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Loved that the plant had red and green leaves, pot from IKEA.Ĭhristmas is such a wonderful time of the year, celebrating a very important time in our faith.
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The glass blown snowman and frosted glass angels were bought when my first daughter was just a toddler. The sleigh we bought in Nebraska while visiting my husbands parents our very first Christmas together, as was the toy rocking horse. I love the Christmas collection that has happened over my 22 years of marriage. The tray is there all year and I switch out what sits in it throughout the year. The next project was my big tray from Z Gallerie that sits on my reupholstered Restoration Hardware ottoman. The picture above is located in our family room which has not been remodeled yet, can’t wait to get started on it though. Nutcrackers have been collected over the years from various stores, stockings are from Macy’s, candy garland is from Anthroplogie (all decorations collected over many years or I’d link them). It really made the mantel look brighter and even made my nutcracker collection stand out more. They turned out so pretty and was so worth the minimal effort it took. I used Design Master Gold Medalspray paint from Michaels. Since I do a lot of spray painting, I always save old towels and sheets to lay underneath projects for good coverage. I used Zinsser Bulls Eye 1 2 3 Primer For All Surfaces as a base coat. I sprayed a layer of primer first and then 3 coats of gold to make sure I got into all the little nooks and crannies. The stocking hangers were from Pier One Imports many years ago and had a brown, aged, rustic patina to them. This picture is a tad dark as it was a chilly and overcast day, proof that we do get some weather in California. With a bit of gold spray paint I made my stocking hangers go from rustic and dark to bright and sparkly. Everything is mostly done in the Christmas color tradition of green and red, and in past years it was a bit on the rustic side, but a couple of years ago as my girls got older, I replaced some of the rustic elements with some bling and made things more for adults too. Once we had kids I went all out to make it look like Santa’s Village with nutcrackers, stockings, garland up the staircase and a collection of ornaments that would make any elf jealous. When my husband and I got married and started to collect decorations for Christmas, I had decided to go “old school” and keep everything pretty traditional. This year, I'm feeling a lot better about the quiet Christmas at home.It’s the last day of 2015 and Christmas decorations have already been packed away until next year, but I wanted to get this post in because I was so pleased with how some simple tweaking to my existing decorations really made a big impact. I may not have big family gatherings or huge gift exchanges, but I do love having pretty decorations! Some people like knitting or scrapbooking I love decorating Christmas trees. Since I'm not going out a bunch of places or running here and there, I lean in to enjoying all that home has to offer. It's part memorial, and part distraction that the holidays are so quiet and sometimes can feel pretty lonely. Each year, I add more, and refine the styles or themes. I don't have any of our old ornaments from when we were growing up, so the collection started from scratch. My mom loved Christmas decorations, and when she died 12 years ago, I started adding items to my collection so I could also build these pretty trees. Since I'm about to share a highlight reel of house decor, I also wanted to keep it real and talk about why I really go so over-the-top with my home decor. It's a really negative and quickly spinning feedback loop where we can all talk ourselves into the ground pretty quickly. We're all just living our lives and while we may be jealous of others, they may be jealous of us. I've dealt with a lot of feeling really inadequate in 2019 because I keep measuring myself against other people. I talked about this on Instagram Stories, but I wanted to mention it here: I realize no one actually needs five Christmas trees! I know this time of year is highlight reel after highlight reel- everyone and their mother are posting photos. With five Christmas trees this year, there are plenty of lights to look at. We'll make dinner, watch TV, and I'll probably gaze at Christmas lights with feelings of warm fuzzies. Hi, friends! I realize for many people, the holidays are one of the busiest times of the year: big family gatherings, traveling, rushing to buy and wrap gifts, parties, and more.