Christmas Decorations

I promised you all a look at all my Christmas decorations and until now, had only shown you our family Christmas tree....sorry 'bout that. I suppose a million different things got in the way. Here's a look at our house, dressed for the holidays. Mind you, this is only SOME of the decorations that I have.....We decided not to put up everything this year. Too much going on I suppose.

Here's a simple plate on my counter--I got the plate on sale at Pier 1, with a gift card that I won from Lemonade Makin' Mama and stuck some silver beads on it.
My Snow Village on top of the entertainment center. This is only 1/4 of my village....the rest is still in the shed. I decided we'd only put this much up this year and then next year, we'd go all out and do the whole thing with lights and everything.

Y'all know I love Christmas and have to have everything decorated. My office door has a small snowman wreath on the doorknob:

My baker's pantry door.....another small decoration:
In my foyer (or whatever you want to call it) I have an "old" table--I put this Christmas tree on it with some red tealights--it's really pretty in the evenings when we light it!
Also in our foyer next to the front door, is a large FROSTY that sings and dances when you walk past him--or when he senses motion. Let me tell you that poor FROSTY stays unplugged A LOT since I have 2 boys and they are NEVER without motion! ha!

This little "table" that I set up is a Partylite stand (which is OLD) with a plate on it that I just bought this year, only a few weeks ago at Cracker Barrel. I just kept walking past this plate and for some reason could NOT let it go. I really didn't need/want to spend 7.99 (I know, call me cheap) but every time I walked past it in the store, I just stared....it's just so simple and gorgeous. In case you can't read it, it says "Let Heaven and Nature Sing".......It's got holly berries on it, which match my Christmas china to a tee! I couple the plate with a gold plate stand and voila! A beautiful corner piece! I put a red candle melt next to it, along with some of my glass jar Christmas decorations (see picture below) and it's perfect (I think!) This set-up is in my formal dining room.
(the glass jar decoration referred to above. I have 2 of these on my bar and 2 more on the table above, which is housed in my formal dining room)
Speaking of formal dining room, I'll show you pictures in a few days of a dinner party we had, using all my good Christmas China, etc. but....here's a picture of a piece of the table runner in the formal dining room. You can see a few pieces of my Christmas china sticking out too....
This basket of pinecones, cinnamon scented I might add, sits in a Longaberger (ADORE!) basket on my kitchen bar. I bought the pinecones a few years ago during the holidays, then spray painted them silver, burgundy and forest green. I love them and it always gets the most compliments of all my decorations!
Last, but certainly not least, I LOVE CHRISTMAS CARDS! Here's our Christmas cards in a holder that I bought a few years ago after Christmas at the Christian bookstore.
I'm hoping to show you pictures of Nolan's Christmas program, our annual dinner party, and a few other things this week. We'll see how far I get--if I don't post until after Christmas......
MERRY CHRISTMAS Y'ALL!! And p.s. Thanks for touring our house!

~CB~