A French Country Christmas Home and Steiff Animal Tree

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Today I’m sharing some of my French country pieces decorated for Christmas!

Natural wooden nutcrackers sit on top of my vasselier, along with pinecones and natural trees.

The Steiff animal tree is tucked into a corner next to this fabulous armoire.

If you haven’t heard of Steiff, they are a German toy company makes handmade stuffed animals. They produced the first teddy bear. The ornaments on this tree are a combination of actual ornaments and then Steiff miniatures we tucked into it.

This is a collection combined from my Mom’s and Mine. We have been collecting them for years!

I wanted to hang some wreathes from the armoire doors, but feared I would ruin the carvings if I hung something on them!

At the end of the hallway, the mantel clock has moved to perch amongst some simple greenery!

In the entry way, my vintage Santa and snowman greet you on this French piece!

My advent calendar is also resting here… hmm… not full of chocolate this year, boo!!!

Sitting on a little French country side table is a collection of handmade Santas and a little bear.

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Flocked Woodland Christmas Tree

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Kicking off my parade of Christmas tree posts with one of my favorite trees, the woodland tree!!!

I moved it this year and it now sits at the end of the dining room!

Little critters are sprinkled in the tree and under it!

I found this squirrel this year back in September and knew he’d look great in the tree!

The main ornament on this tree are pinecones and natural ornaments. Any glass ornament in the tree is an animal!

Dominick the Donkey sits below the other side of the tree!

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Green and White Christmas Fireplace Mantel

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Happy Thanksgiving! Popping in for a short post that maybe you’ll quickly browse through on your way to your Thanksgiving (or while you’re headed into your food coma!)

The color scheme for this year’s living room fireplace mantel is green and white!

I found the garland at a local store some years ago, although I did find a similar one at Ballard Designs. I did purchase the stockings this year on Amazon (link here) and was surprised at their quality despite being a good bargain!

The pillows and little tree with black and white came from Mackenzie Childs, retired now.

I was going to tie some little bows on the stocking, but have yet to find the perfect color ribbon…. still on the hunt!

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Choosing the Best Artificial Flocked Christmas Tree

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Updated November 3, 2020. I have been a fan of artificial flocked Christmas trees for years. It is pretty difficult to find flocked Christmas trees in person, so many (including myself) have to resort to buying them online. Without being able to see them, who knows what you’re going to get, right?

I am pretty picky when it comes to picking out a flocked Christmas tree, so I thought I would share some of my tips for picking out a tree and some of my favorites.

christmas woodland themed tree
This tree is by Vickerman and is discontinued but probably 10-15 years old and still standing!

Choosing your Tree Shape and Height

I like trees that have branches of various lengths kind of protruding past the overall shape of the cone. I don’t really love the cone shaped trees and here’s why – I find it very difficult to place ornaments on them. You can see what I mean by looking at some of the ones I picked out as my favorites in the widgets below (note – some may be sold out already as they sell out quickly!) :

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I like to pick slightly shorter trees than the ceiling height because I like to boost the tree up and put items below the tree. For instance, this room has a 10′ ceiling and an 7.5′ tree that I placed on a bin and covered with a tree skirt. This also leaves room for plenty of presents!

woodland tree

It’s All About the Amount of Flocking!!

I like trees that really look like fresh snow had just fallen on them. I love clumps of snow just like you would see in real life. I like seeing a bit of green underneath as it adds to the realism. Can you see this tree below and how there are clumps of snow on it? This is what I look for!

How to make your Christmas tree look its best

Let’s Talk about the Lights

  1. LED vs. Incandescent: I’ll be honest, I prefer the look of incandescent lights better because they have a softer glow and I feel that LED lights still have not been able to emulate this. THAT said, the LED lights are much more power efficient and when one LED light goes out the entire stupid tree doesn’t go out. I know that some incandescent trees state that when one light goes out they all won’t… but that’s not always true!
  2. I recommended about 100 lights per foot for the height tree for maximum wow factor on a tree. So, if you have a 7.5′ tree, you want around 750 lights on the tree. If you have an unlit tree (real or faux), I recommend one strand of lights (so 100 lights) per each foot of tree height. An 8 foot tree needs 8 strands of lights. Make sense?
  3. Colored vs White. I prefer white lights on a tree and let the ornaments act as my flash of color.

