Bad Manners and Brimstone

I did up 4 more pair of pants today. I'm happy.  Yesterday I made 2 pillowcases and have already gifted them to my physical therapist for his son and daughter.

A couple of days ago, Apartment Therapy sent out a survey asking about Christmas 2020 and our plans for it. I filled it out, and I expressed my desire to do my usual wonderful and passionate celebrations (decorations, dinners, get-togethers, gifts, etc.). I adore the last three months of the year. I love putting up Autumn and Thanksgiving and Christmas decor (not all at once, of course). i love browsing all kinds of websites looking at their decorations. I love participating in my town's decorating and fun events. It gives me over-the-top feelings that I love, even though I rein it in around others who are not that interested, and it really sets the tone for the entire year for me.

Obviously, AT editors are seeking opinions about how people feel and will adjust their articles to that end. I really hope they go forward with it even if we are still on lockdown or some form of it. I wouldn't like the celebrations and all they include to be cut back though I certainly would understand if it were necessary for public health and safety. It's hard enough to modify lifestyles for months on end; I sincerely hope that virtual participation is not affected.

I do, Mariam, and if all is well or at least pretty well, you can count on photos if you want them. (I also post to the usual Show Us Your Christmas Tree discussion over at Houzz that will be in its third year this year. People post photos of all their decorations and it can run extremely long.)

Whatever happens with the virus and the precautions I do plan to decorate and enjoy. I even bought a couple of items after the holidays to add to this year's decor.

I love Thanksgiving and I give it my full attention. (You could always bring it to the UK, you know, but not with pilgrims unless you want.)

: )

Here is my schedule: Around the end of September or beginning of October I lay out my Autumn decorations. For some reason, I gravitate toward pumpkins, both real and faux (metal, glass, burlap, etc.). I have them in colors I love but not usually orange. I also buy from Trader Joe's those pumpkins on a stick, which are not pumpkins but decorative eggplants, and dried seeds and grasses and wheat, and putka pods.

I loathe Halloween but I do have a mini set up of two small houses alongside a graveyard, a scene on a kind of pedestal that I painted and decorated along with black cheesecloth, and a brass candlestick I spray painted black, plus several wine bottles (labels soaked off) that I spray painted either matte or shiny black that I stuck half-burned black candles in (and dripped a little red candle wax on the candles and bottles to make them appear blood-spotted).

Come November 1, I remove the Halloween stuff, and add to the pumpkins and dried decor. This year, because my mother died on Memorial Day weekend, I got from her house a small, perhaps 6 inches high, lightweight cardboard stove (from around 1910) with a door that opens to show a turkey in the oven. It's a silly thing, probably from a Hallmark store, but I have liked it for years. This year it will grace my home.

Finally, the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend, and having taken down and put away all autumn and Thanksgiving decorations, I will get out all the Christmas stuff and for two days put it up.

It sounds like I have a lot and overdo the house, but I really don't. I am very fussy about having only quality items and just enough so it is, as Goldilocks put it, "not too [much], not too [little], but just right."While I love looking at decorations and blogs and websites and even occasionally on Pinterest and in stores and at thrift stores and so on, I really buy very little because I don't just have to love it, I have to be willing to store it for 10.5 months of the year. The last point keeps me focused and I pass up far, far more than I consider buying.

Pumpkins on a stick: https://www.gardenhoard.com/ornamental-eggplant-pumpkin-on-a-stick-seeds.html
Dried Decor: https://www.drieddecor.com/
Putka pods: https://www.etsy.com/search?q=putka%20pods

I love Thanksgiving and I give it my full attention. (You could always bring it to the UK, you know, but not with pilgrims unless you want.)

: )

Here is my schedule: Around the end of September or beginning of October I lay out my Autumn decorations. For some reason, I gravitate toward pumpkins, both real and faux (metal, glass, burlap, etc.). I have them in colors I love but not usually orange. I also buy from Trader Joe's those pumpkins on a stick, which are not pumpkins but decorative eggplants, and dried seeds and grasses and wheat, and putka pods.

I loathe Halloween but I do have a mini set up of two small houses alongside a graveyard, a scene on a kind of pedestal that I painted and decorated along with black cheesecloth, and a brass candlestick I spray painted black, plus several wine bottles (labels soaked off) that I spray painted either matte or shiny black that I stuck half-burned black candles in (and dripped a little red candle wax on the candles and bottles to make them appear blood-spotted).

Come November 1, I remove the Halloween stuff, and add to the pumpkins and dried decor. This year, because my mother died on Memorial Day weekend, I got from her house a small, perhaps 6 inches high, lightweight cardboard stove (from around 1910) with a door that opens to show a turkey in the oven. It's a silly thing, probably from a Hallmark store, but I have liked it for years. This year it will grace my home.

Finally, the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend, and having taken down and put away all autumn and Thanksgiving decorations, I will get out all the Christmas stuff and for two days put it up.

It sounds like I have a lot and overdo the house, but I really don't. I am very fussy about having only quality items and just enough so it is, as Goldilocks put it, "not too [much], not too [little], but just right."While I love looking at decorations and blogs and websites and even occasionally on Pinterest and in stores and at thrift stores and so on, I really buy very little because I don't just have to love it, I have to be willing to store it for 10.5 months of the year. The last point keeps me focused and I pass up far, far more than I consider buying.

Pumpkins on a stick: https://www.gardenhoard.com/ornamental-eggplant-pumpkin-on-a-stick-seeds.html
Dried Decor: https://www.drieddecor.com/
Putka pods: https://www.etsy.com/search?q=putka%20pods

Amara  - I think you and I follow the same decorating calendar!