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I love holiday decor, especially for the Christmas season and winter.
So, do you go all out? Do you have pictures? If you do, show 'em! I need some holiday cheer in my life.
I'll share mine later when I'm not at work :)
I like tasteful but festive! So nothing too over the top!
@Future Mrs. Martin: I'm like that too! I try not to get too outlandish. I love your red and silver themed tree! Do you put up outdoor decorations too?
Simply.
Okay, just kidding. I haven't actually taken any pictures yet this year. I need to get around to that and this post has inspired me! I'll try to share some photos tonight.
Here's my favorite thing to so with the clippings from the tree...I put them in the bathroom and that room is so small that the smell takes over. :)
Here's what I did at work with clippings that the groundskeepers gave us (we had no budget for any kind of decor and didn't want to do anything that would be specific to one religion):
Such pretty pictures! Unfortunately, we're a little boring this year--we didn't even get a tree! But I did put up the stockings and, um, stacked our presents on the coffee table. Haha. How festive.
@Mrs.tobe: I do lights outdoors and a wreath but for some reason I haven't taken a picture of iT! I will have to rectify that!
We put lights outside on the bushes. Inside we have a tree in the picture window :)
We also have stockings up and some little nick-nack's throughout the house.
This is usually what our outside decor looks like, but we don't have it all up, yet. It's been rainy the last few days, and we've been lazy.
We live in Northeast Wisconsin and I can't even have a real Christmas tree. So, here's my fake 2-footer with ornaments from mine and Mr.TKE's youth on it.
ETA: That's all the decorating we do for the holidays. The tree was up for a week before I even had a chance to decorate it. It's sitting on top of our dining table (which we rarely use).
We dont put up a tree, since we are never home for the actual holiday. I put a few things up here and there but really nothing crazy. FI put up lights. They look really nice.
I recycled a lot of wedding decor to decorate the house this year -- we got married last New Year's Eve. I took one of our manzanita centerpiece and put it on a bookshelf. We also have lots of silver garland which I strung around our door and also put on the tops of tables and shelves. We're not going to be home for Christmas so we didn't buy a tree this year, but I did put out a little 1ft fake tree that I used in college. It's sitting on our coffee table and looked quite nice with the presents for my parents under it.
I guess you could say my Christmas decorating style is classic. I have garland around the fireplace hearth and mason jars filled with water & cranberries with a floating candle. On the wall, I just wrapped some DVD's in Christmas paper and ribbon and stuck some double sided mounting tape and slapped them up on the wall. Let's see what else...I have a big hurricane vase on my dining room table that I put a tall candle in and some green/red ornaments in with it. Other than that, and our Christmas tree, that's all I have going on right now!
I love Christmas....though this year we live in an apartment so things have been a little different, but - we put up lights around the outside of our apartment, we have our tree infront of the window inside where everyone can look in. Ornaments are kind of a mix of everything...we bought new ones, used old ones, different colors and shapes. I love the vintage looking glass ornaments, and my favorite are the simple frosted ones with glittery snowflakes just because they pick up the light. The lights we use are multi-colored, just because we feel theyre more festive and fun and we arent worried about being too traditional/classy.
I have some random Christmas items like a cookie platter and snowglobe set out, and I like to display all the Christmas cards that have been sent from family over the years aswell. Some of these cards I have had since I was a little girl and they have come from grandparents/loved ones who have passed away. I feel closer to them when I pull out the cards and open them up and read the notes in them again.
I absolutely love decorating. I didn't go all out this year as it's mine and FI's first Christmas on our own. Money is a bit tight so I couldn't go all out like I really wanted to. All I put up were:
I really wanted to put up light garland, snowflakes, etc. There's always next year!
We have two Christmas trees, a village with a train set, a wreath on our door, stockings above the fireplace, lights on our balcony, and little Santas and angel figurines throughout our apartment. DH never decorated for Christmas until I moved in..now he loves it almost as much as me!! (The train and village is an ALL-him project!!!)
