ohbrooke » christmas decorating

Last Minute Christmas Whim

ohbrooke — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:44:46 +0000

This was how my brother put it when he took “scrap fabric and cheap fabric to doll up pillows for the holidays”. Only certain people can just “whip up” pillows like these, I’m so jealous. Don’t you LOVE? He made some new pillows, and wrapped ribbon around the old.

Christmas Decorations= Kryptonite.

ohbrooke — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:54:05 +0000

I don’t often decorate for the holidays because I don’t enjoy clutter around the house, and I don’t have much storage. But when Christmas rolls around, I just can’t help it. It is tradition for me to buy cart-loads of decorations on the day after Christmas, then store them away. The following Christmas becomes an exploration and rediscovery of all the things I purchased and forgot about.

This year I decided to work the orange into the holiday decorating as well. I think orange looks GREAT with the tree. I also snagged some feather angel wings from Pier1, and I LOVE how they look on the tree. I’ll definitely buy more when they go on sale after Christmas.

My husband and I like to go to the same Christmas lot every year and go to the discount section. There we find a funny-looking, kinda scrawny, really short, and loveable tree. We love having a reject tree fulfill it’s Christmas Wish in our home.

I also got some tree branches with little flecks of fake snow on them, and tied them to our new chandelier using orange vintage-looking ribbon. I’m going to so sad when it’s time to take this off!

Next year’s additons that I’ll be looking for after Christmas this year: tinsel, mercury glass pinecones, and a pointed tree-skirt.

Vintage Christmas

ohbrooke — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:10:55 +0000

Maybe it’s the weather, or the premature holiday marketing at Starbucks, but I just got excited about decorating for Christmas. I don’t decorate for many holidays, mainly because I don’t like clutter. However, Christmas makes me a new woman. Every year, I do my day-after-Christmas shopping, shopping carts full of Christmas decorations that I get the pleasure of opening around the week of Thanksgiving the following year. Oh, I LOVE Christmas decorations.

So with my premature excitement comes my premature Christmas inspiration board – vintage style.

The Highlights:

pine cone ornaments in greens and golds {smith and hawken}

mercury glass tabletop trees {smith and hawken}

ceramic bird {pier 1}

icicle ornaments in shiny gold and brown {target}

iridescent brown tree skirt {front gate}

vintage look moss garland {pottery barn}

sparkly silver stocking holders for the mantle {christmas people}

black, white and silver damask dinnerware {target}

berry beaded wreath {target}

silver foil stockings {west elm}

silver tree branch candelabra {west elm}

Anybody else in the Christmas mood?