Even More Christmas Decorations

Happy Friday, Everyone! 

Here are a few more photos of this year’s Christmas décor.

When my husband and I decided to move to western North Carolina a couple of years ago, we placed all our personal belongings in a storage unit in Florida until we could find a permanent home. Christmas of 2022 found us without our Christmas decorations, so we splurged and bought new ones. We were ok with this because I would sometimes decorate more than one tree each year, and knew I wanted to do that again.

We selected rustic / farmhouse / mountain ornaments, mostly from Hobby Lobby but also a few from local artists.  These ornaments adorn the main tree in the living room, which is a live tree.

Once we retrieved our treasures from Florida, I decided to keep the new ornaments for what would be the main tree again. I went through our old decorations and selected ones to keep, and they adorn the pencil trees.

The first pencil tree is in our bedroom. I used silver ribbon that I had used in Florida, and the ornaments are ones that I painted many years ago.

The ones I selected for this tree are blues, whites, silver w/a little gold. I painted some red and green but left those in the box.

I placed a few items in the kitchen niche.

The piece below hangs next to the door going to the garage. I change it monthly. The cross stitch is December Calendar Crates by Stitching with the Housewives.

Moving to the family room downstairs...

We have three of these ceramic trees. My husband’s uncle got these for us thirty years ago. You can imagine that the stars have been knocked off at least once during that time, which is why this one is a little crooked.

I placed a Christmas quilt top in the hoop next to the treadle machine. (more about the hoop and stand in a future post)

I’m not completely happy with the bookcase and have different plans for it next year.

This little town has been around for many years. There are bulbs that fit inside each one to light up but I just turn on the bookcase light and skip fiddling with the cord.

We must have a place to send letters to Santa and the tartan box fits the décor. More about the tartan box on Monday.

There is only one Christmas quilt on the ladder this year. My husband took his holiday quilt for his office sofa. I didn’t take photos there because the lighting was horrible.

The last two pencil trees are for our kids. These trees hold special ornaments like the ones they made in school and the ones they would receive as a gift each year.

Our son’s tree is filled with Hallmark cars and trucks, school ornaments, his baby footprint and those he was gifted.

Our daughter’s tree is much the same except she collected Hallmark Barbie ornaments most years.

We enjoy many special memories when we look at these trees.  Once again, I’m not completely pleased with them and have different plans for them next year.

Baking is happening here today. My daughter arrives this afternoon, so I’m off to freshen guest rooms and bathrooms.

 

I hope you have a great weekend. I’ll return on Monday to show you two cross stitch Christmas mystery boxes I’ve received.