tiny stocking garland

Everyone knows that I love a tiny version of something… So, it shouldn’t be a shock to know that I fell in love with this tiny stocking garland project the minute I saw it on Martha’s website. I love to browse her website any chance I can and I came across this project with instructions and a template!

I made mine slightly different, she has you sew around and then trim the outside seams but I just made mine by putting right sides together, sewing around the edge and turning them right side out. I hung them on a chunky piece of yarn I had and used tiny clothes pins to hang them.

(please excuse the mess that's on our shelves!)

So cute right?! And really easy. I just used a bunch of my green, red and white scraps.

Check out the whole thing at martha’s website here. Happy decorating!

our first tree!

The weekend is here! And Evan has agreed to go cut down our very first Christmas tree together this Sunday. I can hardly contain my excitement. I am looking forward to starting traditions with us and I hope this will become one! We are going to put up some christmas lights on the house also and I am going to make up a few big bows to hang in the windows. It's going to be a fun-filled Christmas weekend and I can't wait! What are your plans?! Do you already have your tree up for the holidays?

Funny story for you... I was home for Thanksgiving at my Dad's house and I walked into our front room and their tree was up and looking beautiful! I was quite impressed with them until I looked at my Dad who was laughing out loud... Apparently, they had never taken their tree down from last year! Oh my.. ha ha

I hope we'll find a bigger tree than Charlie's...but how cute is it? :-) Happy Weekend!!

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...

Well, it is that time of year again....my most favorite time of year! I love decorating and getting ready for the holidays. This year is extra exciting because now that I have a house I have a huge space to decorate.

 

I have always loved wreaths! I love them in all shapes and sizes, all colors and textures, made with any materials. I guess they just feel warm and cozy to me when I see a beautiful wreath hanging on a door or in a home somewhere. So - this year I decided I wanted to make my own! I found a few inspirational pictures and headed to Michael's with one of my good friends Brittany. I picked out a bunch of different berries and branches, got some wire and just a plain brown base for my wreath. At first I was trying to wire everything on but soon discovered that my hot glue gun was the way to go! What do you think?!

I really love it and I was so happy it turned out just about exactly how I wanted it to. Lucky for me there was already a nail in the fireplace, a perfect spot to hang my wreath!

 

Of course I wanted to share some of the awesome wreaths I found as my inspiration. Enjoy and Happy December 1st everyone!

i love those dark berries!

left over yarn wreath?! how cool!

love all the fruit on these.

i love this color palette!

simple and sweet

i love this scene! i'd love these in my house.

more berries...can you see a theme here?

both of these beauties from martha

gorgeous!

i love the grey and this beautiful door too! ha

pretty snowflakes

wall of wreaths!