Oh, that is Mt. Rainier in the background of the last pic...and the Puget Sound!!! :)
Soooo, I totally didn't get to post any of my holiday decor pics because I forgot we had DH's work Christmas dinner tonight and now here I sit at work...again. I WILL put pics up soon dang it!
@mink: Oh my goodness I want to see your pics so bad, but they only come up as little red x's for me. Sadface. :(
@Bostongrl25: We have a picture window too, I love seeing the tree all lit up through it when we come home at night.
@simplifiedbride: Awwww! Charlie Brown Christmas! Cute!
@thisismeAXiD: Hey, every tree counts! I think it's cute, and I love how you have all your childhood ornaments on there. DH and I do the same with ours.
@soyjoy222: I love lights so very much.
@sapphirebride: Sweet! I have a friend getting married this New Year's eve and I'm in the wedding! Should be fun I'm sure. I like that you repurposed your decor.
@JsDragonfly: I love the mason jar idea! I have freaking TONS left over from the wedding. And the presents ont he wall sound so cute! I never thought of doing that. You need to show me some pictures ;)
@hismm: Awww, that's a sweet touch with the cards. I display all the cards we get through the mail each season, but never thought to pull out all the old ones too. But I def could, Lord knows I keep them all!
@MissPumpkinPie: Ohhhh, I wanna see the sleigh and the yarn wreath. Is it balls of yarn?? I saw something like that on pinterest and totally pinned it. You cannot ever forget the stockings! We each have one and so does the pup :)
@mrs_pugetsound: Aw, two trees! I'm jealous! We don't have enough room for two tress upstairs. If we did I would totally do it. I like the blue! And your puppy looks massive! ha! You have such a great view from your porch too!
Outside I wrap garland and a big red bow around our light post, and put a wrought iron flag holder in the mulch with a snowman flag on it that I got at Hallmark
Door, I put multicolored lights and garland around the glass and a wreath in the middle
Inside I decorate the kitchen with christmas mugs, put my holiday spatulas in with my wooden spoons, and put out ceramic snowflake and snowman candy dishes. I hang a little stuffed gingerbread snowman hybrid thing on our pantry door handle.
Living room just has the tree and some holiday candles and a few knick knacks. Bathrooms have christmas towels.
Laundry closet doors have my green and white yarn wreath and a "G" stocking hanging on the handles. Adds a lil festiveness on the way to the bathroom.
@Eight6Eleven: Awww, it all sounds so pretty! I actually thought about getting some holiday utensils for the kitchen and never have. I just have some festive napkins and kitchen towels and a few nick-nacks here and there....
I should take photos but I can't find my dang camera (and I need to go to bed). We have our tree up with a train under it (it was my partner's dad's train when he was a kid). Fake pine rope (?? idk what to call it) across the mantel and on the topof the stairs in the living room. A few small things in the living room (sled w/ snowman on it, candles, stuff on the dining room table). 2 small lighted fake trees outside on either side of teh front door. A wreath on the front door. I love decorating for ANY holiday!
Myself and my friend decorate our office for just about every holiday. We do a lot of garland and then those gels you stick on windows.
I am pretty sure I take after my mom. Here is a picture she took of her house just the other day. (She goes all out!) But I don't have as many decorations as she does. BUT she has like three boxes FULL of decorations she is giving me this weekend! YAY!
Her decorations:
Her Christmas village: (Old pic so she has more houses now!)
Here is my tree: (I'll post more pics after I get my new decorations!)
@ItsHollyAgain: Dude, I LOVE to decorate for any holiday too. Ah hell, who am I kidding... I like to decorate PERIOD! I totally wanna see your tree with the train under it!
@Mrs.Estep: Ah man, all I can see is the first pic you posted (stupid work computers...) But your mom really does go all out! That room looks like Christmas exploded in there! (in a good way, haha!)
