Olson Cottage Christmas

Today Tracie from Fishtail Cottage is hosting our ‘Creating Christmas’ link party.

                                                      

I love the charm that a Cottage Christmas brings!  I love cottage style and the thought that usually comes to mind is pretty pastels.  At Christmas however, I love a red & white cottage Christmas!

It might be something as simple as a pretty Amaryllis waiting to burst into bloom.  Planted in a mossy pot and sitting on a dotty cake stand.  I tucked a little transferware saucer in back.

A collection of cottage style planters in my windowsill.

A rustic hurricane lantern  with a vintage postcard on a toile tablecloth.

I’ve added assorted trees to the shelf that I lined with my newly found red transferware.

I found this sweet tree at a local shop for $6.  It has stamped birds on corrugated paper.  Reminds me of upside down cupcake holders. 

My thoughts always lean towards cottage when ever I use dried Hydrangeas.  I did a grouping with my vintage birdcages on top of the cabinet in our entry and tucked a few of those gorgeous blooms in amongst a faux garland.

I filled it with more birds and hung my Christmas postcard garland.  A lot of them have images of birds.

I just framed this redwork piece.

I love redwork!  I found this cute pattern and the muslin in a kit at a thrift store.  It was just waiting for me to stitch it up!  I added a few beads here and there amongst the berries. 

I love touches of aqua with red!

If you would like to see a little more of what I call ‘cottage’ hop over and visit my Cottage Style Pinterest board.

And don’t forget to link up your ‘Cottage Christmas’ over at Fishtail Cottage!  And please come back and join me tomorrow with your ‘Sugar and Spice’!

Merry Christmas from my cottage to yours!

 

hugs,

Jann