Spooky

I will admit Chris and I are totally boring when it comes to Halloween decorating. We usually stick to pumpkins on the porch and some mild autumn decorating inside. I hope we will step it up when we have a little one but nevertheless, I love these ideas.

Christmas in July

Does anyone else think about Christmas in July? I do and we are past the halfway point so here is some holiday inspiration very very very early.

Eggs and Bunnies

Martha Stewart's Living Spring/ Easter Issue was adorable. I absolutely fell in love with these eggs and I can't wait to make some of my own. I generally don't really decorate for Easter aside from putting out my ceramic bunny but I love these...

I also loved these jars of Easter Candy. What a fun gift.

I love these other ideas from this issue and from years past.

Do you decorate for Easter?

Gingerbread White House

Did anyone else see the White House Gingerbread House? It's amazing.

The Garden.

Bo.

A video showing how it was made...

Last Minute To Do List

Well tomorrow is a busy day and sadly I have a horrible sinus infection. Nevertheless, Christmas waits for no one so I will be up early to get all of this done. Hope your December 23 is lovely. While I do have lots of posts scheduled, Chris and I are going to be busy over the holiday and then we are heading to NYC for a short vacation. I will be back next week. I wish you all a very happy holiday!

I love you girls!

Christmas Cards

I was so bored with the selection of Christmas cards this year. Well actually I really liked some expensive cards but since I didn't want to spend a lot of money on things that most people throw away I decided to design my own simple Christmas card and here they are...

I created this really simple design on my computer, had then printed at FedEx and bought coordinating green envelopes. I wish I had a good printer to send them to but I don't know of one in my area and I am not fancy enough to have a relationship with one. Do any of you have a good printer you use?

Anyway, here they are in all of their simplistic glory!

Christmas, Etc.

Living, Etc. has great Christmas ideas. I love these!

Third Times a Charm

So after redecorating my Christmas tree three times I am finally back to my original white and silver color scheme. My mom made me an adorable tree skirt using some white and mint fabric.

I also made a bulletin board with left over fabric for our Christmas cards.

We are ready to go for the holiday season! I hope your holiday decorating is going great.

Christmas Decor Revealed

The majority of my Christmas decorating is complete. Here's a look.

The Wreath. My sister and I made this wreath. Well I designed it and she actually made it. I mixed lots of old ornaments and came up with this combo of matte gold, silver, purple, green, brown and white. The wreath turned out so gorgeous that I decided to change my original silver and white color scheme to match the wreath.

The Centerpieces. I filled a white platter with snow filler and then topped it with a candle and extra ornaments. Then I filled my mercury glass hurricane with extra ornaments. For my kitchen I filled a glass canister with cookie cutters and white ornaments. I paired the canister with an oversized mercury glass ornament and small Kate Spade votive.

Wall Hanging. I spray painted this old frame white. I removed the inside of the frame. I then tied small ornaments creating this little swag and hung it inside the frame. So cute!

The Tree. This is still a work in progress because my mom is making my tree skirt. I used clusters of ornaments to decorate the tree and then supplemented with my favorite mercury glass ornaments.