My Favorite Artificial Flocked Trees

I’ve rounded up some favorite trees below by trusted brands Vickerman and Sterling. I have had several flocked trees from these companies and have not been disappointed. Vickerman is by far my favorite.

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Below is my favorite tree, the Slim Sierra Flocked Tree. This tree I own and is the one with the polar bears and white snowy animals under it, as pictured in the first picture in the post (Mine is a 10′ tree).

I just ordered this tree below for this year, the flocked Fremont Spruce 7.5′ tree: (this is now discontinued but this one here is very similar)

Now I also have this Sterling Flocked Slim Pencil tree – while I love that this can tuck into a corner, it is a little difficult hanging ornaments on the top branches because it is so slim! I have mine pictured above in this post.

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A few early Christmas finds

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Yes I KNOW, I know it is a wee bit early to think about Christmas but I had to share these finds with you because I KNOW they will sell out by the time you start really thinking about Christmas. #thankmelater

I am sharing a bunch of COTTON sheet sets – so many Christmas sheets are flannel and I just get way too hot in them.

Snowman Cotton Sheet Set – I bought this set last year and it was sold out by the second week of November.

Christmas Gnome Cotton Sheet Set

Vintage Santa Cotton Sheet Set

Cotton Red and White Stitched Quilt

Prelit Snowy Christmas Trees

Prelit Flocked Mountain Spruce Tree

I’ve also updated my SHOP, you can shop my Christmas selections below.

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Alexander Taron Richard Glaesser Santa & Tree Pyramid
Alexander Taron Dregeno Two-Tier Christmas Wood Pyramid
Deck The Halls 4-Piece Appetizer Plate Set
HOMCOM Wooden Christmas Advent Calendar for Kids and Adults with 24 Countdown Drawers and LED Lights, Battery Operated
Granny Kitsch Santa & Friend Christmas Ornament
Christmas German Pyramid Colorful Figures 3 Level
10.5" Plaid Melamine Christmas Dinner Plate Red/Cream - Hearth & Hand™ with Magnolia
TJMAXX 8.5In Led Resin Gingerbread House
Sweet Savannah Gingerbread Small Town Village 1
Lucky Mushroom Glass Ornament
Mushroom Felt Ornaments, Set of 4
Cody Foster & Co Toadstool Ornament
Glittery Mushroom Ornament Clips, Set of 6
Mushroom Mouse on Leaf Swing Felt Ornament
Toadstool Mushroom Bunch Glass Ornament
Hanco Mushroom Christmas Ornament
Peppermint Dreams Candle Ring
Comfort and Joy Tree, 12"
Forest Mushroom Velvet Ornament
Mushroom Stakes
Faux Cryptomeria Garland
Gold Jingle Bells, Set of 5
Country Estate Winter Frolic Melamine Dessert/Salad Plates, Set of 4
Country Estate Winter Frolic Coasters, Set of 4
Country Estate Winter Frolic Melamine Dinner Plates, Set of 4
St. Nick Decor
12.5" Faux Cedar & Winterberry Christmas Wreath - Hearth & Hand™ with Magnolia
Faux Winterberry Christmas Stem - Hearth & Hand™ with Magnolia
Faux Cedar Christmas Stem - Hearth & Hand™ with Magnolia
Suzanne Kasler Frasier Fir Tabletop Tree 4'
Ulbricht Woodsy Santa 18.9" Nutcracker
Santa with Sugar Decoration
Threshold designed w/Studio McGee Magnolia Christmas Leaf Garland - Threshold™ designed with Studio McGee
Scallop Tree Skirt - Threshold™ designed with Studio McGee
Threshold designed w/Studio McGee Cedar Christmas Garland - Threshold™ designed with Studio McGee
Threshold designed w/Studio McGee Christmas Wreath with Oranges Green - Threshold™ designed with Studio McGee
Anna + Nina Father Christmas Stripe-pattern Glass Candle Holder 35cm
Ginger Biscuit Scented Candle 200g
Small Coffret Scented Candles set of Three
Musical LED Nutcracker with Two Trains
Delice (Delicious) Scented Candle - Limited Edition
Mimosa Candle Lantern Holiday Gift Set - Limited Edition
Ambre (Amber) & Feu de Bois (Firewood) Scented Candle Carousel Gift Set - Limited Edition
Sapin (Pine) Fragrance Room Spray - Limited Edition
Sapin (Pine) Scented Candle - Limited Edition
Kurt Adler 12In Hollywood Candy Soldier Nutcracker
Kurt S. Adler Kurt Adler 16.5" Hollywood Gingerbread King Nutcracker
Vickerman 29" Gingerbread Man and Snowflake Spray, 6 per bag.
Gingerbread Illuminated Mini Houses, Set of 3
Emily Taylor for George & Viv Light-Up Holiday Village
Festive Bistro Tile Monogram Mug
Capri Blue Fir & Firewood Glass Jar Candle
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A real-life Christmas Village

