Monday, December 19, 2011

Christmas Tour

Welcome to the Hawley’s for Christmas!  Let me take you on a tour around the house and show you some of our holiday decorations.  (Beware, picture overload)
Car

Starting outside, Phil surprised me with reindeer antlers and a Rudolph nose for my car.  I thought it was so sweet that he went to 14 different stores to get this surprise for me.  I laughed so hard the morning I found them on my car. 
Reindeer Mamba with plate smudged
Living Room
My grandmother’s Christmas mice (oh the irony of this foreshadowing lol) are on an end table.
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A comfy red throw on the couch.  I love these pillows because they remind me of a gingerbread house.  Do you see it?DSC_1335
The mantle ready for Santa (Yep, this is a TV upgrade for us; I’ll be posting on this soon).  We put red lights in the fireplace for our Houston “fire”.  And yes, I still have pumpkins sitting there; I just can’t find the heart to throw them away if they aren’t bad yet.  Besides, Tomlin loves scooting them around the house.DSC_1192
I put an evergreen swag on the mantle, added some cranberries, and a string of glittered pearls.  Of course I have some birds mingled in there too (You know I just can’t help myself when it comes to birds lol).  On the left side I filled a hurricane with some pine cones, red ball ornaments, and iced twigs.DSC_0934
On the right side, I have a cross and two candle sticks.DSC_0938
There are also some tea lights sprinkled across the mantle in the evergreen.  It looks so pretty at night.DSC_0993DSC_0998There are 2 cotton-glittered snowflakes hanging from the mantle; one on each side.DSC_0941Our stockings hung by the chimney with care :-)DSC_1194
Dining RoomOn the corner of the breakfast bar, I have my favorite nativity scene; I love that each “character” has the corresponding scripture on it. DSC_1203DSC_1204Behind the nativity scene, I have hung our Christmas cards.  We call this the “Wall of Love” :-)DSC_1334
On the end of the dining room table I have a ceramic Christmas tree with some Christmas colored tea lights.DSC_1210
On the left side of the buffet sideboard, I set up my Nutcracker collection.  I’ve been adding one a year, and still need to get one for this year.DSC_0943
I set up some reindeer tea lights on the right side of the buffet sideboard.DSC_0960
Our tree is in the dining room this year.  Phil took this picture of me decorating the tree.  Didn’t he do a great job?!DSC_1167DSC_1184Bedroom
I just put a wreath in our bedroom, something super simple, between the sconces.  I made 2 of these wreathes for Christmas a couple years ago.DSC_0933
Ruby Trees
I told y’all about my Ruby Trees last year, but in short, I do themed trees in honor of my grandmother (click here for the full story).  These are 2 Ruby Trees from the past, and I will do a post later this week on our new Ruby Tree for this year.  This is a baking themed tree in the dining room.DSC_1189
This is my sweet candy tree on the back porch.DSC_1202Here are some outtakes: I took these pictures of Tomlin playing with all of the Christmas decorations as I was decorating the house.  It appears she is a big fan of Christmas too :-)DSC_1083DSC_1097
Sorry for the picture overload, but I just had to show you how our home is transformed for Christmas.  And since it’s been like this for over a month, it was time I shared some pictures with you, right?  Hope you’re having a great Monday!
xoxo Darby
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