...and the Stockings Were [Finally] Hung

The store may look like Christmas....

it has for 6 weeks...

HOWEVER

The Summer Kitchen Girls are

Finally getting their decorating groove on in their homes! 

This year we decorated the mantel with vintage plates, silver, candles, evergreens.... 

& put pretty vintage ornaments win some silver vases ~ lovin' this!!! 

Hoping to be back with some more decorations before Christmas!

Enjoy your weekend!!

~ Karla & Karrie

Love to see more Christmas decorating ideas?

Stop over to Ivy & Elephants as we join in What's it Wednesday!!

Let it SNOW....in Enamelware!

We think better under pressure ~ how about you?

We had 1 hour until we needed to go up to 

The Maumee Anitque Mall and take a load of furniture, accessories 

& lots of vintage Christmas.

In that pile were some ho-hum galvanized tin tubs and ladles.

Don't get us wrong...we LOVE enamelware....

but we wanted to make them

SPECIAL

Soooooo we came up with a plan!

We added "snow"

and found little trinkets and trees around the store

and glued them into place....

Tied some ribbon on them so they could hang...

making one of the cutest diorama ideas we've seen!

Perfect to hang in the house...

or we think outside replacing the traditional wreath!!

What will you make today?

Thanks for stopping by The Summer Kitchen!

~Karla & Karrie

Join us for What's it Wednesday

on Ivy & Elephants

for more fun Christmas decorating ideas!

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I just love my downstairs bathroom window...

I forgo the curtain and opt for

STUFF

So...you can imagine how much fun it is

to change it up for Christmas!

When you open up your Christmas decorations

do you ever get excited to see something again?

That is how I am when I unwrap this

vintage Santa mug 

and 

 candy canes....

 awww....

come on...how could you not smile?

Slowly but surly decorations are appearing in

The Summer Kitchen Girls' homes!

Jolly Good :)

Wednesday Words

 

Thank you to our newest additions in the store

for helping us with the word of the day!

 

6 days until Noel...

are you ready?

Christmas Kitsch

One more week until Christmas!

This week we thought we'd share pictures from our homes.

 

Today we've got some Kitschy Christmas to share...

 

 

Just love this little Christmas girl holding her letter....

especially love that poinsettia hat she's wearing!

 

Can't have Christmas without a vintage

Santa mug...can you really?

 

Last year we found these great vintage candy canes

and found the perfect place for them and tucked them in his hat!

 

How could we resist this dear...

and those ears!

Precious!!!

 

A perfect send off for the day!

 

Do enjoy your Monday everyone!

 

1944 Christmas Dinner

 

While in Cape May, NJ this summer, we went to the

 Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum

 

Within all the memorialbilia was the

Menu

for Chirstmas 1944

 

Take a look....

 

 

 

Let's just say

 that if you walked away hungry...

it was your own

falt!!

Santa & Venus

Why oh why

are Santa's cheeks so rosy?

When we were getting all of our

Christmas decorations out,

Santa took a back seat by the window

until we found a place for him. 

Somehow a statue of Venus got stuck back by him....

and once we realized what had happened,

we had to chuckle!

Happy Monday all!!

It's Friday & We're in Love...

Decorating for Christmas, of course!
This is one of our favorites...

We love taking special, vintage Christmas ornaments

and giving them star treatment.

Why not on top of a beautiful vintage silver bud vase?It makes for an elegant look!

Want a more casual look?

We've used new bulbs on top of old whitewashed candlestick holders as well!

How are you going to display your Christmas bulbs this year?

It's Friday...What are you in love with?