This is my Christmas card this year and below are some of my holiday decor and tree ornaments, mostly hand made. What a busy time of the year for all of us. I rush around, trying to do too much. I have to make myself stop, look around, take a few breaths, and quietly savor the beauty around me.
Be helpless, dumbfounded,
Unable to say yes or no.
Then a stretcher will come from grace
to gather us up.
We are too dull-eyed to see that beauty.
If we say we can, we're lying.
If we say No, we don't see it,
That No will behead us
And shut tight our window onto spirit.
So let us rather not be sure of anything,
Beside ourselves, and only that, so
Miraculous beings come running to help.
Crazed, lying in a zero circle, mute,
We shall be saying finally,
With tremendous eloquence, Lead us.
When we have totally surrendered to that beauty,
We shall be a mighty kindness.
--- Zero Circle by RUMI
Happy holidays, prosperous new year and as always... peace please.
68 comments:
I enjoyed that!
No need to rush....we risk missing the point of it all!
so simple, so beautiful, so inspirational - thank you
The decorations are beautiful, warm and welcoming. Best wishes for a peaceful and gentle Christmas and New Year
What a gorgeous holiday card, Donna. It and the decorations are so you, so lovely. I wish you and your family a joyous holiday time.
Donna, as always . . . beautiful.
happy holidays to you too.
Beautiful post...
love the gift wrapping. reminds me to slow down and have fun with this aspect of the holidays.
You have such a wonderful eye for understated beauty. Thanks for sharing your home with us!
Happy holidays to you Donna. Thanks for all the creativity and inspiration you have provided this past year!
PEACE PLEASE...thank you for so much sharing this year, always calmly exciting my mind/heart/creative spirit...and now giving me my new favorite phrase: PEACE PLEASE.
i was trying to express my feelings this year for a card and wanted to simply say PEACE for all. your two words hit it!
now,
move PEACEFULLY into relax and breathing and enjoying the beauty you create.
Nice Donna! Your photos of your decorations are incredible. I just went around snapping photos of my stuff the other day. It is a time of the year when everything looks so happy, isn't it? I love your Santas. I have a few that I have collected but I have never seen one with all the Japanese items. Very nice! Have a Merry Christmas.
I love the gift wrapping they are so beautiful. I would be happy even a empty box with so beautiful wrapping.
I'm not busy thank god..I have make all the present during autumn and I don't decorate at all, nature is my decoration outside the window ( we have snow 70 centimeters). I hate to hustle so I don't do that:)
I wish you a very lovely christmas and very creative next year, love to here from your upcoming art:)
With Art Love Henrietta
Happy Holidays an an inspirational year 2011!
I love your christmas style! It really sings peace and joy to me.
May the christmas season be the making of many happy memories:)
Thanks for sharing the photos of your decorations! I love your Santas!
Warm Christmas wishes to you and yours! Health, Happiness and may all of your dreams come true for 2011!
Gaby xo
je n'ouvrirai pas le cadeau... tellement l'emballage est beau!
How can one not get into the Christmas spirit after reading your post. Your beautifully wrapped gifts cheer me the most, knowing what care must have gone into wrapping them and of course the Japanese Santas decked in traditinal fabrics are just awesome. Have a wonderful holiday season Donna and a prosperous, creative new year.
A very Merry Christmas to you and your family from Australia!....Thanks for great posts during the year, have really enjoyed seeing your wonderful art work...xx..julia
thank you for sharing your christmas thoughts and decor with us. as ever Peace emanates from your work! can you tell us more about the santa. I love the fabric of his robe. does he come from a particular part of Japan? peace to you, too
Lovely poem and I adore your low key Christmas decorations and package wrappings. Love the musical paper in the tree. I too wrap packages simply with tissue paper and then I take calendar pictures etc and tape them on for decoration. I have used just plain brown paper at times too.
May you have a beautiful holiday filled with love and light.
Simple and elegant, a feast for the eyes and the soul. Happy holidays!
Wonderful art, beautiful words...thanks for the inspiration.
Merry Christmas and all the best for 2011.
Thank you for the beauty you give so generously through your postings.
Happy holidays! Peace and reason, good health and love for 2011!
Your Christmas Card has become beautiful. Everyone who gets one of this cards is a lucky one.
And the gifts and the Christmas decoration is very natural but very noble. I like it very much.
Greetings from Bavaria and a wonderful christmas time ;)
I love this post Donna.
Happy Christmas to you and yours.
Donna, thank you for sharing your Christmas card with us; it is a treasure--as is your interspersing of Rumi's words with the sights of Christmas. "All is calm (!), all is bright." These lines have been going through my mind as busyness swirls around me. May your New Year and holidays be filled with peace.
