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The Easiest DIY Christmas Cards Ever!

December 8, 2015

So remember when I told you weeks ago that I was going to make my Christmas cards? Well, I didn’t tell you a fib.

When I lived in Seattle I always made my Christmas cards by hand. One year I made cards out of 3-dimensional ornaments and another year I made my cards inside metal tins which served as the envelope. Back then I started working on my cards months in advance of Christmas and spent lots of time making sure every detail was unique and special.

Fast forward to today. Yes, I still love to make my cards by hand but I never seem to have time or energy on my side. So when it came to my Christmas cards this year, I used my creativity to come up with a super easy and simple card design that took less than 10 minutes to create.

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The Sounds of Christmas–My Favorite Holiday Tunes

December 6, 2015

I know many of you will be in the thick of holiday decorating this weekend. While you at, why not play some holiday music. Here’s my 2015 Holiday Playlist along with one of my favorite holiday videos in case you’re looking for some music inspiration! Enjoy!

all songs available on i-tunes

5 Minute Holiday Doormat

December 3, 2015

I change out my doormats seasonally but when it was time to put one out for Christmas I realized I didn’t have a holiday themed one that went with this years decor.

What I had was this basic $4.99 doormat I purchased from Ikea last summer. It was tucked in a corner of the garage most likely waiting to be UpStyled.

Some Scotch Blue painters tape…

A can of Rustoleum Extra Cover Gloss Spray Paint in Apple Red…

and in five minutes I had a holiday doormat with a classic design.

Now that’s what I call holiday decorating on the cheap!

Merry and Bright Holiday Home Tour–Part 1

December 2, 2015

Hello everyone! Today is the first day of the Merry & Bright Holiday Home Tour that I’m participating in. I want to give a big virtual hug and shout out to Kellie from Design Asylum who spearheaded the idea for this tour and created our fabulous graphic.

Now on to the tour! If you are coming from Marsha’s home at M. Jones Style, welcome! Wasn’t Marsha’s decor just beautiful.

I’m super excited to reveal my tree and front door decor with you today and even more Christmas decor over the next two weeks.

Way back in August I shared my Christmas decor theme with you. The theme for my tree was built on a foundation of red ornaments with accents of white and personal touches like picture frames and monogrammed ornaments. I also wanted to add in a few touches of animal print to keep the look interesting.

Despite a few deviations from the original plan, I love the way my tree turned out. I decorated it with a mix of red ornaments, red glitter ball garland (an easy DIY that I’ll share on Friday), red and white tinsel filled ornaments (which I shared yesterday) and assorted white ceramic ornaments. A big red star tops off the tree.

CHRISTMAS TREE DECOR:

Notice the Merry & Bright ornaments (from Target). The perfect nod to our #merryandbrightholidayhome tour~

FRONT DOOR DECOR:

I carried the red and white theme out to the front door of our townhouse and decorated it to be Merry & Bright!

The doormat is a DIY project which I’ll share tomorrow.

So there the first glimpse of my holiday decor. I hope you enjoyed it.

The Merry & Bright Holiday Home Tour will be back next Wed., Dec. 9th where we’ll be sharing our entertaining spaces and how we celebrate the season.

The next stop on the tour is Kellie from Design Asylum. Kellie is the maven behind the amazing paint line Velvet Finishes so you can only imagine the creativity that went into her tree decor…wow!

And be sure to follow the rest of the Merry & Bright Holiday Home crew and see how they are decorating and celebrating the season. And follow our hashtag #merryandbrightholidayhome on social media for lots more holiday inspiration!

Chic On A Shoestring Decorating

Amy Howard Social

Love Your Abode

M. Jones Style

Merry & Bright Holiday Home Tour

November 27, 2015

I hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving. We spent the day at my brothers where we ate too much, lounged a lot, watched our share of movies and even hit up a few stores for some Christmas shopping–the makings for a perfect Thanksgiving.

Now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s time to get in full-blown Christmas mode!

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve slowly been decorating for Christmas and it’s not because I’m trying to rush the season but for another great reason. This year I’m participating in the Merry & Bright Holiday Home tour with 8 other amazing bloggers. Over the course of three weeks, starting Dec. 2nd, we’ll be sharing our Christmas decor and how we’ve made our homes Merry & Bright for the holidays. Each of us will also be sharing a DIY project we’ve made featuring a holiday decal from Candi’s Etsy shop Welcoming Walls. I can’t wait to show you what I’m crafting.

I’m so excited about the holiday home tour and hope you’ll follow me and the other fantastic bloggers on the tour:

Kellie from Design Asylum Blog

Elaine from OMG Lifestyle Blog

Debbie from Refresh ReStyle

Tamyra from Positively Southern

Kate from Chic On A Shoestring Decorating

Amy from Amy Howard Social

Yuni from Love Your Abode

Marsha from M Jones Style

Here’s a little more detail about what’s to come from each blogger on the Merry & Bright Holiday Home Tour…

On Dec. 2nd we’ll be sharing the highlights of our holiday decor from our front door to our Christmas tree designs.

Dec. 9th is all about celebrating & entertaining where we’ll share how we’ve decked out our dining rooms and entertaining areas for holiday festivities.

And on Dec. 16th there will be even more holiday cheer featuring diy projects, special details of our decor and the other ways we’ve decorated for the season.

All blog post will be live at 7:00 am eastern so you’ll be able to blog hop for the ultimate holiday decorating inspiration.

And you can also check out the tour on Instagram by following the hashtag #merryandbrightholidayhome!

Now I’m off to do some more decorating.

‘Tis the season!