Christmas Decor

{sorry for the absence!  Sometimes it’s hard to catch up after a vacation!}

Keeping it pretty simple this year…with the exception of our Christmas Tree.  It is huge and round and beautiful and I filled it up with wonderful ornaments.  I love that we paid less than $50 for it at Costco and since they come already netted it was a total mystery what it would look like!  I don’t think I could have picked a better tree off a lot!!  I still have to take a nightly shot of it all glowing and beautiful—for that I need to play around with my camera settings!

Many of the ornaments I collected each year growing up, some we’ve bought together since being married, and then I made several ornaments this year to add as well! I also switched out the multi-colored lights that I usually go with for white ones and I love it that much more! It’s my favorite tree yet!

This little angel is the ornament I bought in memory of Rachel last year. 

And the little details scattered around making it feel a little more like Christmas around here:

Found this sign at Hobby Lobby (50% off of course) 

The mantle this year.  I have plans to make new stockings, and I’ve even bought the fabric I want to use…now it’s just a matter of whether or not I will get it done!!

What you can’t see in the above picture is how EMPTY the wall above it still is.  Haven’t decided what to put there since we painted the walls. A collage of frames, mirrors or one giant mirror?  still thinkin about it. 

And I haven’t put up the photo/art gallery wall above the couch either! Such a big job and I’m putting it off…

Anyway, that’s it for this year!  I didn’t even decorate the entry way—though this was the first year we did outside lights.  I haven’t taken pictures yet because it’s so coooooold outside at night!! brrrrr!