Merry Christmas From My Home To Yours

From my home to yours...

I hope you have a peaceful and happy holiday!

Merry Christmas!

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Christmas eve eve...

 

It is really here and I am finally all the way ready... I think..

Just a bit of shopping for all of the baking that we have planned and a little bit of shipping and off we go.  I am not sure how much time I will have to visit the blog over the next few days so I wanted to make sure that I wish you a very happy and wonderful holiday!  I hope you have time to spend with everyone you hold dear!

Merry Christmas eve eve!

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Simple Elegant Christmas Decor That You Can Make

We had a lot of snow this weekend here in Pennsylvania, and now the forecast for tomorrow
is more of the same! What better time then a snowy day to create something for your home
for the holidays like these simple yet beautiful holiday votives? I love these because they 
contain all the elements of the perfect craft: little to no investment, no special expertise 
or skills are needed, and the finished result is fantastic!

Look no farther than your very own backyard for the fixings: 

Gather organic materials from outside: twigs, springs of evergreens, holly, birch bark, 
whatever you have growing in your own surroundings

Recycled jars: baby food and condiment jars work great as do jelly jars and small canning jars

Twine or ribbon

Hot glue gun and glue sticks or other adhesive (I am partial to E6000)

Check out these pretty examples and be inspired!

It's easy to create a wire holder around the lip of a jar. I like to use
electrical fencing wire because it is inexpensive and pliable.

Look what you can create with twigs and glue. How easy is that?!

Birch bark, twig and twine

Use mini terracotta pots for this pretty country display

Pine cone votives from Nelly Vintage Home

Pine cone votives from Nelly Vintage Home

Create some ice votives for an outdoor display!

For this project you will need:

A larger bucket

A smaller bucket

Water

A weight (such as a brick)

Directions:

1. Fill the large bucket halfway with water.

2. Add brick in smaller bucket and lower it into the larger bucket so the water is pushed up between the buckets. Optional: add sprigs of greenery, twigs or berries to the water before freezing.

3. Set the buckets outdoors in freezing temperatures overnight.

4. Pour some hot water over the buckets to loosen them from the ice.

Remember, never leave a burning candle unattended. 
I suggest using flameless candles for these projects.

What do you think?

greige christmas.. 2013

Every year I try and change it up a little bit around the house for the holidays..  I was going through some of my previous posts and found that there have been subtle changes.. maybe next year I really need to switch it up.  This time around I added more antlers and kept it pretty simple.  We typically have two trees but opted for just one very round one this year and did not put out most of the decorations... simple simple simple...

I hope you are enjoying your holiday season and decorations...  All the best from us here!

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My Holiday Baking: Seeing Stars

I'm a pretty traditional kind of girl, so when it comes to the holidays we have our
family customs just as any family does, and that, of course, includes Christmas 
baking. I seem to bake the same types of cookies every year, family favorites, 
things my mother baked every year that I now try to duplicate.  

Something funny happened this year though. After rolling out ball after ball of 
cut-out dough, I realized that ALL of the cut-outs I baked were stars. Every 
cookie cutter that I used was the same shape: a star!  Yay for stars!

Ready to go into the oven!

Ready to eat!

What did you bake this year?

O holy night�

This is our Christmas tree. I can watch it forever � it brings such peace and happiness to my soul. What would Christmas be without the tree? Really?

Happy Christmas to you all. May it be peaceful and joyus!

Christmas table...

 

Living in California at Christmastime can be such a gift.  We are often able to spend the day in the sunshine outside with family.  I don't know that I have ever had a white Christmas and who knows if I ever will, that's okay with me for now.  I saw this beautiful table setting and I fell in love with it and how simply beautiful it was.

Wishing you and yours a very wonderful holiday!

 

All images via Style me Pretty

 

A Beautiful Bohemian Christmas

Come, follow along...

A snowy ice lantern walkway




A simple tree 

A painted, framed chalkboard via BHG 
(Think about how easy this would be to do with an ornate thrift shop
 frame and some chalkboard paint)

Mercury glass charms from Plumo

A colorful branch display. Fairy lights from Impressionen

I love these paper stars! via House & Garden

A string of festive colored lights from Cox & Cox

Wreath photogram DIY from Design Sponge

Vibrant jewel tone Christmas decor

Colorful holiday candles

Wood scrap Christmas trees by wood & wool via Etsy

I love this snowy pinecone chandelier from BHG. The blue wall really sets it off. 

A string of lights amid sheer curtains

Dark green patterned glass star

Burlap elf stockings by habitation via Etsy

Star & berries hair crown by rosesandlemons via Etsy

I would wear this all the time. 

Bohemian branch center piece with candle lanterns from Desire To Inspire

Unique branch Christmas tree

I love these simple strings of star lights

Festive star ornaments from Plumo

Vintage maps birds by silverymoonart via Etsy

Peace sign greenery wreath

Boho giftwrap ideas from Inside Out Magazine Vanessa Colyer Tay Photography | Guy Bailey

Candlestick trees built with paper and beads

Crystal and bead stars and snowflakes from Plumo

Snowy caravan in red and green

Thank you

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