Christmas House Tour!

Merry Christmas! Here is the wreath that greets you at my front door. Please come in! I had lots of fun making this!

Here is my entry which usually only serves a purpose throughout the year as the center for nerf gun fights but during December, it is our Christmas wonderland. This year, I decided to embrace the bright colors I am drawn to and went WHIMSICAL! I had lots of fun!

This is the tree topper that I made. My 8 year old had fun making the pom pom springs with me. It looks insane here but you can see on a 12' tree that it works!


Here is the black and white portrait display on our stairs, which is where I display my santa hat collection.

This is the post at the bottom of the stairs. It's hard to get the entire stair case as this is a long narrow entry!This is another post ~ there are 4 in all.

In between the posts, I did this just for some added fun! Those are food picks!
And another post!The sole purpose of this table is to play all the great music that I love! I look forward to nothing more to the month of December than playing my Christmas music really loud while I wrap gifts and make candy trees!

These ornaments were done during one of my crafty Christmas nights with my Cricut! My friend Lisa gave the Joys of the Season cartridge to me and it is SO fun!

These cute felt ornaments and from Crate & Barrel. I have 3 sets decorating the garland on my dining room hutch.

The chalkboard which still requires a fun holiday message to be added to it!


Another fun holiday craft! I love candy trees and had lots of fun making this one, though I'm still suffering from some hot glue gun burns from this tedious project!

There are many house tours going on for the Holidays and I have linked up to the ones below! Enjoy checking out other bloggers' homes decorated for Christmas and thanks for stopping by!

Advent Calendar

I saw this in Joanne's after Christmas last year. I yanked the silver plastic knobs out of the holes before I took this picture but most of them were missing. Which is why I got this item with a price tag of $50 for $4! Yes, $4!!!! The challenge was on ~ I wanted to alter it completely and have fun with it!
I painted it with my green wall paint. Then, in order to put new knobs on this, I had to drill all the way through the holes. And then there were some brads I wanted to use and they need to fit into the doors so I had to drill for those as well.
I had to be patient and wait for the large order I placed from Scrapbook.com as I didn't want to mix stuff ~ I wanted everything I used to be from the same line so that my over the top project pulled together well. I ended up buying "We Are Memory Makers" White-Out Christmas Collection.

Many hours later, here it is!


Here's the back

Close up of the side. I used 'frosting' as well ~ the stick on 'bling' that links together and it is so fun and easy to use! Another thing not from the paper line I mentioned would be the knobs. Those are beads. I wired them with a small bead behind the door to attach them.

More close ups of the 'Glitz Frosting' which is the stone like embellishment I used. You may notice that some of the items are outlined in white. That is a huge trick of mine. So that things don't appear cluttered, I use a white gel pen to outline embellishments. It makes them pop and cleans them up too!

The big door is so cute!

More details including a bead

One of the cute little doors!

I love my new advent calendar and hope you enjoyed seeing it!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Blogging World! I have had a great time decorating my home and we had a great holiday! Here are some pictures of our decor this year.

Our Front Porch:

Thank you Uncle David and Aunt Cheryl for my beautiful new topiaries!

Our Tree:

Some spaces in my entry:

This is my santa hat collection

I made these ribbon trees last year


I made this tiny ribbon tree and red hot tree also last year!

I made this candy cane tree last year and my sister made the starlight and gum drop trees last year. We both seemed to have more time last year!

A few things in my kitchen:

My friend Jolyn made these ornaments for me last year

Christmas Eve Brunch:
Every year, we serve brunch to family and friends on Christmas Eve. This year was our 9th Annual Brunch! Here are a few pictures of the set up before my guests arrived!

The Food--egg casserole, hashbrown casserole, homemade waffles and cinnamon buns

Waffle Bar
Dessert in the Dining Room

Kids Drinks on the patio

Adult Drinks on the Patio

The Marshmallows rolled in peppermint that I made with my son Carter

The Coffee Bar

The reindeer food that my son James and I made, thought I forgot to hand it out!

Brunch, Christmas and time spent with my family was a blessing and I hope you had a wonderful season as well!
Happy Holidays!