch bunting and finished it..

It is all strung but too dark to take a pic of it tonight.. 

Perhaps tomorrow.. 

I did make this wee joy one for the guest bath.. 

I found these copper pieces at a thrift store and Terry polished them all up.. 

I am trying to fit some more copper pieces into my kitchen.. 

This is pinned on my Kitchens Pinterest board. 

I just love it and think after Christmas I am going to try and get the same feel here.. 

What do you all think?  

January inspirations, eh? 

I have a project for tomorrow for the basin as a centrepiece.. 

Maybe tomorrow... 

How are you ladies doing with all your preps for the big day?  

I need to get at my cooking.. I am so slow.. 

What baking item do your family want you to be sure to make? 

Mine always want ice cream cake for dessert and cookies and fudge.. Oh... and cherry cheese squares.. 

A sweet girl in our church gave me a recipe for Caramel Fudge.. 

I would like to make it for gifts as it was delicious.. 

Anyway, dear hearts this is all for tonight.. 

Thank you so much for the phone calls for my birthday and all of your dear comments.. 

Appreciate you sweet ladies.. 

God bless...   

MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS, SWEET FRIENDS..

Good Evening, my dears..

How are you all? 

Hope you are having a blessed Lord's Day.. 

We have had a great one.. 

Lovely church this morning joined by our youngest son and family.. 

Passed out Christmas cards and such and then came home and 

made a very simple lunch for some wee boys..

After they left I decided as there was no church tonight due to the Christmas Eve service that perhaps I should do some little chore.. 

So I made these... 

 White Sugar Cookies.. 

I received this recipe back in the seventies from a good friend... 

1970s that is.. grin.. 

I think you can read it from there.. 

If you have any questions just email me.. 

They are very simple to make and does not take long.. 

I always sprinkle some vanilla sugar on top.. 

A bottle of sugar with a vanilla bean stuck down the middle.. 

Used an antique reindeer cutter.. 

I like really to keep these plain and quite thick.. 

Nice and moist with the crunch of the sugar on top along with a cup of tea is so nice.. 

Sometimes I will ice these and do the Christmas thing but mostly they are good enough just like this.. 

Hope all is well with thee.. 

Just in case I don't get back to the computer until after the big day  I would like to thank you dear ladies for your faithfulness in reading and commenting.. 

I so enjoy my blog.. 

I was in a thrift store the other day and bought the above plate for under a dollar.. 

The clerks who were a couple of young ladies said it was pretty.. 

I mentioned that I had a blog and that this was a prop.. 

Like for a play I told them.. 

They laughed and said that would be fun... 

And it is... 

I don't usually buy many props but this caught my eye.. 

You guys make it all a joy with your sweet comments and emails.. 

I feel like I know so many of you personally and if I needed to then I could knock on the door in the middle of the night and you would give me a cuppa tea.. grin.. 

So glad the Lord has brought you all into my life.. 

I pray that God will be with you all during the season.. 

That he will bless you with protection and love and joy.. 

Joy that only Jesus can bring.. 

He is the greatest thing in my life.. 

I am so glad he came to earth so many years ago and made salvation available for us today..

A way so simple.. 

Just believe that His Word is true and accept Him into your heart and put Him first in your life..

I count it as blessing and privilege to know him on a daily basis.. 

He is someone I have depended on for many years and he has always proved faithful..

He is so precious... 

We will keep the dear families from Connecticut in our hearts and prayers this coming week.. 

Love to you all.. 

Merry Merry Christmas... 

Faye Henry xo

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