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Strasbourg, France transforms into a real life Christmas village.  I have been to Strasbourg before, but never during Christmas.  I now have to put it back on the bucket list!  I’ve rounded up some photos of this whimsical town!  The decorations are over the top and I love them all!  

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Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  I’ll be back with blogging after the New Year! 

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A Christmas Home Tour Round Up!

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I don’t know about you all, but I’ve been super busy during this holiday season.  I haven’t even been able to read up on all of my fellow bloggers.  I know I have missed so many Christmas posts.

I decided to do a little round up of my Christmas posts.   I debated about posting this AFTER Christmas, but I like to lay in bed at nighttime and browse the net.

First I shared my Christmas Porch.

christmas porch decor

Then I shared my French Country Christmas Home Tour.

Then I shared my Farmhouse Christmas Home Tour.

French Farmhouse Christmas

Then I shared my Woodland Tree and the Merry Musical Christmas room.

woodland tree

Next up is my Traditional Christmas Table.

And last but not least, I shared my Christmas kitchen!

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Christmas Kitchen 2018

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My Christmas home tour ends with the Christmas kitchen.  It was the last room to officially be decorated.  

I moved the Santa from the bedroom to the kitchen.  He really shines out here! He is made by Ino Schaller… I would like to have more from this company!

On top of the refrigerator sits this new whimsical swan.  My Arctic Santa joins him.

In one corner of the kitchen sits the “Sweets Tree”.  This is a new themed tree to me this year!   I bought this colored lights tree several years ago.  It was previously the “pop culture/movie tree”.  I decorated that tree actually.  Then while unpacking ornaments, I noticed I had quite a few dessert ornaments, and a lightbulb went off! 

So I took down the movie tree, moved it to the kitchen, and went to town!   I had a number of these ornaments already, but then we just kept finding cute dessert ornaments this year and, well, now my tree is full!  

I moved my gingerbread Advent calendar to sit next to this tree.

I thought it went well with the sweets theme.

On the opposite side of the window from the sweets tree sits the chef tree.  

Chef ornaments fill this tree! 

We are in the kitchen, after all.  So here is one of our beverage stations for the holidays.  Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, we will have thrown 5 parties! Wow! I am tired….

On this island sits my favorite German Christmas pyramid!  I didn’t light the candles for the picture, but it is so fun watching the pyramid spin around and around when the candles are lit.

Little German Erzegebirge angels sit below the pyramid.

And the scent of Frasier Fir fills the air in the kitchen! Wishing you a Merry Christmas!

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Traditional Christmas Table Setting

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I finally have set my Christmas table! I love the color scheme with the pops of red and green!

My mom let me borrow her little white candle village this year. She bought it at Pottery Barn years ago and it is one of my favorite things for Christmas! 

I used my Juliska Country Estate Plates and the Williams Sonoma tartan chargers.

I love the little gingerbread house napkin ring holders.  I forget who makes them but I picked them up at an after Christmas sale several years ago. 





