Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Christmas Decorations 2011

Every few years I like to take pictures of our house and decorations.  I change things up and like to remember where I put things in previous years.  It's also fun to put dates/places on things so that in years to come, I can look back and remember where they came from.  Here's our Christmas decorations for 2011.  I kept the planter on my front porch this year and put poinsettias and things in it, but totally forgot to take a picture!  Doh!  Next year I'll have to.

Every year our dining room changes a bit.  Mostly the same decorations, but just in different places.   Next year I'm thinking of putting the Christmas village on the big hutch and spread it all throughout the shelves.  We'll see.  














I love this fat snowman cookie jar, but Peter thinks it's silly.  I made the hurricane with the Merry Christmas sign last year.  I'm also thinking for next year to change the tablecloth to something different. 

This is our small hutch.  I was never quite satisfied with the look - thought it was a bit crowded.  But I didn't end up changing anything so maybe I did like it.  :)
This is our big hutch.  The top looks a little shabby.  It usually has more baskets on it, but I was using them elsewhere.  I need to come up with something for the top, not just for Christmas, but all year.  
Curio in the living room.  I just got this crooked, little tree from my aunt Paula this year.  I love the way it looks with my curio and wooden Santa.  Peter doesn't really care for it too much haha.  He likes the curio and Santa, but just not the tree.  

Bookshelf in the living room with my new Willow Tree Nativity - thanks mom!  The base of the creche was too big - it was the same size as the bookshelf so I only used part of it. 
I added a random Willow Tree Angel that I already had to the top.  She has a garland on her head so I thought she worked well with the scene.  I also added lights and burlap for a personal touch.  I like the candles in the background, too.  Next year I hope to add the wiremen.  For now, Peter's bowl for his keys and wallet sits beside it haha.
The end table gets switched to the other side of the couch during Christmas to make room for the tree.  I lost some space on top of the tv this year since we bought a new tv and stand in the spring with our tax return.  So the "joy" hurricane moved to the end table.




















A shot of one side of the living room.  I added my childhood stocking this year.  Maybe next year we'll ask Peter's parents for his since he said it's similar in style.  I love old memory items :)
The back of our door and my free nativity hanging that I just love!
Our lopsided tree.  Good thing you can't really tell from this angle!  It's basically flat on one side and bulgy on the other haha.  Somehow we didn't notice that when we were choosing to cut it down.  I also love my tree skirt which was my grandma's old tablecloth.  :)






















Now for some special ornaments. The red tear drop ones were some that Peter and I picked out together a few years back when we didn't have anything but solid colored balls. The small, ceramic bird was a quarter last year at Target. Love it and the jute string it hangs from!

I bought this ornament at the festival we went to in Berkeley Springs this year. I wrote the location and date on the back of it.


This big, fat snowman was given to me by my aunt a few years ago.
Another ceramic bird. They came in 3 colors so of course I got all 3!

The last color is white.  I got 4 of each of the 3 colors for 12 birds total.  I love the way they look on my the and am kicking myself for not getting more since they were only 25 cents each!

This ornament is from a Christmas home tour we took in Cape May in 1995.

This is the best shot that I could get of the whole living room.  
This is basically how we have it all the time, though.  Only the Christmas lights on.  :)

















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