Wishing you a joyful time this season celebrating with your family in such your home prepared with love, care and your fabulous artistic eye. Merry, merry Donna!
so beautiful Donna! wishing you sweetness and light now and always!
Your home looks so serene and lovely with your decorations.The natural materials and simple paper/boxes really resonate with me. Have a peaceful and merry holiday. xox Corrine
thank you for all the wonderful posts during the year. your christmas card and your decoration is so beautiful.
Have a merry christmas time and a very good new year. mano
Donna, happy holidays and thank you for all the beautiful and inspiring posts last year!
Peace Please indeed...you bring it to us with every post and Rumi to boot...
Beginner's Mind to you always.
D- be filled with joy - love the simplicity yet artistry of your Christmas greetings and decorations. Go well in the snow. B
yes, tis the season for being rushed but it's also a beautiful time of year with all the lights & decorations but most of all support in new friendships. your decorations are wonderful. Merry Christmas to you and your family. may you find the peace you're searching. have a great day.
Hello Donna - thanks for stopping on by and leaving a comment about my workshop! It was such a blast and so inspiring to see what everyone created.
Loving your Nature inspired Christmas! Here in NZ it's mid summer - and the birds are still nesting everywhere.
It is quiet, still....with just a whisper, Merry Christmas....
May this be your best year, ever!
A beautiful post, Donna. Love your card, your ornaments, and the Rumi poem. May you and your family have the best of Christmas holidays!
lovely thoughts Donna! Your Holiday decorations and Christmas tree looks like mine....Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a joyous New Year!
Donna, I wish you a merry Christmas time and a happy new year.
All the best ...
greetings from Germany
wonderfull post, so calming, lovely colection of beautifull pieces you must have collected over time wich give you happy memories I hope.
only
YOU could pull of a total
wabi sabi
christmas style..
Thank you very much for sharing your wonderful compositions on his blog. Wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Best wishes. Leovi.
My best for Christmas and the new year....John
blessings to you
warmest wishes for a beautiful festive season and many,many wonderful things in 2011 Donna...
S
Happy holidays Donna! All the best in 2011.
Donna, What beautiful words and images...wishing you a joyous holiday season and peace and blessings in the new year!
Wishing you a peaceful and beautiful holiday season! Your card and decorations are beautiful.
"Stop" is my motto:)))(in Japanese,
'tomare'---
xo
Joanne
Such beautiful inspiring photos always. I love all those soft reds!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Donna
Carolyn x
So very well said, well taken. -J
Such a lovely quietening card, thank you.
All Best Wishes to you into the New Year 2011!
I wrapped my packages just the same with craft paper, sheet of music, and twine1
your home is sheer holiday gorgeousness! i had a three week bout of pneumonia so our house was far from festive this year.
happy new year!!
Happy New Year Dear One! May the year to come be rich in blessings for you as you continue to grow in compassion...blending your humanness with your Divine essence...merging, flowing into the ONENESS that we all are.
DEAR DONNA ♥ HAPPY NEW YEAR ♥
Wishing you a glorious new year filled with your beautiful gardens, deep blue waters and a warm nest. roxanne
Donna, I hope the beauty that fills everything you do follows you through the entire New Year!
I love the colors you use. So beautiful and rich. Warmly, Karen
Hi Donna, I'm just getting back into my blog reading, and as usual, yours is wonderful. Your holiday decorations look just as I would expect- understated, and tastefully beautiful. I love the tree with the birds; I wanted to do my whole tree in bird ornaments last year, but couldn't find any! The Rumi poem is very inspirational; thank you for that. Happy new year!
Happy New Year Donna, thank you for all of your beautiful posts and gorgeous art works you are so inspiring.
Hugs Lynn xx
I appear to be on the slow mode- but not too late to wish you a wonderful new year. Love your pictures, your holiday card and thoughts in your post. With peace and joy- best wishes for a creative and appreciative 2011. hugs
Loved coming back to see your Christmas one more time! Thanks so much!
Hi Donna, Thanks for your lovely comments..I am so inspired by you and your lovely art and life...
I hope you have a very wonderful 2011!..x..julia
Thanks for visiting my blogxxlynda
The Japanese-style doll is lovely.
He seems to have a peaceful atmosphere.
Thank you.
ruma
Donna--Thanks for telling me about your Santas. How creative you are to have made them. They are wonderful! You should be very proud. Do you sell them or did you just make them for yourself? Wonderful!
This Rumi is very serious about where he speaks from and this poem seems to spread that essence deeply.
I love it.
Thank you. Happy New Year Blessings
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