These red pinecone goblets are new to me this year.  I’ve been looking for cut to clear red goblets for years now.  All of the ones I have found have been the wrong shade of red.  This year Williams Sonoma had these red pinecone goblets and they were the perfect color!  So we snapped them up.  The only other perfect red was Baccarat, which I had only been dreaming about!

I love the tablecloth with the gingerbread house, christmas tree, reindeer and Santa which also came from Williams sonoma here.  I feel like this is a giant ad for Williams Sonoma – uhh, this came from there too!  I swear I wasn’t paid to write this. How I wish! 

I hope you enjoyed my Christmas table.  WE enjoy sitting here with the fire crackling.  Okay, so the fire doesn’t crackle because it burns propane and burns clean, but hey, a girl can dream… 

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A Merry Musical Christmas Room and Woodland Tree

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Music plays an important part of creating the feeling of Christmas.  Today I’m showing you my little music room and talking about Christmas music and participating in a musical blog hop!! If you are coming from Decor To Adore, welcome!! A big thank you to Amber at Follow The Yellow Brick Home for organizing this hop!

woodland tree

These nutcrackers below remind me of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker.  The music of that ballet is so beautiful.  We saw The Nutcracker at the San Francisco Ballet and it was a beautiful show.  The scene with the waltz of the snowflakes is magical.

french country christmas

We always try to go to one Christmas musical program a year.  Some years we don’t make it due to time.  We have been to all different types of Christmas programs. We’ve been to the Nutcracker, Handel’s Messiah, various programs of Christmas orchestra classics, church choral and musical programs, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, a Charlie Brown Christmas, in addition to seeing plays such as A Christmas Carolfrench country christmas

My favorite Christmas album is A Charlie Brown Christmas, which is what I’m listening to write now as I write this post.

This year we’ve acquired an antique piano which I’ve displayed in the music room.  It is from France and it is from the mid 1800s.

music room

Unfortunately it isn’t to tune, and some of the keys are stuck.   We tried to have it tuned, but alas, it can’t be done.  I had played the piano when I was a child and had hopes and dreams of playing again.  I had really wanted an antique working piano, but I think the words antique and working just don’t go together!

christmas music room

Look at the harp, for instance.  My mom bought this harp for me when I was a child, hoping that it could be restrung.  However, it’s antique and thus having is restrung would break it!  We’ve kept it ever since though, just because it’s pretty. And who owns a harp? Like, no one… haha!  I should just call this the broken music room.  Well, I don’t care if they don’t work, I think they are pretty to look at!christmas piano music roomI put my snowman collection on top of the piano.  I love the snowmen!christmas snowmenImagine hearing Frosty the Snowman playing here on the piano.  snowman christmas decor  Sitting in the music room is my favorite tree, the woodland tree! christmas woodland themed tree

The woodland tree may not seem very musical to you, but I acquired a new little critter under the tree this year – a donkey!

woodland tree

This donkey, I’ve named Dominic, after my favorite Christmas song, Dominic the Donkey.  He sings, jiggity jig, hee haw hee haw… christmas donkey

I hope you enjoyed my woodland tree and Christmas music room!

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Next up on the merry musical Christmas hop is My Thrift Store Addiction!  If you want to view all of the bloggers wonderful posts, you can visit them all in the InLinkz Link Up below!

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Farmhouse Christmas Home Tour

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Today I’m excited to share what I’m calling my Farmhouse Christmas tour AND I’ve also organized a Christmas Home Tour Blog hop, part of the “It’s a Wonderful House” Series!  

Today I’m kicking off the tour in my mudroom! 

French Farmhouse Christmas

Don’t be getting mud in here though, I’ve set up a little animal tree below. 

farmhouse Christmas
farmhouse Christmas

I’ve styled the mudroom with my boots – I did have to wash the mud off of them for the photo! 

farmhouse Christmas

A red French market basket holds greenery.  My husband found this for me – I love the red! 

farmhouse Christmas

Touches of greenery make the mudroom festive.

farmhouse Christmas
flocked animal tree

Sharing a few more pictures of one of my favorite trees, the animal tree.  All the ornaments on this tree are mohair ornaments by Steiff.

flocked animal tree

Now into the living room!  This is THE Christmas tree. It is 10 feet tall! 

