A Victorian Christmas in Mt. Dora, Florida

 

Christmas in Mount Dora, FL. is like no place we have ever seen before!

I went downtown and around a few neighborhoods so many times trying to capture the

Beauty of Christmas the way I saw it....but trying to take pictures at night was so hard!

But I'm learning slowly but surely!

 

Every beat of my heart made the camera move so the lights had all this zig zaggy look.

Some aren't so bad, but others I wanted to share just were horrible!
 

For Christmas my sweet hubby bought me a tri-pod so that the camera would be steady.

 

He is Such a JEM!!! And it works!

 

This home is just down the street from our home.

I went this evening in hopes their home would still be decorated and it was!

Here are the photos of this gorgeous Victorian home!

 

We have been looking at a piece of property on this lake in Mt. Dora and, if it works

out, this gorgeous home will be two houses from us! I will love being their neighbor!

Is this not just AWSOME!!! :)

 



 As we are driving from our house coming up to this house!
 You can tell something beautiful is ahead, because the darkness at night is so aglow!
 

  

 Front and right side shot.

 

Right side shot of the house.

  

 Close as I could get of the front door entrance.

 

  The Christmas tree in the formal living area in the window.

 

Side porch on the left....their gazebo on the right.

It even had a Christmas tree in the center of the gazebo with lights

all around the inside, and lighted garland and bows on the outside hung just

like the fence here in front of the property.

 

This home was on the Holiday Christmas Tour of Homes. Is it no wonder?!

 

You can see the lake in the distance which they also had lights on down

their dock and the ladder from the dock to the water.

The whole front of the house facing the lake was all decorated too!

 I just couldn't get good shots of that, but you could see it from the other side of the lake.

The whole place was just lit up to beat the band!!!!

 

The center section of this fence looks light lights are on it,

it is actually the dock and the ladder down in the water

from the shoreline to the end of the dock!

 

 

 

 

The driveway entrance to their home.

 

 

 

It was ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!!! and so ELEGANT!

Just my SPARKLEY kind of place!

 

Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoyed this home.

It was so beautiful and I am so thankful to my hubby for getting me that tri-pod!

I was finally able to get some really great pictures using it!

 

I STILL have more Christmas in Mount Dora of the downtown

and the rest of the pictures of my house decorating inside

as soon as I get all the pictures edited!

Hopefully it will be before summer lol!

It just takes so much TIME!!!

 

TaTa Till Later!!!

Love and Hugs and Blessings!

Debi

Gorgeous Vintage Victorian Christmas Ornaments

  

I was so excited when I came across this sweet vintage find about seven years ago from an estate sale! I couldn't resist and nabbed these babies right up! Hubby and I had always had two trees for Christmas....In the family room, we had a gorgous tree (fake though), but it is so pretty! It is covered with lights and all the branches have an acrylic like patches all over, giving it a iced look...really sparkely when the lights are on. On that tree we put gold balls, glass ornaments, and holly with berries and apple branches. We topped it off with red bows and an sweet angel on the top.

 

In the kitchen eat in area we had a large bay window and we would set up another tree. This tree was decorated with all the things my kids and grandkids have made through the years. It also had ornaments I have made, and many that I have collected that an elderly lady I met at a market made. They were so adorable as they were made just like what they made way way back when she was a little girl.

 

When I came across these I immediately thought...."I want a victorian tree too!" .... so I whipped them up! Well sadly, these little beauties have sat in a box ever since. So today I dug into all my Christmas stuff and decided it's time to let them go to someone who would love and treasure them...Victorian just doesn't go with our style of things around here anyway. So for someone who may be looking for a Victorian style Christmas....you might just fall in love with these.  In creams, peach, aqua, pinks, and whites. I think they are stunning! There are 154 pieces in all!!!!

 

 There are seven of these creamy colored ones. 

 There are six of the peachy pink bells. One is not showing here...it was hidden in another box.

 These are so pretty! A very pretty creamy color, those dark areas are from my flash.

There are eight of these. 

 This shows the back and front of the balls. I think the lady that owned these previously,

added the gold trim and roses. Awsome addition I think! 

 Pretty!

 These are the peachy pink ones. There are six of these.

 

 

There are five larger creamy colored ones.....

I set one of the smaller ones there so you could see the difference in size.

 There are ten peachy pink and seven aqua balls.

 

 These are colored glass bells.  Six aqua, four peach, and four white.

 One of the aqua bells below has a crack at the top.

 

 Four sweet porcelain faries. Three cream, one peach....the wings could use a bit of redo.

 

 Don't you just love her face!

 Three lacy Victorian fans....they are really pretty!

 

 There are six baskets total....two round, two square, and two oval. These are so pretty!

 Three of these to stick in your tree or planters with greenery.

 

 Five adorable sweet pink birds. One has the fancy tail.

 Two of these little darlings.

Four birdcages each with little tiny white porcelain birds inside...one cage is missing its bottom.

 One hand crocheted wreath.

 Aren't these cute! Pink, aqua, and gold with jingle bells.

 

 These all are just adorable! Never have seen these before.....made of metal like a heavy tin.

 Love these!!

 A darling little rocking horse.

 

 When the light hits these, it like a rainbow!

 Never have seen anything like these before.

 These are clear colored hard plastic ornaments....really pretty with the lights hitting them.

And lastly....all these teeny tiny presents!

 

 Well that's it....Aren't they sweet!!? And, so UNIQUE!  

 

Thanks for spending time with us!

Have a wonderful weekend too!

 

TATA Till Later!!!  :)

Love and Hugs!

Debi