We out our tree up two weeks before Thanksgiving so that Taylor would be able to enjoy the tree before he left to go out of town. I love ornaments. Since I was little, every year my mom has given my sister and me an ornament to add to our collections. Over the past three years, I've decided that I wanted to start more of a collection of them and I have started picking one up whenever I travel somewhere. It's been something really special to collect with Taylor over the past two years. We added 6 more to "our" collection this year. I'm going to post about our ornaments next week. It's something too special to only mention it. I will have to show them to you and let you see why it's so special to me. That post to come next week. Here's a look at our tree:
The next thing that I wanted to add to our Christmas decor this year was something that I had seen in a Pottery Barn catalog back in late October. The "HO HO HO" letters came from Hobby Lobby and we spray painted them red so that they would show up better off of our shelves. I love the way that it turned out!
Our stocking hangers are one of my favorite gifts that we received at our Christmas Shower when we were engaged. I love decorating for the Holidays so much that I wanted that to be our first wedding shower last year. It's been so much fun getting all of those things back out again this year. If you need dishes and platters to entertain with this time of year, chances are that I have enough for both of us. I picked up two more stocking hangers this year so that one day if I were to ever need them, then I would have them already and they would match. Hopefully we won't need more than 4. hahaha I know, I'm looking ahead to Christmases in the future but I just want to be prepared and for everything to coordinate. Our stockings were also a gift at our shower that I love.. they are so simple and classic. Miley got a stocking from World Market that she loves. She'll be excited about her treats that SantaDog is going to bring her!
I really wanted an advent calendar last year but never found one at the right time that I really loved enough to get. But two weekends ago as Mom and I were walking around in Target, I spotted this one of "gifts" and couldn't not have been more excited about it. I love it next to my favorite green trees! Bet you can't guess what is inside of the gifts? Give up? Candy Cane Kisses, of course! :)
Our foyer table has a simple glass mosaic candle holder and the cute present plate to put our keys on. The candle holder is from Kohl's and the plate is a gift from our shower.
Our wreath was from our shower also but it's also from Target and I want everything from this part of their Christmas collection. I love the colors and the way that it looks from the street.
This little tree is in place of my flag for right now. Also a gift from our Christmas shower. It ties into the "look" of everything so perfectly.
So that's a little peek into what our house looks like at Christmas time. I hope that you enjoy decorating your house for Christmas as much as I do. I'll post a picture of our table set with our M. Bagwell Simply Christmas china soon. I told you that I loved our Christmas shower.
2 comments:
hey! i love your stocking holders! where did you get them?
They came from Finishing Touches in Monroeville.. I got a few more for Christmas so I know that they can still get them. They are "Tag" brand so you might be able to find them at another speciality store.
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