christmas is coming!

it's my favourite night of the year... when the kendall household decorates the tree and puts out all the decorations for christmas. i love christmas so much... the decorations, the fun and all of the love. i especially love that the kids were both old enough to really enough doing it this year. ♥

our freshly decorated tree shining away

my all time favourite ornament... a clear glass bauble from lincraft, filled with a piece of leftover fabric from my wedding dress. so special and meaningful, and definitely something that i will be able to pass down to future generations of kendalls. 

after all, christmas is about the birth of our saviour and keeping family traditions alive - and i am trying to do just that.

christmas decorations

i love christmas.

so much.

and the bit i love the most, i must confess is the setting up of my multiple nativity sets! i discovered last year - a wonderful gift shop at a centre, not too far from our house (i don't think i should publicly announce where... you'll see why in a minute...) that ever so kindly make their amazing nativity sets half price the day that they reopen after the christmas break. i love it! and that's how i managed to persuade my lovely husband to let me purchase this beautiful jim shore "babushka-esque" nativity set. and the willow tree large nativity set you can see below last year. i was so excited to open them this year, because i had never actually had them out of the box - and especially to put the willow tree in the custom made stable that my ever-patient and long suffering father "whipped up" at mine and mums insistence. i know it was no easy feat and i hope he knows how grateful i am. (i am sure he would have enjoyed it more if he could have heard all the people complimenting it as they came to visit over christmas!)

so... saying that - and showing these two off, i can't wait to see what i am going to score this christmas!

p.s. if you happen to live in perth, send me a message and i'll email you the details! totally worth it, but i highly doubt they'd appreciate me publicly declaring their sale!