This year Arctic critters have gathered under it! 

White Christmas tree with arctic animals

I love the little polar bear and cub! 

Flocked Christmas tree with arctic animals

I usually have a theme to my trees.  The theme for this tree is… Christmas! Many Santa ornaments adorn the tree, as well as snowmen, angels, and other symbols of Christmas.

White Christmas tree with arctic animals

Fragrance of fir trees fills the air. 

French Farmhouse Christmas

A faux fur throw and Christmas pillow. 

French Farmhouse Christmas

My little Christmas village sits under the tv.

Christmas home tour

This is the other side of the fireplace that you don’t see to often. 

French Farmhouse Christmas

This is one of the cat’s favorite places to sit!

French Farmhouse Christmas

I hope you enjoyed my Farmhouse Christmas tour!  If you missed it, you can check out my French Country Christmas tour  and my Christmas porch.

Next up on the Christmas Home Tour Hop is Raising a Farmhouse. You can visit all of the bloggers Christmas homes below!

Petite Haus || Raising a Farmhouse

 Virginia Sweet Pea || A Purdy Little House

From House to Home || Follow the Yellow Brick Home

Back to the South || Frazzled Joy

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French Country Christmas House Tour

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Welcome to my French country Christmas house tour!  I’m so excited because I am sharing a bedroom which I’ve never shared before – and it’s all decorated for Christmas!

This is the guest bedroom and the red toile is a permanent fixture in this room, but it is seasonal appropriate as well!

I have a few Christmas touches – a German Christmas pyramid and mercury glass candle sit on this nightstand.

I love the touches of greenery against the red in this room!

Found this tree and Santa at the after Christmas sales last year!

I love this Santa!

This room is decorated more for Christmas than my own bedroom!

Across the from the bed is a French armoire, decorated with a wreath for the season. 

Now, this *is* a house tour, so off we go… in a hallway sits the “frosted” tree.  It is covered with glass ornaments and icicles as well as silver glittered branches.

It sets next to this French sideboard.

The sideboard has a pastel pink snowman, retro tree and wreath adorned with pink ribbon.

Across from the sideboard is this little area. It was so hard to get a picture since it is in  the hallway!

In this office is the flocked vintage tree.  It is full of retro ornaments – both new and old.french country christmas

I love the pops of blue ornaments on this tree – it goes with the curtains!

french country christmas I have so many Christmas trees because I love the indirect light they emit into each room.  I hate how dark Winter is – I couldn’t ever imagine living somewhere far North where it is only light for a few hours a day!

french country christmas

Alright, and now into the last room on this French country Christmas house tour.   A wooden cherub sits atop a pine sideboard.  The altar candlesticks I found at a local antique shop for a great deal!

french country christmas

Beneath the cherub I placed a wreath and used the clip-on candle ornaments.  A homemade advent wreath – well, I’m one candle short, but that’s okay, at least I won’t burn the house down.
french country christmas

The sideboard is in the dining room.  So this *was* the dining room, but for Thanksgiving we moved the dining table to the living room since we hosted 40 people here.  We moved a couch into this room.  I love the current set up – it’s so nice and cozy to sit here and read by the fire.
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A vintage tree!french country christmas

I love all of the vintage style ornaments.french country christmas

On the other side of the tree is this French cabinet with Majolica.french country christmas

french country christmas

I like the clip on candle ornaments and the vintage glass Santa.french country christmas

The tree in all of its glory!french country christmas

A look at the dining room turned living room.

french country christmas

I couldn’t decide which picture of this fireplace to share, so I shared both!

I hope you enjoyed my French country Christmas tour this year!  Coming on Monday is more of my Christmas home tour!

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Snowball Cookie Recipe

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Sharing one of my favorite Christmas cookies with you today.  My Aunt always brings cookies to Christmas.  When I see her big cookie tin full of a wonderful assortment of cookies, I immediately go searching for these cookies.

