Like many of you, Dave and I aren’t doing any family dinners this holiday, We are going to pop in for a brief, distanced hallway visit with his Grandma on Christmas Eve, but otherwise, it’s going to be a quiet one at home.
It’s not a huge deal – I see my parents almost every week. I will miss seeing my brother’s family, but I’m sure we’ll be together in a month or two. We aren’t skipping Christmas, just postponing it a bit.
So, I wondered if I should bother decorating. Dave’s not big on Christmas. I bought a turkey breast to roast for the two of us, and I’ll do a little baking, but other than that it will be a quiet day. But the other day after getting groceries, I noticed my hanging pots out front were looking pretty sad.
Last year I filled them with pine boughs and birch logs my Dad gave me. I still have the birch, but the pine boughs naturally dried out and fell apart. And I forgot to ask my Dad to get me some more when he built his deer blind this year.
So instead, I hit the dollar store and got a pile of Christmas flotsam to spruce up the front of the house.
I particularly love the snowflake I found to hang from my Welcome sign. I can leave it up all winter long!
For the baskets, I stuck with simple poinsettias and over-sized bows.
I have a larger swag for my front door, but it has seen better days. The dollar store had this cute little pinecone hanger that was just the right size – I added the balls for a little more sparkle.
This cute Cedar gnome wasn’t from the dollar store – but the grocery store beside it. They were marked down to half price, so naturally, this one followed me home!
The only thing that would make it look better is a little snow…
And wouldn’t you know… we got some the very next day. I doubt it will stick around until Christmas, but a girl can dream.
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The gnome is the perfect addition to your decorations. Your front walkway is very festive.
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It looks so festive! Last year I went to the park and picked up a few bags of pine cones and filled all my empty pots with them. I keep saying I was going to do it again this year but I never did. I just can’t get into the spirit this year. I keep telling myself it’s okay not to be okay with all of this. Hopefully there will be next year.
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Your decorations are all so very festive! What a lovely wintery entry.
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You didi a great job sprucing up your entrance!
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The Hubby recalls how, as a child, as would collect pine cones so the family would make wreaths and other holiday items.
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It looks so happy and Christmasy Val! The gnome is the perfect addition. What a difference a little snow makes. If it wasn’t so cold and slick. Ha!
Blessings,
Betsy
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You did an excellent job with your Dollar Store purchases! You could do a tutorial for creating a welcoming entrance inexpensively. The cedar gnome just finishes it off (even though he came from grocery store – but half price is always good). Bet you will have more snow soon.
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I think it looks very festive! You did a great job. I am done decorating and shopping, now for all that wrapping, bah humbug! Stay safe.
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You did a very good job decorating! Very festive is right!
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