Sunday, November 15, 2009

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

I know for some it's still to early to decorate for Christmas, but I just couldn't help myself.

Here is the little table in my entryway.
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My husband has been collecting nutcrackers his whole life.  Those are only a few of the many, many nutcrackers that we have.  I put together the branches tonight - I mod-podged some candycane stripe wrapping paper onto a Libby's can (cookies coming tomorrow) and stuck some floral foam inside.  I bought the branches at Michael's in 2006 but hadn't found a use for them.  I stuck those into the foam and then put some tinsel in to cover the foam.  When I have some more time, I'd like to go back and hot glue everything together and neaten the tinsel.

I made the Let It Snow cross-stitch banner over the summer - it's so cute!

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That's the pot of a little table-top tree I have.  I don't love the brassy finish, so I used some metallic taupe paint to make it more my style.

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Half-way done, you can see the difference in the colors.

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Ahh, much better - and so cute all lit up!
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3 comments:

  1. I love little Christmas trees - I have a set I usually put out on the counter - very fun.

    Chelsea

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  2. What a cute little tree. I have been very tempted as well to break out the decorations early with all the neat ideas I keep seeing in blogland.

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  3. My son keeps picking up nut crackers and looking at them. I asked him about it and he said they just intrique him.

    cheri

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