Christmas Decorating

I'm trying to get my game-plan together for my Christmas decor at my house and getting tablescape ideas for a local Christmas banquet I'm coordinating.  I was looking online for some inspiration and wanted to share some of the wonderful things I found.

I like this fun card display idea from BHG.

I will deffinitely be making some of these Christmas trees / Tomato cages wrapped in Christmas lights to put on my front porch.

I plan on doing something similiar to this Bower Power Blog idea of hanging ornaments from your dinning room light.  I'll probably use some colorful funky ornaments though.

If I have enough time I would like to make some of these ornaments featured on Flea Market Style.  I will probably use sheet music though.

For the Christmas banquet I'm thinking about using a collection of mason jars and different sized vases on the tables and doing something like this idea from BHG.

Last I have to add this picture of my little Felicity making silly faces last year at Christmas.  She was only 6 months old last year at Christmas - it seems like it was just yesturday, once you become a parent it's like time just goes in fast-forward!


Coming Up: Tomorrow is my new "Food Friday" and Saturday is "Home Showcase Saturday"

Earthquake Damage & Christmas Listings

If you read my post yesturday you know I experienced my first earthquake, which was very unexpected since I live in Oklahoma.  Today after the sun came up we went outside and found that in front of our house a couple feet from the door we now have a serious crack that goes from the window all the way down.

I have no idea if this is a big deal or not.  I'm going to call the insurance company today and see what they say about it.  We also have a smaller crack on the back of the house.

On another note, I have listed my Christmas creations and was going to show some pics:

All these listings are available in my online shop: http://www.inspiredbyfelicity.etsy.com/

Thinking about Christmas Wreaths

This will be our first Christmas in our home so I'm so excited to decorate my little house with garland, christmas ornaments, bells, wreaths and more!  I've been doing some online research to get ideas for a wreath to make for my front door and have found some unique things that have given me inspiration and I thought I would share some of these pieces....

This is a very "different" kind of wreath that could be made in a Christmas theme.  Could do all Christmas colors with a banner that says something Christmasy (is that a word?) - You can find the tutorial on how to make this here: http://www.aglimpseinsideblog.com/2011/07/summer-frame-wreath-tutorial.html

This fabric felt wreath would be really simple to make and could also be done in Christmas colors, although I'm not sure if the felt would hold up really well outside on my front door (although the first wreath I posted may not hold up well outdoors either).  You can find the tutorial on how to make this wreath here: http://iaminthearmytoo.blogspot.com/2011/01/diy-fabric-felt-flower-wreath.html

I also really like the idea of incorporating our last name initial into a wreath on our front door like is done in this simple wreath - tutorial found here: http://www.huckleberrygumbo.blogspot.com/  For Christmas I would deffinitely want to make this a bit more glitsy though, maybe I could use some shimmery bright red fabric for the flowers?

I'm still not sure exactly what I'm going to make but whatever i do I will most certainly have to incorporate feathers into it since I'm all into the feather thing at the moment - love this feather wreath from http://www.westelm.com/

also had to share this gorgeous Halloween wreath I came across while searching the internet today.  So wish I would I have had this on my door in October - the site said the wreath came from an Etsy store, but unfortunately it didn't give the name of the Shop =(