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Have you been enjoying all of my Christmas trees??  Today I’m sharing with you the last one… the woodland themed tree.  I love this tree!  You can also see it from the street as it is in the front window

The ornaments on this tree are mostly made from natural materials, like this raccoon below. We added pinecones and pomegranates to the tree too, you can spot them if you look hard enough! 

 The tree is full of owls and deer.  There is a little birdhouse too…

 What I like about this tree are the cute deer resting below it!

A close up of another ornament, a lot of the ornaments on this tree are snow globe type with a little woodland scene! 

One last look…

That ends the Christmas posts… wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I will resume blogging January 1… see you all then!!

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Are you enjoying this week’s parade of trees??  On this small table in the dining room sits the table top animal tree!  The ornaments on the tree are mainly Steiff animal ornaments. 

 New this year is this little Steiff snowman! Took a few years to find him on eBay at a reasonable price… but we finally got him!

 This snowman is also new, with his red hat! I know the picture isn’t the best, I took it at night. Oh well.

Another view of the tree… isn’t it fun? The animals must be little plush ones, preferably the Steiff mohair ones!  A collection in the making… and some of them aren’t ornaments, just little stuffed animals stuffed into the tree… like the little cow hiding below.

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What? I thought you said you only had four Christmas trees? Well, today there is a 5th one I’m sharing. This one is in the guest house and my Mom decorated it. Her theme was a German themed Christmas tree. 

Her ornaments are almost all wooden and handmade in Germany. A lot of the ornaments include people dressed in traditional Bavarian outfits, trolls, deer, snowmen, cuckoo clocks and bright red mushrooms.

 Below is my favorite mushroom that clips on the end…

 I just love this pyramid ornament… she found it in Germany this year. I’ve never seen one like it!

Below is a witch ornament, a la Hansel and Gretel… 

 Oh, she hid a few non-ornaments in the tree too, like this super cute bear pulling another bear on a sled!

 She also has lots of cute little snowman ornaments, my favorite is this one on a cookie!

She also hid this smoker in the tree, isn’t he cute? No, we didn’t light it while it sits in the tree!

I think her tree is incredibly cute!!! I just love themed trees!

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Ho Ho Ho! Come on in for a Christmas House Tour!

Outside is a faux-greenery wreath that we put some little mushrooms in and added a bow.

At night some lit presents and a tree add some glow to the porch. The topiaries and statues all have their Christmas bows on.

The view you see when you come inside… love the santa and reindeer garland!

But first you turn around because the door jingled with sleigh bells when you closed it shut! The bell door hangar is from this wonderful company. The bells sound so authentic, as if Santa and his reindeer were just pulling up to your house!

Take a turn and you see my gingerbread advent calendar …

In the front window of the formal living room sits the woodland tree.  I love this tree and you can see it at night from the street! More pics of this tree to come in another post!

Woodland tree

Okay, let’s head back to the dining room… a glimpse at the table spruced up for Christmas… details to come in a future post…

Mr. Swan is decked out with poinsettias, my DIY acorns, and a boxwood wreath with a Christmas bow! I love the federal-style feel of this Christmas display.

The tulipiere holds holly berries and some super cute Santa smokers…

And to the left in thee dining room is the animal tree, mainly filled with Steiff ornaments!

Now, off to the living room, where you see the grand tree! Isn’t she pretty? A noble fir that stands up to its name!

Christmas Tree 2015

We like to sit next to the fireplace at night and watch tv. I love our garland, wreath, and new stockings!!

Off to a bedroom, where the nativity sits…

And in the hallway sits my NEW antique French buffet! J’adore!! I love the carving on it.  I put up some white house candles, a garland, train, and banner!

A closer look at the Christmas decorations… I think I’ll write about this buffet in a future post next year… The candles are from Pottery Barn years ago, the banner from Bethany Lowe, and the train from my childhood.

Ok, into the kitchen… On top of the cabinets is the German Glitter Putz House village… you can see a close up of the village in this post here…

A wreath sits on the pantry door next to our Christmas card display… You can see how I made our Christmas card holder here.

And the other side of the kitchen is a bunch of Christmas decorations… 2 trees, a Christmas platter, and a sleigh full of jumping reindeer. I know it’s hard to tell in the pictures!

Tucked in a nook are some nutcrackers! 

