Neutral Christmas Heaven....

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aaaah, now for those of you who love a truly neutral Christmas, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">this is the most magical of homes....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Warm whites, greens and greiges, and natural materials a-gogo...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the neutral Christmas is simple and serene....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4944/mh11p.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBGyfLclbKVI1BKaF6u0yAX5Um-2jTE9X77byvRjEUfO6TivOat-cq-5tA6MeA1JvIogXiz6KvT8qr_XWGln-qMnij7G3wCruZenMxz31acxv31yEtXxdo6QCPNs7AOYU75Dy6F6e4v7ak/s640/Sapinnoelboulesblanches_w641h478.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Wednesday, we'll be looking at how you can </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">make the neutral look </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">your own this Christmas...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Neutral Christmas Heaven....

Aaaah, now for those of you who love a truly neutral Christmas,  this is the most magical of homes.... Warm whites, greens and greiges, and ...

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Christmas Cottage Tour

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">Christmas, Christmas, Christmas....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can never, ever have too much of it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Looking at Christmas homes always gets me in a decorating mood. Do you find the same?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm a red and gold girl myself, so this particular cottagey delight hits a very definite nostalgic spot for me.....</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFSPHou26zI3ezPIXuOhYMAOzmthVbRSFqLUTxUWMkU2eqd_6rjpAXkQaOquObN-KA68h7PVT1CToPz_gIbKrh4UndI_Hjqbsarb4Uy_vp3cbYue9NmaZvVS9TH0qJaYh9Dy81Ao_HwQ/s1600/chi4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSFSPHou26zI3ezPIXuOhYMAOzmthVbRSFqLUTxUWMkU2eqd_6rjpAXkQaOquObN-KA68h7PVT1CToPz_gIbKrh4UndI_Hjqbsarb4Uy_vp3cbYue9NmaZvVS9TH0qJaYh9Dy81Ao_HwQ/s640/chi4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Christmas Cottage Tour

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The Perfect Christmas Craft...?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shiny, pretty and oh-so Modern Country...If you want to make this mind-bogglingly beautiful and yet stupendously easy Christmas craft </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">(could there be a better combination at this busy time of year?)</i><span style="font-size: large;">, then come on over to the </span><a href="http://blog.relicsofwitney.co.uk/2013/12/the-perfect-christmas-craft-gilded-bowls.html" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Relics of Witney blog</a><span style="font-size: large;">...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOsTvRGhxZGODOgkbEAUgY-0dPoBbKMhhNg_NF2YUGSbUAs3kjHREn5wlyvCelZmoTBMjbPfSukQKoymANXSWwru3xbbPB5iF2ZOunCyuqAR2DD6FIfI9j3JCXDKBCyBLZJkYfLm3wUuI/s640/little+greene+200.JPG" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">...where you'll find a full step-by-step tutorial of how to make one of your very own, written by me!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

The Perfect Christmas Craft...?

Shiny, pretty and oh-so Modern Country...If you want to make this mind-bogglingly beautiful and yet stupendously easy Christmas craft  (coul...

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