we are still part of the believers that you don't start decorating for christmas until after thanksgiving. which means that we don't finish decorating for christmas until like the 15th and only have ten good days to revel in the glory
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i know, i know. many of the things i blog about are things that my awesome mom has done. maybe i'm just trying to ride her coattails, whatever. her stuff is amazing and needs to be shared. i have invited her to just partner with me on the blog and write her own posts, but she is too lazy/technologically-challenged/proud to do so. so i'm going to continue sharing her projects.
her christmas decor this year has a super fresh and organic feeling with lots of metallics and greenery. Enjoy!
we are back in California, and it finally feels like christmas. rather than an outdoor winter wonderland (aka misery), we have an indoor one. and it has been quite warm in temecula. i am so happy to not live in the cold, hopefully for good! my mom's decorating is always the best, and somehow gets better every year. it's so fun to see all of the creative things she comes up with. my favorites- the magnolia branch in the vase on the fireplace, the ornament garland that she made that lies on top of the mantle, the silhouette gift wrap, and the ombre pink christmas tree. to die for.
i got my camera for christmas last year and immediately started snapping photos, while reading the manual and trying to figure out all of the cool things i could do with it. i laid on the couch and took about 20 different pictures of the mantle just so i could see how each setting changed what the picture looked like. it was super fun, but they are definitely not the greatest pictures i've ever taken (hopefully i've improved over the past year!). i still want to share them with you because i think bobette did/does such a good job of decorating the house every christmas. she decks the halls like it's nobody's business. here are a few parts of the house that i have pictures of:
first up, the mantle. i think our brick fireplace screams christmas, so it didn't need much. bobette went with simple stockings and adorned them with the first letters of our names, and glitter silhouettes of our faces. yes, she made little glitter silhouettes of each of us. if that doesn't impress you i don't know what will. she added a few modern christmas trees and reindeer, along with some evergreen garland. near the fireplace are two smaller 'christmas trees'- one made of a pretty branch, and one that had christmas cards from our friends hung on it. on the other side she had two large lanterns filled with birds and moss.
i know, that's a really crappy picture of the tree and it doesn't even show the cute presents wrapped underneath. this was post-christmas morning so all of those wrappings had been torn to pieces, wrestled in, and then thrown away. such is life. last year the tree had silver and blue ornaments with pink bows mixed in. and a crown as the tree topper. fitting for a family with 5 girls who all think they are princesses. i did get a few shots of some of the cutest ornaments, as i was playing with my macro settings.
these are the only other two places of the house that i got to photograph, though there was so much more going on. the first picture shows our 'hot chocolate station,' with all of the fixings to make delicious hot chocolate at any time of day. the second shows the mini-christmas tree collection which have been used in many ways over the years. they started out in each of our rooms- we each got our own mini tree decorated with things that fit our personalities (mine had an eiffel tower, cateye glasses, pearls, etc). last year they were in a grouping in the living room, and had the cutest pink and blue ornaments.
be sure to look out for our post of this year's christmas decor!
