Christmas with the Family

Happy Monday everyone!! My hubby has the day off of work today, so I decided to take an extra day off as well. And to make sure I didn't forget about you or the fact that it's a working Monday, here's a mini post for you...

A few pictures of Christmas evening at home with my family over! It was short and sweet since we had to compete with my church's evening Christmas concert :) but it turned out lovely just the same! Did everyone have a Merry Christmas? I'd love to hear about what you were all up to!

{You can tell we're still trying to get our new camera to function how we want it to. Each picture has different lighting...oh boy...}

Blog Lovin' 1: Fryd + Design

Have any of you ever heard of Fryd + Design? If not, then you have now! It is quite the delectable blog! I love the inspiration that seeps from within its posts! 

Don't you just love these images? It's a Scandinavian Christmas!

A Cookie Tree

I've seen blessings trees:

But a cookie tree? Beyond gorgeous! Our charming Hostess has this lovely set up on her blog and I couldn't help but share this tree! Make sure you check out the rest of the post here!

{image credits  1& 2 Daniel Usenko 3 & 4 Hostess

Palette #12: Wintery Wonderland

{image credits} 1 By the Sea Decor 2 Pretty Prowler 3 Being Ruby 4 Star Events 5 Veranda 6 Australia Entertains 7 Martha Stewart 8 unknown

Palette #11: Cozy Spirit

{image credits} 1 Daily Mail 2 Let's Entertain 3 Andrea's Recipes 4 Corbis Images 5 AB Home Interiors  6 Corbis Images 7 Christmas Sell 8 AB Home Interiors

Palette #10: Needles & Cones

{image credits} 1 mi9 2 The Sweetest Occasion 3 Julia Usher 4 Good Housekeeping 5 House and Home 6 unknown 7 unknown 8 Good Housekeeping

Christmas in the Bedroom

This year one of my friends told me that her mom put up a Christmas tree not only downstairs in the family room, but also in her own bedroom. What a lovely idea! Both my husband and I always talk about dragging up our ginormous tree upstairs into our bedroom where we can enjoy it as we fall asleep or drink a cup of tea and nibble on cookies. Did you decorate your bedroom for Christmas this year?

{image credits} 1 Country Living 2 Country Living 3 Country Living 4 Baer Home Design 5 unknown 6 unknown 7 Interior Arcade 8 Homey Designing

Palette #9: White Christmas

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A Charming Christmas

Oh, I just love these cute little images! So dainty and oh so colorful!

{image credit} One Charming Party

Palette #8: Red Holiday

This week is going to be dedicated to Christmas palettes! For the first one, let's embrace red, white, and elements of wood!

{image credits} 1 Flickr 2 The Sweetest Occasion 3 Style Me Pretty 4 mi9 5 unknown 6 Hometown Girl 7 Punch Bowl 8 unknown

Palette #3: Christmas Home

Decorating my home for Christmas is so much fun! I have always loved the natural, rustic feel in my home when it comes to Christmas. So when I got married and my husband and I bought our first tree, it was decked out with wicker balls. This year will be no different, but as always, I make additions. With the burgundy and gold glass ornaments & wicker balls on string from last year, I'm adding rustic bells this year with a new set of ornaments. One downside: we haven't got our tree yet. My hubby has been home sick for two days already, and I'm hardly the kind of gal who can lug a tree on her own. So I'm waiting...patiently...for Saturday. I can't wait to put my wicker star on top of it. It's the most gorgeous thing! It looks fairly close to this one.

But besides the tree, I have vases filled with curly gold branches and red bows, a mistletoe branch hanging on our front door decked out in cranberries and pinecones. Candles sit amidst pinecones, wicker balls, ribbons, and cranberries. The stockings for the fireplace are on their way, for I have yet to find the perfect ones.

How did you decorate for Christmas this year?

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