We just bought our first house about two months ago!! (It still hasn't sunk in yet!! When will it?!?!)
So our Christmas House Tour this year will be a little sparse.
Our theme this year is "work with what ya got and rock it!!"!! Ya I know.....BuHumBug! (spelling?!?!)
In previous years we've had a "blue and silver" theme with random ornaments we've collected from each year scattered throughout the tree.
Last year I was smart and had bought a whole bunch of bright green ribbon and ornaments on clearance.
Therefore a new theme was born (not knowing we would have a new abode).
Bright Green, Blue, Silver, and Bronze!! I know.....Who knew!!
Here is the front of the house:
I give all the outside "light decorating/hanging" credit to my husband Scotty (who I lovingly call 2hotty on this blog!)!
He did a great job......Thanks Hunny!
A real wreath (bought from the neighbor kid....he's an eagle scout) hangs on the front door.
When you open the door, you'll walk into the Entryway/Living room!
With another wreath hanging on the other side.
Don't ask me why......it's just how we roll!
And a Merry Christmas mat welcomes you as you wipe off your wet dirty winter boots:
In the Entryway you'll find two things:
Our Ribbon Christmas Card Holder I made this year ( you can read about it
HERE):
And our Stockings (I show how I personalized them
HERE):
(The picture on the right is more true to the wall color)
Underneath the stockings we have a make-shift setup!!
It's a wine table that we are using for now (until I can make up my mind on what I want to put there. Any suggestions?!?!)
I decorated it:
My Polish Santa collection that I bought from Pipka's (a cute Christmas shop in Door County,WI):
Our Nativity scene (Can you believe I got this whole set at a thrift store for like 5 bucks!):
Below I set up a ceramic train station scene that my MIL let me borrow this year!
They are so fun to set up and they light up too!
Do you set up your own Christmas land village too?!?!
I have way more scattered throughout the house.
If you turn around, you'll see our Christmas tree behind the bay window that faces out to the street:
I added the bright green ribbon vertical instead of horizontal this year.
I love it......2hotty is on the fence about it:
It looks a little neked! HA!
Again going with the "work with what you got" theme!!
I wanted to make my own tree skirt out of burlap......but as usual I ran out of precious time.
Maybe next year (famous last words. HA!):
But I did get a few gifts wrapped:
Some of our favorite ornaments that hang on the tree:
I'm obsessed with drift wood!!!!
New nativity ornament bought this year from World Market:
Our Wedding Ornament: New House Ornament:
Disney Ornament from our vacation a few years ago:
Ornaments using colors from my theme:
Here is the bay windowsill I decorated:
A cute Christmas village complete with fake snow and glitter trees.
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO SET UP!!!!
Before you walk into the kitchen there is a wall with a ledge that holds our (old school) advent calender
(We are still kids at heart.......NEVER EVER to old for an advent calender!):
The center piece I made pretty much for free (read all about it
HERE):
was moved to the kitchen table for an elegant yet bright tablescape (Read how I did it
HERE):
The wreath I made also hangs in the kitchen area:
(see more pictures of this wreath
HERE)
As I was busy decoreating the upstairs, 2hotty was found downstairs decorating his beloved
(soon-to-be) mancave:
This is the original!! The first!! The one and only!!
It is the tree we've celebrated the last 4 Christmases with!
It holds the leftovers......as in anything that didn't make the cut on the upstairs tree!
Not that they're not pretty but I'm kinda OCD about the whole "color thing" this year!
The ornaments:
Can you guess which sport team's we root for during football and hockey season??:
The Chicago Bears, The Chicago Black Hawks...........and the Wisconsin Badgers?!?!
Say Waaa?!?!
We have to show the state that we live in some lovin too!
We're in the Rose Bowl AGAIN!! Round 2.....now lets win this one Bucky!!
Every tree of ours has to have a pickle ornament!
Yes even the one upstairs.
I had to compramise with 2hotty (It's a thing called marriage).....but it's green so I didn't mind too much!
He tells me its some kind of German tradition.
I don't get it!
WER'E NOT EVEN GERMAN.
I'm so thankful I don't have to deal with this ornament this year (that much):
It's one of Scott's faves!
When you press the button, Homer says "Mmmm BEER!"!
I would have to listen to it ten times a day before.......he pressed it every time he walked by!
Speaking of "BEER"......here is 2hottys shrine that he decked out too:
It looks like a picture from one of them "I Spy" books!
I don't know what to look at first!
I think this is his favorite spot in the house.
He makes a point to come down here at least once a day (if not more) and just stares at it!
I dont know......BOYS!
So that my friends is our first Christmas House Tour in the new digs!!
Whatya think?!?! I know it's not much but it works for now.......and it can only get better from here..right?!?!
So I (hopefully) invite you to next years Christmas House Tour!
I can't wait to plan out our theme.
Until then, I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and wish you much luck, joy, and health in the New Year!
Wow 2012 already?!?!
xo Joanna D.
