I go with a colour theme each year, I like to keep it simple & elegant. Not too much or over the top. It's usually just the lounge & kitchen areas that get decorated & we put lights outside.
This year we actually got a decent size tree that I can't wait to put up, with all matching deco's & we have the train to go around the base.
I love my silver letters that spell JOY & I always put a massive vase on the centre of the table full of coloured balls. This year its green, red & silver. I've found an awesome site with some very nice decorations on it.
our table centrepiece/s (depending on how we set up the table) is/are candle holders - two candles in each, and the heat from the flame makes the top turn - which sends angels flying through Christmas trees. set it up to trial last yesterday - was gorgeous!
That's very sweet of you BG offering one of your trees to Sarah I know she has wanted one ever since have known her LOL
We're phasing out the glass decos. I just wish i could find more embellished fabrics ones... (if anyone sees any around please give the heads up!)... my beaded ones are very kid friendly.
Some large painted wooden ones would also be nice...
HERE is a photo of one of my beaded tree decos on our velvet tree skirt.
Last edited by Bathsheba; October 25th, 2009 at 05:26 PM.
Bath, my MIL makes tree decorations using a foam ball and then she pins folded tartan ribbon all over it, working in quadrants - she draws lines down the ball and follows them down then glues a small bit of holly or pinecone to the top. They look really effective.
We don't do decorations around here because DH loathes Christmas and I've given up tring to convert him. So we only have a tree that goes up on the last day of school (the less time the better so he doesn't have to spend the entire month whinging about it being Christmas again ) But this year I am working on cross stitching the Bucilla tiny stockings for the tree - there are 30 of them and I am getting through one a night.
oooh trillian they sound lovely! yes! some cross-stitched tree decos would be great to do... I've got too many unfinished projects to do it this year though.
We a different coloured theme each year we get inspired inthe myers stores lol( i love going in when they have all the xmas trees up im still a kid at heart lol
and we have lighthearted comps between friends at who has the best xmas tree
My mums verry fanatical about having it pretty perfect lol
i cant wait to go on a myers xmas decoration spree
We dont really do much outside maby some lights on the verander
I don't have anything like a lot of you ladies, we have a tree decorated in red & silver, i use the left over baubles in little vases to 'decorate' and i have a few little santa deco's.
This year i bought the girls some cheapo leadlight things to hang for their windows and a WELCOME sign with a santa (quite cute).
We have some fairy lights for the tree and some star lights for inside (wherever they will fit now we've moved).
DD1 has a bauble with her name on it and i will TRY and get the same for DD2.
DD1 also has some gorgeous my 1st baubles etc from her 1st x-mas and a really cute x-mas carousel music snow ball.
HERE is my attempt at the tree last year HERE is my left-over deco's.
At the moment am just using the plastic baubles etc as i don't want the girls breaking anything
Will update once the tree and any new deco's are done this year
Well THIS is going to be a different Christmas here in our house... or very possibly another one interstate if by some miracle we move before the 25th!
DH has had a verbal confirmation that he has been accepted for a new role... but still no paper work so essentially we don't really know where we'll be spending this Christmas. My guess is that we'll still be here... BUT.... I packed away all the Chrissy decorations last Easter (when DH was almost accepted into another role interstate... that fell through).
I refuse to unpack anything... not even the decos. So I've pre-warned DH and the kids that we'll buy a small but real tree and MAKE all the decorations this year. My teenage DD should love the challenge (she hasn't been told yet... she gets back from boarding school this Wednesday).
Fortunately we just so happen to have stacks of coloured A4 paper. The first plan is to make lots of loop chains. All the kids should be able to help with that. DD (15) can cut the strips, and my 7yo can form the loops. My 4yo will probably get bored but might get him decorating some cut out circles by sticking on some glitter to make "balls".
I think in the olden days they also used to thread popped corn?
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I know she has wanted one ever since have known her LOL
) But this year I am working on cross stitching the Bucilla tiny stockings for the tree - there are 30 of them and I am getting through one a night.
im still a kid at heart lol
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