@Mrs.tobe: Awww! Well you can see the rest of them later! SHE DOES! & I LOVE IT! :-) I always loved it so much growing up! It still puts a smile on my face!
Okay, so I can finally post pictures! Hooray!
Our tree and tree skirt that I love (I hate how my point and shoot always makes lights look crazy) And some random ornaments
My little trees...awwww.
The mantle decor
Our kitchen table stuff (we have more cards on there now) :)
Random knick-knacks througout the house ( I actually have some mistletoe hanging from one of the doorways and doorhangers as well, but no pics of those)
Also I got this idea from pinterest. I bought two frames from the Dollar Tree and also a bag with a cute ornament design on it. I cut the bag to fit the 4x6 opening of the frames and inserted them. Boom. Cute wall hangings. They hang on either side of my decorative wall hooks and look so cute! (The tree is reflecting in them in these pics, sorry I don't have better ones.)
And mom and I have actually been making these little guys as gifts! The santa blue and red one is the one I kept for myself. Aren't they cute?!
Then here is our outdoor stuff. I love coming home to the house all lit up!
@Mrs.tobe: Oh my gosh I LOVE all of your decorations! LOVE LOVE LOVE!
@Mrs.Estep: Awww, thank you!! I love this season (as you can tell...lmao)
@Mrs.tobe: Me toooooooo! I don't have that many decorations (besides our tree, then I have a big huge red bow hanging on the door on the inside & a tree a little over a foot on the coffee table. Oh & lights in the window with stickers.) WAH WAH WAH :/ BUTTTTTTTTTTT tomorrow my mom is giving me three big boxes full of decorations!
I shall return to this post by Monday with pictures. :-)
@Mrs.Estep: Oh I can't wait to see them all! You better return to this thread! Any news on your rings btw?
@Mrs.tobe: I will! I was wanting to post sooo bad but I don't have to many decorations right now.
No luck as of now. But I am not even worried about it anymore. (As HORRIBLE as that sounds.) I worried enough the day it happened to cause a 70 year old a heart attack or a stroke. So for now I am just wearing my sapphire anniversary band on that finger & playing what I call the waiting game. Sigh
BUT on a happy note we ate out yesterday for breakfast & a lady actually GRABBED my hand & was ewwing & awing over my sapphire ring! I was all giddy for about a minute!
@Mrs.tobe: It's freaking adorable and very much how I would have pictured it to look.
@Mrs.Estep: Hell you can post what ya got! Every little bit counts :)
Well, I'm glad you've kind of made peace with it and aren't worrying yourself to death. Who knows, maybe as soon as your are least expecting it they will turn up! I hope that happens for you. I know how much you love your rings. And at least you have a gorgeous band to wear in their place for the time being!
@tksjewelry: Awwww, thanks lovely! Like I said, you can come gather around our xmas tree! I need to put some damn boxes under there. It looks so bare! lol
Another picture of our tree:
The big bow on the door:
Presents:
A VERY messy entertainment center:
Some of the Christmas pictures I have out in the living room:
The tree I have on the coffee table sorry its a bad picture:
& Here is a picture of our tree from last year to show its size:
@Mrs.Estep: I like your tree! And I love the bows and lights on the entertainment center! Hell I like all of it! So festive! You need to bring some of those presents to my house so the bottom of our tree isn't so bare! lol
@Mrs.Estep: And is that coffee table tree sparkly?! I love sparkly, shiney things :)
We have a little one foot tree in our apartment right now (the one on the left in the pic below) I've got a few wreaths to hang up, but haven't done so yet. Other that that, nada, b/c we don't spend the actual holiday at home. After seeing all of these pictures, though, it makes me want to decorate more!
A local bee friend came over one day and we made a wal-mart trip for supplies and then back to my place to make these little trees! They cost about $20 to make and are great for a night of chatting and craft time!
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