I had fun decorating my "mantle". I propped up an old window that I put chalkboard contact paper on, leaned my white felt tree against that and wrote the word "Believe" above it. The numbers are paper mache numbers from Hobby Lobby. I painted them white and glittered the fronts but you can't really see that in the picture :o( The little packages are just chunks of styrofoam wrapped in brown paper and tied with baker's twine.
I put my tree in an old apple crate and draped a piece of faux fur next to it with my Reindeer Feed pillow until I get some packages wrapped and placed under the tree. I brought the bucket next to the wood stove in from outside and piled some wood in it along with a deer antler.
I used the adorable paper village that Alice shared over on Thoughts From Alice.
Isn't it so sweet?! I love it!
And I put some new lettering on my chalkboard that's hanging above.
Here are some little vignettes and do-dads from around the house.
I made these folded paper back book trees last year. The little truck is an old Avon cologne bottle!
I even changed up the vintage menu board!
I didn't get too carried away in the dining room... a wreath on the sliding glass door...
A little vignette on the dining table...
And I added some red berries to the DIY open shelving and a small book page tree.
This is the kitchen window.
I saw one of these on Pinterest last year so I had to make one with my old window screen! You just poke the ornament hangers right into the screen, so easy!
And my ladder shelf got a few Christmas touches too!
I love this little vintage snowman, he's actually an old candy container!
I found this funny card at Walmart and thought he would be so cute framed!
Mr. deer got a scarf...
I just love Christmas and decorating my home for the season. Yesterday a friend asked my why I go to all the effort when my daughter now has a place of her own and I don't have a significant other. Well... because it makes ME happy that's why! I have always decorated for this holiday... even when I was a single mom and dirt poor! One year our Christmas tree was a freebie that was cut off of another tree at the tree farm! It was tiny but STILL a Christmas tree! I would be depressed if I didn't decorate for Christmas.
I'll be back in awhile to show some close up shots of my tree as well as my decorated front porch!
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