Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Christmas Decorations

We've been working on bulking up our collection of Christmas decorations over the years... and I love having the lights up and on.  It's very festive.  {pics from last year}

My favorite is our tree because of all the special ornaments.  Everywhere we travel, I try to get one, and every year when I put them on the tree, my mind is flooded with memories.

I also love the dining room table.  Most of these decorations are from last year.  I am so excited we actually get to use our dining room table on Christmas night this year!

What are your decorating secrets?

24 comments:

Leslee said...

Your home/holiday decorations look wonderful!

I think my secret, which I recently found is to not do everything at once. Much less stress and I can enjoy the decorating by, like you recalling the memories with each decoration/ornament.

Amanda said...

Love your decorations! They look great! I definitely need to take some pictures of my decorations, once they are complete and post them!

Carolina Charm said...

Your decorations look like they are straight out of Martha Stewart's home! I love all of it, especially the festive jars!

My secret is to stock up on next years decor the day after christmas! :)

Lauren said...

we have a random ornament tree as well! I just love unwrapping the tissue paper each year and being flooded with memories of where each ornament has come from!

KRISTIN said...

So gorgeous! My poor house has like 3 decorations...I really need to do some damage during the post-christmas decoration sales this year.

Carolyn said...

It looks so good! :)

Natasha said...

everything looks gorgeous my dear!!! my decorating secret is to experiment...put stuff in different places to see what works best and then go for it--i also take pictures to see what everything looks like together ;)

Caroline said...

Oh I love it! So pretty!

Mrs. H said...

Love the table decorations. We too collect ornaments everytime we travel. Such a fun little keepsake!

Anonymous said...

i love your decorations!! everything looks so homey!

Bobbi said...

Your decorations are so pretty! You gave me a few ideas too, thanks!

Raquel said...

gorgeous decorations!

Lori said...

I love your tree topper ~ it is so cute!! Your place looks great ~ I like decorating with things that mean something to me ~ stuff I have collected over time. I also love bringing the outdoors in with greenery and pinecones.

Tickled Pink Mandy said...

Looks beautiful!

Jane {In The Pink & Green} said...

We do the exact same thing with the Christmas ornaments, they make the best souvenirs and it's so much fun to pull them out every year! I actually just did a post about our tree talking about this same thing today, small world :)

ps: I love that license plate map you have, so cute!

Tricia said...

Gorgeous! I especially love the big windows in your house. Everything looks so festive! :)

Jamie @ jforjamie.com said...

Beautiful Tracy! Love it!

Ashley said...

I love collecting ornaments as well! We always get them when we go away, but it is also tradition for my Mom to give my brother and I ornaments every year! It is so fun to look at them over the years to see how we have changed!

ps- those stockings are adorable!!!

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Nicole Marie said...

i love that you have decorations from where you traveled. i thought of doing that a few years ago but realized they would probably just break since i don't have a good palce to store holiday stuff

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JMay said...

Your home looks beautiful!

Unknown said...

Your home is absolutely gorgeous :) X

Crazy Shenanigans-JMO said...

I love all of the decorations!!!! Your tree looks so good!