Monday, December 14, 2009

Our sweet and simple Christmas decorations

We moved into our house 3 days before Christmas last year.  Needless to say, we did not decorate!  I was excited this year to see the house in festive bloom!  Because we did not have a lot of extra money, I made no new purchases (except for some dollar store goodies!).  I have a good idea of a few things I might look for after Christmas. 

Front door



Our good friends have a tree farm, so we got to go pick ours out and cut it down. 



Because we do not have a mantle we hung garland from these vents with ornament hooks.  It was perfect to hang the stockings.



I got these stockings at World Market before we had the boys!  I bought 2 extra- for future use.  This is our first year to have all 4 up.



Beethoven gets a hat every year.  :-)



In the dining room, I was trying to make an ornament wreath (SO not as easy as it looked here).  What I ended up with was a cluster-type thing.  I kind of like it.



Just some knick knacks on the hutch.  This might get some after-Christmas love.




I do like these jingle bells from the Dollar Store!



We are doing a Jesse tree for the first time. We started late, but I have really enjoyed the devotions. Bear likes the ornament hanging part. :-)




Close-up of our pretty nativity set.  We bought this in Ecuador on a mission trip.



Some gingerbread in the kitchen!



We tried to keep things simple.  I have so many ideas about what to do all over the house, but I do not want that to get in the way of why we celebrate. It will be fun to add a little here and there, though.  It's hard to have a healthy balance between the spiritual and physical sometimes, but we are trying!

I do really enjoy seeing how these super creative people decorate!



Christmas Tour of Homes with The Nester








8 comments:

  1. What fun to go cut down your own tree!! I really like your nativity too! Merry Christmas!

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  2. Very pretty. Don't you love those dollar store decorations! I like the ornament cluster & display around it. Merry Christmas!

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  3. Everything looks lovely. What a pretty tree! Have a merry Christmas and God bless you and your family!
    Kay

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  4. Beautiful decorations! Thank you for the holiday tour.

    Merry Christmas and many blessings in 2010.

    Cristin

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  5. Your house is so pretty. I love you CHRISTmas tree and especially love your Nativity. I'm sure it has many memories wrapped up in it for you.

    Have a Blessed and Merry CHRISTmas,
    Dawn @ dawnscottagecorner.blogspot.com

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  6. Your pictures are great. There are new tree pictures up on the holiday blog...and I am loving looking through all the beautiful decorations on the Home Tour...Just need a few free hours...
    http://grammyababychangeseverything.blogspot.com/
    http://teresa-grammygirlfriend.blogspot.com/

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  7. Everything looks beautiful Chelle! What is a Jesse tree?

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