Hello again friends! Today, in the spirit of the holiday season, I wanted to show you some of my Christmas decorations around the house. There are a bajillion - it literally took me two full days to decorate and I dare you to find a surface in my house that Christmas has not touched - but I am going to limit to a few of my favorites.
I was super excited about the dining room this year. Almost everything on it is new- it's all stuff that I picked up on sale after Christmas was over last year. One of my favorite parts are the two vases full of Christmas-y ribbon. I got the ribbon a few years ago at Wal-mart and all they're already cut and curly so all you have to do is unravel them. They're sparkly too, and who doesn't love sparkle at Christmas?
I decided to go a little more simple on the buffet this year, and I'm loving my little manger scene. I just cut some garland with wire cutters and added some Spanish moss to make it look sort of like real hay. I used a big pedestal that I already had to put it all on.
I thought about not doing lit garland on the mantle this year, but then I realized I was kidding myself. I just love the effect of white lights on greenery way too much. One of the things I love on the mantle is my giant wreath I got last year. I added some poinsettias, pine cones, and bulbs by tying them on with fishing wire and then added the lights. LOVE.
I also made the "JOY" frame. I used red felt Christmas ribbon and cut out the letters with an exacto knife. I printed them off first for a guide. Then I just glued them onto some green scrap book paper. It was a little time intensive but I bet if I had a Silhouette it would have gone a lot faster ;) <--just in case the Beeb is reading.
Oh and of course the other important piece of the mantle- you can't forget the kitties.
I know I promised not to talk too much about cats, but just look at this cuteness next to me as I post. How can I resist?
That's Su by the way. She is the younger of the two cats (about a year and a half old) and is known for knocking ANYTHING that she is physically able to move with her paw off ANY surface. But she's so cute and cuddly so I can usually find it in my heart to forgive her :)
I used the red felt ribbon from the "JOY" sign above for another project too- one of the smallest touches of Christmas in my house but seriously, one of my favorites. This is the statue thingy that Justin and I got in Cancun on our honeymoon. We were drawn to it since the physique of the statue people matches ours so well (ha).
I cut the felt ribbon and hot glued it into hat shapes and then hot glued some fuzzy ribbon on to make them Santa hats. LOVE them.
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