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Showing posts with label Holiday Decorations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holiday Decorations. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Christmas Angels

I thought I would share some of my Christmas decorations with you today.      I have been working to get our home ready for the holidays--I'll bet you've been busy, too! My mantel in our family room is one of the first areas I decorate each year.
My sister-in-law started painting several 
years ago and she now paints these beautiful angels.  
As soon as I saw her angels, I knew I would 
want to design my mantel 
decorations around her beautiful art.
I tucked the angels in among the pieces of 
greenery that I had arranged on the mantel. 
I used this carpenter's ruler to make a star.
 I added a string of white lights to the greenery.


I use a few of the red and green ornaments
 that go on our tree to complete the look.


I hope you've enjoyed my decorations!


Friday, January 4, 2013

Christmas Favorites

     I often decorate things in my home the same way every Christmas.  Do you?  I like the tradition of using some of the same decorations each year.  I do make some changes to a few things each year, so I thought I would share a few of those updates.


I found these sweet little choir boys in my mom's attic a couple of years ago.  I put them out on our kitchen counter with a few vintage ornaments and a doily crocheted by my husband's grandmother.


I love the olive basket that I got this summer in Franklin, Tennessee and it looked so nice under our tree.  You can read about our trip here:      Franklin, Tennessee   and  here:  Vintage olive basket


I found some metal letter tags earlier in December and I hung them on a piece of twine that I tied to the basket. 


I tucked in a green pillow, some greenery with berries and added a bow from some ribbon I got this year at Michael's.  Love it!

My last change that I'll show is the one on the mantel.  I had been waiting all year to see how it was going to turn out.  It was perfect!



Since I don't take down my large oil painting, I like for anything I put on my mantel to look nice with the painting.  My SIL painted the angels for me.  Isn't she super talented?!  Aren't the angels pretty? I tried to vary the height of the angels and then I added the star made from the folding carpenter's ruler.
You can visit her website here: Jane Ann's Art



I loved the changes I made this year and yes, I enjoyed the traditional decorations that I use each Christmas. 
Wishing you a Happy New Year!


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