Two Kinds of Cozy for Winter: Katie's Quilts and Winter Reads from Harlequin

Happy Monday, My Lovelies!  Be ready to get your cozy on with this post!  I have two things to share:

1.   Katie's beautiful, cozy Christmas quilt and table runner

and

2.   Harlequin's 2017 Winter Reads Picks Blog Tour


Do you know Katie?  She's Julep and Derby's mom at The Westie Julep Blog.  I love reading about Julep and Derby's antics.  They are both darling Westies, and Derby has one of the cutest little faces I've ever seen on a Westie!  Katie is a very talented quilter, and she's also very generous, donating her quilts and other creations to charitable causes.  I'm so fortunate that she shares with me, too!  She's a wonderful Westie Mom, and she contributes to a fantastic Facebook Page all about Westie health.

Check out the Christmas quilt she sent me:

Would you look at the little button detail?  So cute!

I have it on the big chair in our bedroom, and I love to sit here and read.  The quilt is so cozy, and it matches the chair perfectly!  

Katie had some leftover fabric, so she made me a table runner for the breakfast room table.  This was such a help because I was running out of ideas for the breakfast room.  I wanted to create something different this year for Christmas.

While I was reading Terrain's Blog, I was inspired by the Three Different Lantern Looks post, especially the one with the mushroom ornaments:

Via

I have smaller hurricanes, and I already had plenty of pinecones, reindeer moss, and fake snow.  I ordered the ornaments from Terrain, and here's our breakfast room table with Katie's adorable quilted runner and the pretty glass ornaments from Terrain:

Isn't the table runner pretty!  You can also see the tops of the mushrooms' caps.

This is my copycat using the ornaments.

I also added the woodland themed mugs and a hurricane filled with cinnamon sticks, pinecones, and pomegranates all from Pier 1.

The votives are vintage with Christmas tree cutouts, and the napkins look nice with the runner.  

I confess that I was probably the last person to accept the woodland theme for Christmas including mushrooms.  I think I've made fun of that trend for a couple of years now, but I embraced the mushrooms when I read the Terrain blog.  

What do you think about this trend in Christmas decor?

Thank-you, Katie!

Now on to the Winter Reads 2017 portion of this post:



If you're looking for a wonderful winter read from Harlequin, check out this tour hosted by TLC Book Tours.

Here is the tour schedule:

TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for Winter Holiday Traditions (+ reads!) from Harlequin:

Monday, December 4th: Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers – Linda Lael Miller guest post

Wednesday, December 6th: The Romance Dish – Tawny Weber guest post

Friday, December 8th: Books and Spoons – Delores Fossen guest post, “Candy Cane Memories”

Monday, December 11th: Moonlight Rendezvous – Maisey Yates guest post

Wednesday, December 13th: From the TBR Pile – Brenda Jackson guest post, “New Year, New Me!”

Friday, December 15th: Crystal Blogs Books – Lynda Aicher guest post, “Cookies! Cookies! Cookies!”

Monday, December 18th: Reading Reality – Lori Foster guest post, “Lori Foster’s Own Family Holiday Traditions”

Tuesday, December 19th: Romancing the Book – excerpt from Can’t Let Go by Gena Showalter

Wednesday, December 20th: Novel Gossip – B. J. Daniels guest post

Friday, December 22nd: The Sassy Bookster – RaeAnne Thayne guest post

Monday, December 25th: The Sketchy Reader – Sheila Roberts guest post, “Decking the Halls”

Wednesday, December 27th: Romantic Reads and Such – Julie Moffett guest post, “Make 2018 the Year of You”

Friday, December 29th: Books a la Mode – Sarah Morgan excerpt

In case you didn't notice, my stop on the tour is Christmas Day!


Until next time...

Blessings!
Ricki Jill