Dollhouse Lighting Ceremony

A few days before Christmas one year ago, we found a dollhouse on Craigslist and we got it for my present - fulfilling a childhood dream.  I've added little things to it over the year to give it my "stamp".  One thing we needed was to get the lighting hooked up to electricity.  A few months ago I ordered the materials to do so, and today I finally pestered hubby to hook them up - and he did!  We need to buy a few more things to get it working fully and also several tiny lightbulbs, fixtures and shades.  But it works!!  Woohoo!!

I took the Christmas tree down out of it's attic and set it back up in the living-room - and now that there is a light, it looks so bright and homey!!  

Here is the nursery, I love the light in here.  Only 1 out of the 3 fixtures are working in here - it's going to be nice and bright when they're all 3 working.

The bath.   

My doll has her own dollhouse. :-) 

The music room in the front entry. 

The master bedroom. 

The sideboard has a chocolate cake made by a fellow blogger's daughter, here is her shop on Etsy.  Click HERE. 

The game table is set up for a lively game of checkers in front of the fire.  The pewter pitcher holds apple cider, the pewter mugs are full... the pewter bowl holds the extra checkers. :-) 

The dresser in the bedroom never shows much as it sits sideways, but it's a neat piece of furniture.

The chifferobe has room on the sides for hanging clothing. 

I'm so happy to see the lights working! 

It's going to be so fun to see it lit up!  I added some wreathes to the windows and some little trees in front of the porch. 

My blog friend Meredith (click here - Mereknits) got a gift from her sister Claudia - of a cute little handmade sheep.  I told her of my Angora goat - so I thought I'd take a photo of mine to show Meredith.  :-)

I love his jute horns and the long mohair made of chunky yarn.

Remember the little crocheted wreath that my friend Gracie wore the other day?  Well, this is my rendition of it - it was fun and fast to make.  You just single crochet onto a 1 inch plastic ring - making it nice and tight - then crochet into the back loop and chain 5 all the way around and tie off.  Tie a little red satin ribbon and sew or glue it on.  Sew or glue a pin back on it.  Unfortunately, I can't find my bag of pin backs.  Maybe one day I'll get more organized.. ya think?  

Last night we were drinking some eggnog with some bourbon in it, and I grated some fresh nutmeg on top.  I think we're going to have another this evening, it was good.  We watched a holiday movie, a suggestion from my sister.  I glanced in and saw Buddy laying in the living room and snapped this shot.  Cute, huh?

So, are you all set for the big day?  We are!  We have everything under the tree, Christmas dinner will be here with our 2 sons and their families - a smoked turkey is in the fridge.  :-)  Thanks for visiting me and I count your friendship as one of the things I'm thankful for.  ((hugs)), Teresa :-) 


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