They have many names – snowball cookies, Russian teacakes or Russian tea cookies, Mexican wedding cookies, walnut ball cookies.

I don’t know why this cookie has so many different names, but it is a nutty shortbread cookie and a Christmas tradition.  I believe they originate from Germany/Hungary, and like most cookies from German, there isn’t a *ton* of sugar (as it is a shortbread cookie), which is one reason why I love them.

Ingredients

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 lb butter, softened
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups ground walnuts (we like to do a mixture of walnuts and pecans)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Sift the flour and salt together and set aside.
  3. Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla together.
  4. Add the flour and salt mixture until incorporated.
  5. Mixing with your hand, add in the ground nuts.
  6. Next, shape the cookies into 1/2 inch balls. I used a melon scooper for this.
  7. Place on a greased cookie sheet, and bake from 20-30 minutes. Mine finished at 20.
  8. Remove from oven, let cool until they are warm enough to pick up.
  9. While the cookies are still warm, roll in powdered sugar.  Enjoy the cookies cool.

You can freeze these cookies and make them in advance. To refresh the cookies, take them out of the freezer and toss them with powdered sugar again.  However, these cookies will last up to three weeks in an airtight container. The recipe makes about 6 dozen cookies.

I hope you enjoy making eating these cookies as much as I do!

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20 Inspiring Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas

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Sharing a round up of inspiring Christmas tree decorating ideas

Farmhouse Woodland Inspired Trees

A beautiful farmhouse woodland tree in traditional colors by Inspired by Charm.


A beautiful farmhouse tree with sleds by Liz Marie Blog – also has a wonderful home tour at this link!

A woodland tree, by yours truly, included it here because I love it so much!

How To Decorate your Tree like a Pro

Simple farmhouse style by Southern Living.

Pastel Shades

A beautiful pastel tree by Vintage Whites Blog.

Pastel blues look so pretty on this tree, source unknown.

Okay, so not quite pastel, but a beautiful sugar plum tree from House Beautiful. 

A nontraditional tree hung upside down in beautiful pastel shades, source via this pin.

Beautiful Metallics

Randi Garrett Design has a beautiful metallic tree and a stunning home tour too!

Another beautiful metallic tree with vintage touches below, Pottery Barn

a beautiful copper and blush tree by Sanctuary Home Decor.

 

 

White Christmas

Love the extra touches of snow in this flocked tree by Craftberry Bush.

 

A beautiful flocked tree in natural colors shines by French Country Cottage.

Traditional Christmas

A beautiful traditional tree by White Arrows Home, who also has a fabulous Christmas tour.

A beautiful table top tree by Savvy Southern Style.

A beautiful traditional tree by Follow the Yellow Brick Home

A beautiful fresh tree with live greenery, source unknown.

A very traditional tree, reminiscent of some of the first Christmas trees with real candles and dried orange slices. Via Veranda magazine.

 

 

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A Look at Christmas Past

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Looking at pictures of Christmas past today.  Finding inspiration for myself and maybe for you too!

I was kind of MIA from blog land for about two weeks – my internet went down and took a while to repair, and then we had Thanksgiving weekend which was crazy busy for us too as we hosted 40 people here.

French country christmas

The house this year is almost decorated, but I haven’t had time to take pictures yet!

French Country Christmas Mantel

This year I moved the big tree into the corner.  It’s fun seeing how it was decorated last year though! Traditional Christmas

Gold and Silver Christmas Tree

French Country Christmas

This year I’m trying to figure out how to hang garland around the door as the husband doesn’t want nails poked into the wall… hmmm…

A French Country Christmas Entryway

metallic Christmas decor

The pastel tree in the mudroom…

My favorite tree – the Woodland tree!

How To Decorate your Tree like a Pro

French country touches…

French Country Christmas Decor

French Country Christmas Decor

So that was last year! I’m excited to show you how I’ve decorated for this year!!  There are lots of blog hops I’m participating in!  December 3 is a Holiday Porches tour.  December 10 is a Christmas home tour.  December 14 is a Musical Christmas hop. Stay tuned!

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