My Holiday Home Tour...

 

 

 

Keeping with my theme this season…simple and natural…here is a quick tour of my holiday home…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown paper packages tied up with string…definitely one of my favorite things!

 

 

Hope you enjoyed this little peak into my home! I really love the live tree with the white lights and ornaments…a huge difference from the artificial tree I have been using for the past 15yrs. I did not even unpack my collection of Santas’ that usually sit on my mantel…or any of my other tree trimmings. It will be fun to see them after a year or two of doing something different.

 

 

How are you decking your halls this year?


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Oh Christmas Tree...my inspiration and my real, live tree

After 15 years of having a beautiful artificial tree…I decided to do something a little different this year. In a word…I wanted to “Simplify” all of my holiday décor…and I found the following images as inspiration…

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I pinned these images to my board Christmas Inspiration and set out to find a real…LIVE…tree. I was happy to find just what I was looking for at my local Home Depot. I am so pleased with the way the live tree looks in my home…

 

 

 

 

 

Because it is a quite a bit smaller than my 8’ artificial tree…after setting it into a galvanized tub and wrapping the base with burlap, I set it on top of a natural tree stump for height. I still have lots of stumps in my backyard from several pine trees we had removed…see this post.

 

I added a couple of smaller, decorative pines and just wrapped their containers in a little burlap tied with twine. I am loving the distressed child sized wooden folding chair I found while antiquing with a some girlfriends a few weeks ago…

 

 

 

 

I also decided to use all white to trim the tree. This is very different that usual…and so much simpler. Perhaps a couple of years without seeing all of my other ornaments will be a good way to get excited to use them again. For now, I am loving this simple, natural, live tree. We plan to take it to our cabin and plant it on our property after the holidays…

 

 

 

 

Its fun to do something different, and simple. It has me inspired to continue the simple theme around my entire home.

 

 

 

 

 

Seasons Greetings ~ Chalkboard Art…

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I created this new chalk art yesterday to celebrate the holiday season. I have several people ask me where I get my inspiration for my chalkboard canvas…and my answer is Pinterest…of course! One of my most popular boards is Chalkboard Art…see it here.

 

I like to collect images, graphics, and different fonts…then combine them to create my chalk art.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I prefer the look of hand drawn art that is not too perfect…

 

 

 

 

I love my chalkboard canvas! You can see how to make your own from this post. It has become my favorite place to create seasonal art and more!


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