Sweet & Sparklie Christmas Kitchen

Well, here it is... the end of my Christmas Home Tour! I saved the kitchen for last and I hope you have fun visiting. My kitchen has a "Christmas Sweets" theme going on here. It all started with the chandy a couple of years ago. I didn't have a tree to display my cake/cupcake ornaments near the kitchen, so I hung them on the little chandy above the sink! I love them up there. As my collection grew, I ran out of space on the chandy, so I "borrowed" the idea hanging them in the window from the fabulous Elyse. I wrapped a tension rod with ribbon and hung my ornies on pink polka dot ribbon with clips. It was the perfect solution, and I love the added sparkle in my kitchen!

The aqua and pink pastry/ice cream decorations fit naturally into the color scheme of my kitchen. I even found some candy canes in pastel colors. The gingerbread man sink sponge came from HomeGoods. I think he adds to the whimsy going on in here.

I have this spice rack of sprinkles and the straw canister out all year. I just change the colors and sprinkles out to match the current season. I served milk with paper straws last weekend when I baked a chocolate cake and my family loved them. It was nostalgic for the adults, and fun and new for the younger family members!

I love sprinkles... and have a pretty extensive, obsessive collection. I don't display them all at once. I would really love to have the space to do that like Saucy. Her sprinkle shelves are something that legends are made of. Seriously.

If you turn around from the sink in my tiny kitchen, this is what you see. I don't decorate for Christmas much over here except for the towels and vintage apron hanging on the oven door.

I love this new addition to my Christmas towels. It was one of the amazing gifts I received for my birthday from my dear friend Lisa. (I'm saving the rest of the gift for another post and I can't wait to share it with you!) I love the stitching on this adorable towel. It had me at the rickrack and pom pom trim! I grew up calling pom pom trim "dingle berries"... do any of you call them that? Just curious.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this little tour of my little Christmas kitchen. My kitchen is small, but it's perfect for me... especially when decorated with sparklie sweets!

Hugs,

Meet Meg...

You probably recognize Meg from my profile-- yes, that is not a picture of me on my profile! Meg likes to garden, just like me. In fact, at any given moment you can find her carrying a pot of flowers. Actually, it's not just because she loves gardening-- the pot is actually glued to her hand!

Here's Meg in her kitchen. Looks like she needs to water that pot of flowers!

Here's a better look at the right side of her kitchen-- don't you love that red kitchen step-stool-chair? My friend, Kathy, gave it to me for my birthday last year and I LOVE it!

Meg likes to bake peanut butter cookies! If you look super, super close you can see the fork marks on each cookie! Marsha from Sassy Mini Dolls surprised us with this peanut butter cookie baking set that she made. Meg says, "Thank you, Marsha!".

Oh- and don't you just love Meg's cropped pants and cute sandals? That was the clincher when I was trying to chose a resident for the little pink house. I thought, "She actually dresses like me!"

I think she's a great fit for the little pink house. Meg does think that she needs children in her home, so I'll be bringing her some little ones soon.

I hope you are all having a good week. I'm in the process of buying a people-size home... waiting for the seller to approve my acceptance of the counter-offer! I'm very excited... and a little anxious. I'm a first time home buyer (at 42 years old!) and this has been a goal of mine for so long. So far, it's been a good experience. Amazing things falling into place at just the right time. I feel really blessed.

Well, I must go now... but I'll be back tomorrow to welcome my new followers!
Mini hugs!