Hey everyone, hope you all had a good weekend. I spent mine decorating here and there for Christmas... I'm a bit slow this year... I've been seeing everyone's beautiful Christmas decor and home tours for weeks now, some even before Thanksgiving. I finally got it done though! Come on in and see!

My tree is sitting right between the living and dining room right next to the wood stove.


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!



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!





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.




And my ladder shelf got a few Christmas touches too!


I love this little vintage snowman, he's actually an old candy container!




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!