As I was brainstorming on how to decorate the mantel, I came across this amazing sale! Everything was free and mine for the taking! Amazing right? Where was this sale? My house… I shopped every room in the house and the attic for these great deals.
I do want to thank Michael Luke for bringing all the boxes of Christmas decorations down from the attic for me to look at. We have a lot of great decorations, but as I mentioned in my last post, I wanted to keep things fairly simple this year. Whatever I put up, I also have to take down. That just doesn’t sound too appealing with a newborn on my hands.
And here is what I came up with…
I normally use the two trees with lights outside by our front door. The wind knocks them down repeatedly though. So I decided to save a little trouble and use them inside. Michael Luke and I share a stocking. He gets the space in the toes, and I get the leg! HaHa, just kidding. My mom made it for us as a wedding present.
I set a plate out for Santa and a mug with a packet of cappuccino. I heard from a reliable source that he likes cappuccino (and chocolate chip cookies)!
I used the traditional red and green colors. Turns out I don’t have a lot of Christmas decorations that are red, so I improvised.
For instance, the flower painting I pulled from another room. Michael Luke painted it on a date with me at Sips n Strokes. He did pretty good, didn’t he? The nutcracker adds balance with the quotation on the other side of the painting.
I also pulled the glass red purse from another room, and the ornaments are the remaining ones after I finished the dining table (here). The purse reminds me of all the holiday parties!
I found the little green trees at a yard sale a couple of years ago for fifty cents each! They have made an appearance every year since. I think I have gotten my money out of them.
I love placing the manger up high on the mantel. Next year, I might place it lower though. So Noah can see it.
The miniature tree is left over from Michael Luke’s college days. It works well on the mantel though.
I think it turned out well to be such a quick transformation.
We don’t have Noah’s stocking up yet because my mom is making one for her. I’ll have to post an updated picture once I get hers.
Next task… the tree. Then, we will be all decorated for Christmas! Has anybody else procrastinated like us in putting the tree up?
FYI: Not sure if the cappuccino will make it until Christmas. It’s pretty tempting, especially since this blast of Arctic weather came through.
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It looks so pretty! Look at you decorating with a new baby…I’d be sleeping any chance I would get!
I think I have the same mini trees on either side of our fireplace 😉 Target? I just got them on sale! We put some outside and they fell down a million times also, so we wired them to the railings, lol.
Thanks Kelly! My mom gave me these trees a few years back. I think they might have come from Fred’s. I love using them… I just wish they wouldn’t fall down so much.
I love it! The painting really ties everything together and totally looks like it was meant for Christmas! I think the trees look great on either side of the fire place too!
What a pretty fireplace! Love how you put those little trees on the hearth on either side. Everything looks so cozy! 🙂
Thanks! This may become the permanent place for these trees at Christmas.
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