1. Our tree, lights on:
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and lights off:
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2. Our tree skirt: Bought it plain for $5 and I spiced it up with embellishments. Again, I wanted a non-traditional light blue but he wanted red. I was feeling quite generous today. Love the glittery snowflakes and little buttons. And I love my new hot glue gun.
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3. My pride and joy: Our yearly ornament for our first year of marriage. This one took a while and I wasn't really sure how it would turn out. Love the brooch on top and the dangly beads on the bottom.
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Up close of our ornament: "Merry [married] Christmas." And some leftover lace from my veil to help with the girlie-ness and frill.
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3. My other favorite ornaments, which I did NOT make:)
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4. My hurricane vase filled with my old pink/purple/teal bulbs. Nate banished them from our tree so I decided to make them even more prominent as a centerpiece:) I substituted this project for my wreath idea because the bulb wreath was going to cost me $30 or more. Not worth it, in my opinion.
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5. Our stockings! Bought them plain for $3 each at Michaels. I was going to sew them from scratch like Jen suggested. But $3 a pop was just too good to pass up.
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Nate's stocking, nice and manly with green buttons, ribbon and a snowflake on top. I got these monogram pins at Target for cheap. I like this better than spelling out our whole names anway.
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My stocking made with my veil lace, again. Also used the same ribbon and a brooch for the top.
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Up close of the colors:
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And little Henry's stocking, complete with a doggy bone charm. The damn charm cost more than his stocking but it's adorable.
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6. Last but not least, my "snow" banner. I decided on "snow" versus "merry christmas" because it was shorter and more appropriate for our location:)
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By using ribbon, beaded garland, then cardboard, glitter snowflake ornaments, and paper I made this. I hung it on our mirror but I'm not sure if I'll keep it there.
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And he informed me that we need to give the dining room table a substantial break from crafting for awhile. Which is probably best....unless I get randomly inspired again:)
Jules, Love the decorations! I wouldn't expect anything less from you!
ReplyDeleteLove how your ornament turned out! My family did a yearly ornament, and I love looking back at all 25 of them. I definitely plan on starting that next year, for our first married Christmas.
ReplyDeleteYour decorations have inspired me. I love the tree and your "first Christmas together" ornament with the lace! The banner turned out great. Henry looks so adorable! What a cute "grand-dog".
ReplyDeleteToo cute Julia! I especially love the snow banner. Great job.
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