Christmas Decorations= Kryptonite. »

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 »

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?