Valentina Expressions

Every year, I lay out my 1800s village, made of collectable handpainted Victorian houses with no Christmas tree. Very few other items decorate my home, I keep it simple and easy. Although I like to see Christmas colours and decorations in the streets and stores as they mark the change of season and the great excitement for savage shopping, to me, this season is spiritual as it marks the arrival of the new light on earth and in my home. I approach the new year and my personal goals with a renewed spirit.

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“December is a tangle of Emotions…
You hate it a little and you love it a little.
It carries sumptuously laid-out tables and empty chairs.
Hugs that you live and others that you remember.
December is like this.
For the sensitive, it is like this.
(Translated from Italian – Angelo De Pascalis ~ Italian Author)

«Dicembre è un groviglio di Emozioni…
Un po’ lo odi e un po’ lo ami.
Ha dentro tavole imbandite e sedie vuote.
Abbracci che vivie altri che conservi.
Dicembre è così.
Per i sensibili è così.»
(Original in Italian -Angelo De Pascalis ~ Italian Author)

Decorations I made through the years.

Something I make new.

Whimsical findings that I make into flower arrangements.

Murano Glass Trees, a memory of Venice.

Whatever this holiday season means to all of you, I wish you splendid festivities and a great passage into the New Year. Ciao,
Valentina

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