Wednesday, December 3, 2008

2008 Holiday Home Tour

I reused all of the decorations from 2007 but changed them up just a bit. I spent $6 for new lights for the trees , $12 for fresh greenery and $12 for 6 new mercury glass ornaments.

I bought these birdies last year but they all had red eyes and beaks. They looked like Satan's little evil pets. I thought about buying a few more for Halloween, they were really scary looking. I replaced the eyes with black beads from an old necklace and painted the beaks black, all better.










I had a bunch of fringe left over from a project a few years ago so I decided to hang it up around the house, not traditional but if you know me at all it is not surprising


I took wire baskets and piled a ton of lights in them, It is the lazy girl's way to decorate with lights. You never need to untangle them and they give an artsy look to any surface.


I took LED lights and put them in this container.. make sure you do not use lights that put off heat in a enclosed container, can you say fire?



Merry Christmas Everyone!!

14 comments:

  1. It all looks wonderful. Very fun. I like the fringe.

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  2. The ornaments are great. We are decorating the outside of our house with lights for the first time ever...wanna come down and do it for us? I started yesterday, and it's looking crappy already. :)

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  3. Looks great! I love the new little white birds. Very creative touches!

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  4. My mom has always had little birds on our tree, whe I was kid I get it from her. I now always have birds.

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  5. If you would like Letty, I would I live for this stuff, I was thinking last night, what now...

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  6. Belladelle, I love decorating for christmas with everyday objects, it makes me think that I need to appreciate the beauty in every little thing. A couple years ago hung a bunch of buttons and ribbons all over and left it at that.

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  7. You are so creative Ali! I love the idea of Satan's birds ... but the black eyes are probably better for Christmas, lol. It all looks great!

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  8. I am inspired by your wonderful Christmas decorations. Will get ours organised before we have people over tomorrow.

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  9. How clever you are to switch out the eyes on teh birds! And your chalkboard is awesome! Happy Holidays!

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  10. You have wonderful Christmas ideas. Your home is so very beautiful.
    Have a Happy Holiday
    Debra

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  11. The comment about the birds made me laugh. Too funny! They do look nice now. Also love the mercury glass. So pretty.

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  12. Thank you for sharing your lovely home with us here in blogland. . .and for making me laugh with the Santa's evil little pet story.

    Merry CHRISTmas!!

    Blessings,

    Sher

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  13. Lovely Christmas tour. I'm glad you fixed the birds. They look great now. I love birds.
    Charlotte

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  14. Hey country girl, I'm a country girl too! You have done an amazing job decorating. I love all the collections, vignettes, the tree. Love it. I love the lights all wadded up too in baskets...now I think that is the best idea I have seen all day! I could decorate my entire house with bunches of wadded up lights!!!! Hahahah....great inspiration!
    Have a lovely Christmas!
    Debbie

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