Simple Holiday Decorating

I decided to get some holiday decorating done this week. We needed something new and exciting to do while home and this was just the thing to get the kids excited. I pulled out our little fake charlie brown Christmas tree that I found on sale 2 years ago at Target for $11. I think I want to get a real tree this year and put this fake one outside on the porch and put a real one up inside, but we’ll see. I like this for now. It was a fun project.

The kids had so much fun putting the ornaments on. They are considerably shorter than the tree is though, so the top 2 feet of the tree has no ornaments. I think it’s cute

I would show you a photo of the tree complete but I am lazy. And hurt. Because of what I am about to show you next.

See those lights that are strung there below the shelf? I was walking along, stringing them up and there was a crash. It was me. I lost my balance and although I can’t really remember what happened, I fell backwards and couldn’t catch myself. I crashed backwards into that table where that big plant is, knocked over a lamp that was on the table and some other plants that were sitting there because hubby brought them inside because it was supposed to freeze that night. That was quite a run-on sentence. I am a bit fuzzy still, sorry. So, I fell backwards, banged up my arm, twisted my ankle and apparently hit my head (on the couch arm? coffee table? floor?). I don’t remember. I wasn’t even on a ladder or wearing cute heels when it happened either. That would’ve made it slightly more chic or understandable. Or something.

I woke up yesterday really sore and spent much of the day fuzzy, with a headache and snippy with the kids. Started to feel nauseous and a few friends on Twitter convinced me to go to the doctor. I went yesterday and have a mild concussion. And a tweaked back. And woke up this morning with a very sore neck and shoulder. The doctor said to expect a few other aches to pop up as time goes on. I am not as young as I once was and this old body is hurting.

But…the lights look nice, right?

I put all those wooden men on that shelf despite all the screaming in my brain for minimalism. I think it looks terribly cluttered but they were my grandma’s and I wanted to display them. This was a good way to do that and keep them away from tiny hands.

Let’s see, what else did I do?

Oh, I strung pine cones from ribbon and hung them in our eating nook windows. Simple. Cute. I think?

I know that these are all horrible photos but they are from a copule days ago and I just cannot bring myself to stand up and take new ones. So these will have to do. Just try to imagine how much cuter everything looks in person.

Another easy project I did this week was to take this

and this

and painted it black, wrapped it with a little red ribbon and filled one with pinecones and the other with shiny ornaments.

I have a couple more little terracotta pots to do that with once I am feeling better. And when I can take more photos, I will show you our tree, complete with glittery pinecones that my daughter and I did together.