Now that I have finished my living room, I decided it was time to get decorating for the holidays! I wanted all the decorating and work to be done early so I can spend more time enjoying the holiday ambience.
2 weeks ago I put up the tree, decked out in red, green, gold and silver ornaments only. I love going through the ornaments each year, especially the ones I made as a child, or ones purchased to commemorate a significant life event. This year I decided it was time to add 6 more ornaments to the tree - one for each of my past and present pets! Bronner's Christmas Wonderland is a great place to get personalized ornaments, they hand-paint names, exc for no charge on select ornaments! Living in Michigan, this store is a staple, and pretty much everyone you know has a few ornaments from Bronner's.
On a recent venture to Bronner's I saw they had these beautiful dog bone shaped glass ornaments and you could have your pet's name painted on. I got one for my current dog, Snickers. Then I realized that I should get one for all the dogs i've had in my lifetime and ordered 3 more online. This was wonderful, but I couldn't leave out my kitties, so I got 2 cat ornaments as well.
Also, as we got a new electric fireplace as part of living room re-model, I realized that we needed new Stockings! They are not in this photo, but I have placed an order and soon I'll have Christmas Stockings on a fireplace for the first time in my life! Normally, the stockings were hung on door knobs as we never had a fireplace.
This past weekend, I also managed to put up my outdoor lights and write out my Christmas Cards! The cards are set to mail December 1, and the lights won't be turned on until after Thanksgiving. Scrooges, don't hate!
