This Christmas, we are going to be in Georgia, and although I've been so excited for Christmas, I just didn't have decorating motivation. Last Thursday though, I decorated up some mantles. I decided to just use what I had and go with it.
Here are a few Christmas scenes from our house.
Originally, my Christmas pyrex display was pink flamingo, green, and white, but it became this hodge podgy mix of pieces....AND I LOVE IT!
Normally, I have some chalkboard art in my pantry, but this year with my apron collection, I decided to close the door and add a little tree.
This shelf isn't perfect, but my motto for decorating this Christmas was, "Close enough!" I had to have one of my favorite Buddy the Elf quotes somewhere in my house!
This fall, I found a lot of wooden ornaments, Shad and I both loved them and I love how they are showing up in our Christmas displays.
The nativity is one of my favorites.
In the dining room, I didn't plan on decorating this mantle, but I had some gold sticks, a gold sign, and my nativity. They looked surprising good together. The green on the bucket kind of messes with your eyes, but I just didn't feel like painting it....Close Enough!
My most favorite addition to our decorations is in the dining room. Shad and I have been looking for ceramic Christmas trees at yard sales for as long as we've been yard saling. Then one magical day in an over 50 community yard sale...we found three!
Both Shad and I remember our Grandmothers having one of these. I just love that we have them in our house!
OH! When I bought the white one in the middle, the guy told me, "I used to sell those trees door to door at Christmas time. They were made my prisoners at a local prison, and I worked there."
I just looked at him, "Are you telling me the tree was made by prisoners? That just makes me love it more!!!"
We still have our eyes out for more trees to add to our collection.
On our dining room table, we put a pink poinsettia that our landlord gave us.
In our hallway, I also put another one in an old mop bucket.
On our tree, I changed out the mesh and ribbon. When we put it up the middle lights were out. I didn't have time to fix it, and really wanted to get the tree up so....Close Enough! This is our tree before we put all our special ornaments on it.
For our mantle, I planned on doing the same mantle from last year, but then I really wanted to show off my wooden ornaments.
I went nuts when I saw how they looked in the Dr. Pepper crate. I love it!
Here is a full view of our fire place. We put a little heater in there just to knock off the chill sometimes. (We can't light a fire in the fire place)
I hope you enjoyed this little tour of my house. You can find last years tour here.
I'm sharing this post with A Thoughtful Place.
Love your ornaments! My mom got a bunch like those when we were little from her brother. Some have survived, but a lot got broken. I'm just now starting to buy up ones I find. Great way of displaying them. I think I will have to steal the idea of the soda crate! Beatiful decorations!
ReplyDeleteI am never going to look at my ceramic Christmas tree the same. My tree is actually my husband's grandmother's now I am wondering if it was made by prisoners too. Love your Christmas decorations. Simply beautiful
ReplyDeleteLove the Pyrex and your wooden ornaments. So cute!
ReplyDeleteKatie @ On the Banks of Squaw Creek