Happy New Years!!

Happy new Years...

Here are a few pictures of the livingrom and kitchen. They are decorated for New Years. I hope they give you a few ideas.

To all a Happy New Years...

New Years

Here is the last of the Christmas ideas...

If your going to spend all the time wrapping gifts you might as well make them beautiful. Its as easy as tying your shoe.

I buy gift wrap to match my trees. The silver is for the tree upstairs and red belongs downstairs under the tree. I wrap them and take a piece of ribbon and tie it around them. Easy. fluff the bow and add a tag.. For the red I bought picks at the craft store, after Christmas last year. They were $.10 much cheaper than the paper bows you can buy. All I did was tie the bow and twist the wire around it. Easy..

I think they look nice and everyone loves to get packages that look like you put a lot of time into them. You really don't though...

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas.

Merry Christmas!!!!!!

last room to decorate...

Here's a few pictures of the bathroom...

Yes I know, I can't help it. I think I really like the black and white photos. I realize you can't see the color of the bathroom but I still really like the way the pictures look.

The bathroom is a blood red color so I decorate in red and green. I place greenery over the windows, pictures and even mirrors. Then I use battery operated l.e.d lights. They work well in the bathroom because there isn't any electric involved. I use lots of red poinsettias and red and green ribbons.

I decided to spray snow on everything. Lesson learned... The snow is fun but after a while it gets really weird looking from the steam.. If you want snow just spray it the day of your party or the day you have company coming...

This year I decided not to add my tree. It always ends up knocked over anyways... I think they hit it with the towels or something.I do miss my tree in the bathroom so next year it will return.

I add lots of Christmas towels, peppermint soap, and a few cranberry candles. The bathroom is done.. It doesn't take but a few minutes and it looks great.

Happy Holidays!!!!

Yet another tree...

Here is yet another tree... I told you I have a tree in every room. This tree is down stairs in the family room.
For this tree I used ribbons, pine cones, and flowers. There isn't ornaments on this tree. I decided to change this one last year. I really wanted to use some reds and golds. I went to the dollar stores and bought most of the items. i went to the craft stores and bought small red cardinals and gold poinsettas. I found some really neat curly gold sticks and put them everywhere. I love how much fun it is... The pine cones are cinnamon scented. They make the whole basement smell wonderful. My husband loves colored lights, so this tree is for him. It may be my favorite at the moment...
I decorated the rest of the room in red and gold ribbons, and metal sleighs. I added lots of red and gold poinsettas. I love the simplicity of it...
Later this week I will show some simple wrapping ideas to match your trees.
Happy Holidays!!!

Its Christmas in the bedroom. What do you think of the black and white photo? I am thinking about changing all of my photos on my blog to black and white. I think I like it. Let me know what you think. I would enjoy your comments...

As you can see there isn't a room in my house safe. I will decorate everything possible for every holiday. I love to wake up and see the holidays. It really makes my day.

The tree in the bedroom is very special to me, because I don't use ornaments. Everything on my tree is jewelry from my grandmas and my husbands grandmas. I love to collect old costume jewelry from our families. I put it away until the holidays and bring it out for the tree in my bedroom. Every year I say I will wire the jewelry to the tree but I can't seem to make my self do it. I am afraid that I may want to wear it sometime this year. I might really, I might.

I hope you have some ideas. You really can use anything for your tree. I have seen wine glasses, antique toys, and even teddy bears, so use what ever you love. You will have a wonderful tree, and you enjoy it more than if you would have spent lots of money on ornaments you didn't love.

Happy Holidays!!!

Here are a few more pictures of the living room. I am not sure why I didn't post them last night. I didn't even think about it until today.

I love to add greenery and lights to everything as you can tell. I buy really cheap and I mean really cheap greenery. I think the greenery over the window was $3.99. I then add lots of other cheap items to it. I added cheap lights, bead garland $1.00 and some pretty ribbons, left from last year. I bought the snowflake from a craft fair for $7.00 a long time ago, added a few dollar store ornaments and there you have it...

Here is a picture of the same table and lamp that I decorate for everything. Its the same thing just a different holiday. You can see what I have done. Its just a few simple changes for each holiday.Nothing exciting...

I hope you have gotten a few new ideas from me.

Happy Holidays!!!

Heres a few pictures of my livingroom.

As you can see I love silver and white Christmas decorations for the livingroom. Every few years I change one color. This time I added a little black. I am beginning to love the black and white color scheme for every room. The tree in my livingroom has pretty much been the same for 20 years. I have always used white lights with silver and white ornaments. The tinsel has changed and the ornaments have become better thru the years but it has remained almost the same.

I removed the pictures in my black frames and added old christmas cards. I placed a few word plaques on the shelves and added a silver box. I really love these frames. I think I am going to leave them for a while and see what I can add for all the other holidays...

As you can see I have lost the battle with the television on the mantle. I have begged, cryed and even threatened but the television hasnt been hung on the wall. I really would like to have my mantle back to decorate. Oh well, I guess I will just make do and decorate around the horrible black box.

I love Christmas. It takes days and weeks to decorate for it, but it really is worth it... I look forward to it every year. I hope you enjoy decorating for the holidays as much as I do, and I hope I have giving you a few ideas. There plenty more ideas to follow.

Happy Holidays.

Fun in the kitchen for Christmas

Heres a few photos of christmas in my kitchen.

I love lots of trees. I put them in every room. This year I decided to put three in the kitchen. I am so glad I did. Its so much fun. I added lots of red, silver, and white ribbons and ornaments. I put candy canes and candy everywhere.

On the tables and counters I put lots of goodies for everyone to enjoy. Cookies just make everything more fun. I used nuts and candies everywhere.

I love to decorate everything in the kitchen with fun things, and fun colors. I hang ornaments from the ceiling and put them everywhere that needs a little sparkle. I use quilt batting for snow and throw in a little glitter and let the fun begin...

Happy Holidays!!!!