Some other nutcrackers and smokers sitting on another table…

 And what’s that? MORE nutcrackers. Yes, I have a nutcracker problem. So?? It’s not the worst problem to have. The boxes in the corner below are themed to the 12 days of Christmas!

The breakfast table is decorated with nutcrackers… and I hung some fresh greenery in the chandelier!

I love lighting the pyramid and watching it spin as we eat…

A look at the garland… it was really easy to do. We bought some fresh cedar garland at Costco and wrapped it around. We added a few faux berries to add some color.

Well, I’m off to bed… here’s our master bed decked out in Christmas sheets.  I believe the toile quilt and shams are from Pottery Barn years ago.  The tartan sheets and shams are from Williams-Sonoma, got the idea from Between Naps on the Porch.  My Christmas throw in red and green is a wool throw from Pendleton.  

OK! I hope you enjoyed my Christmas home tour… I have more I didn’t even take pictures of… almost every room has something Christmas in it!  All of the pictures in this post are taken by me.

Leave me a comment or a link with your Christmas home tour!

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O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, such pleasure do you bring me!  I love our Christmas tree this year!! This year we got a *real* noble fir and it is wonderful!  It is also huge! I think it is 8 feet with like a 6 foot base!  I love how it smells!

I trimmed the tree with garland and tons of ornaments. For me, the more ornaments on a tree, the better.  I love just layers of ornaments… it creates a feast for the eyes!  Yes, I know the below picture is blurry but I’m sharing it anyway.

A look at a few ornaments… love this little church in the glass dome. Also to the right is part of my 12 days of Christmas santa ornaments…

 I love the candy cane ornament and new this year is this little moose ornament! Isn’t he cute?

 A look at “the witches house” below… supposed to be like hansel and gretel. Along with a giant sparkly reindeer!

 Love this little mouse!

 This ornament contains our wedding cake topper, aren’t they a cute little couple?

 The ornament I have the most of which brings some unity to the tree is this cute Juliska one below… I love the sparkle and the plaid ribbon!

A last look at the beautiful tree… I love the light from it at nighttime!

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Here is our Christmas mantle this year… We have a wreath with faux oranges and lemons.  The garland is with pine with magnolia leaves.  There is a pretty string of lights in the garland too.

This year my Mom with her awesome sewing skills made us new stockings!  I just love them!  I love the classic Stewart tartan on them.   I didn’t take a picture of the back, but the back is red velvet to make it more sturdy.

She has this fancy sewing machine that can monogram with really ornate embroidery!  I just love the details here with the gold, red, and green threads! 

I can’t wait to share with you my other Christmas decorations… just takes me a while to take pictures and upload them with the slow country internet!

  Now, I think I’m going to go enjoy some nice Christmas tea…

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On the second day of Christmas… I share with you a tree!

My mom had this brilliant idea of doing a chef-themed tree for the kitchen island.  AND I LOVE IT! We stuck mainly with German chef ornaments… made either by Ulbricht or Steinbach. I’m sure you’ve seen some of these cute little wooden ornaments on your shopping adventures at Homegoods or Tuesday Mornings!

Underneath the tree sits some chef nutcrackers and smokers! 

I especially love the tiny pig chef above.. he’s actually a smoker and when you use him the smoke puffs out of his nose! 

Some of my favorites ornaments include the mouse chef, who I’ve named Remy, after the tiny mouse in the Disney movie Ratatouille. 

It makes cooking in the kitchen super fun, you can look up and see all of the cute ornaments!

 A closer look at some of the ornaments… a pig chef, a Thanksgiving chef, a heart chef, and a mini wooden gingerbread cookie!

I don’t have a tree topper… I had put a chef hat on the tree but didn’t like how it looked.  Guess I’ll have to keep shopping…

I like the natural wooden ornament below and the red gingerbread house too! 

 

Initially we were going to mix up the ornaments with food themed… but then when we got all of these chefs on the tree we thought, oh! We’re sticking with the chefs.  I *may* have hidden a cute little pink macaron ornament in the tree. I saw it and couldn’t help myself.

I had never done any themed trees before, but my Mother-in-Law has all of these cute themed trees all over her house and I just loved it… so the chef tree was born!  Plus, it’s an excuse to put up more Christmas trees. This year I have FOUR. I’ll be sharing them with you one by one…

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