Just a few more days and it’s Christmas!  Can you believe it?  I can’t.  It’s come too quickly this year.  We’ve been trying to enjoy every day leading up to Christmas and taking part in all our favorite traditions.  One of my favorite things about Christmas is all the twinkle and Christmas tree lights and candles.  Today a group of friends and I are sharing with you a little bit of our Christmas homes all lit up at night.  Welcome!

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I collaborated with Pottery Barn and really love how my entry turned out.  The light reflects off of all my mercury glass trees and sparkly ornaments so beautifully.

And then at night….

Lynch Creek Farms was kind enough to send me one of their fresh wreaths again this year and they smell amazing and are so beautiful. They last me about 6 weeks as long as I spray them a couple times each week.

 I used one of the sparkle apps for the above photo to give it extra sparkle. Isn’t that fun?!

With lights in all the glass trees and softly twinkling in different patterns, it creates such a beautiful glow and it’s so fun to welcome guests to our home in the evening.

Into the Living Room…

You can find my living room tree and mantel in this post.

I used a piece of faux fur to “extend” my tree skirt and and more presents and twinkle lights around the bottom (those are battery-operated).

Upstairs is craaaazy with packing for our trip and wrapping gifts BUT I will take you into my office.

 I haven’t photographed my blush and gold office tree in the day time yet this year. But if you want to see it last year (click here), it looks very similar. The room is painted blush now but the tree looks almost the same. It’s fun to have in here while I’m working!

Ok, one last thing…

A couple of Christmases ago when we lived in Dallas, I set a traditional red dinner table and dimmed the lights and lit some candles. It was a sweet tribute to my dear grandmother and the pictures warm my heart every time I see it floating around Pinterest. You can see the post here if you’d like.

Wishing you all the most magical and memorable Christmas where “All is calm, all is bright.”

 

 

PLEASE take a moment to visit my friends below and enjoy their Christmas night tours!

 

Ella Claire | French Country Cottage | Cherished Bliss | Julie Blanner | Happy Happy Nester

Kelly Elko | Rooms for Rent | Love Grows Wild | Boxwood Avenue | Decor Gold Designs

Maison de Cinq | Craftberry Bush | Zevy Joy | Making Home Base | Inspired by Charm

The Lilypad Cottage | Shabby Fufu | Finding Silver Pennies | Blesser House | Sunny Side Up

Summer Adams 

 

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I’m so happy you’re here with me today!  My friend Krista of The Happy Housie hosted this hop and every day this week a group of fabulous bloggers have been sharing their Christmas homes.  If you’re coming from The DIY Mommy or here for the first time, WELCOME!  I’m so thrilled to share my whimsical Christmas kitchen in pastels with you!

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A couple of weeks ago, I shared my whimsical Christmas living room and mantel and explained that this year I wanted to do something really different.  Instead of just focusing on the classy or glam elements of Christmas decorating, I’d felt so inspired by the new Nutcracker Movie that I wanted to bring an element of fantasy and fun.  My children are 10 and 12 and I love seeing them enjoying the magic of the Christmas season.  I wanted to bring a more whimsical feel to our living room and kitchen this year.

First things first…..You might be noticing some pink bows.  I have walked into my kitchen dozens of times over the past year we have lived here since building this house and have thought, “these pretty pendant lights look like large presents.”  

The only thing they were missing were large pink velvet ribbon bows.  Sounds crazy, right?

Well, I love crazy!  Ha!  Honestly, it sounded like it would go with my whimsical Christmas feel so it was the perfect idea this year.

The kids walked in and absolutely loved it, so I knew I was doing something right.

I even added some pretty pieces of a sparkly champagne-colored garland on the bottom of the pendants to add some more fun.

Just behind these “pretty packages with pink bows”, that are hanging over my kitchen island, is displayed the word “BELIEVE”.  I found this sparkly sign at Michael’s this year.

I love focusing on this word during the Christmas season.  For children, it means believing in Santa or the magic of Christmas.  For Christians, it reminds us to believe in our Savior and all that He has promised those that follow Him. I also think it’s a good reminder to believe that there is still so much good in the world.  We generally see more of that this time of the year as people open their hearts, give more, serve more, and love more. I love that.  We need all the reminders we can get!

I found these sparkly branches a while back and could already imagine them draped along the top of my hood.

Ok, I know I said the kitchen is in pastels, but to me that basically means pink and pink and pink and maybe a couple of other pastel colors too. Ha!  We are constantly baking in the kitchen this time of year and I love having a pretty pink cake stand waiting for fresh cookies to come out of the oven and glasses and a pitcher ready for cold milk to share with friends.

I always have my pink kettle on the stove this time of year for lots of herbal teas to warm us up and to offer guests.

I like to keep this pink ginger jar here with my favorite tea inside and some pretty candles with this fabulous flameless lighter (charged by a usb cable – my new favorite thing lately).

 

I had these pretty hurricanes on my table but moved them over here for a tablescape and decided to keep them here for Christmas.  

I found these lovely candle wreaths with sparkly faux snow at Hobby Lobby and knew they’d be lovely around the bottom of these hurricanes, filled with sparkly gems.

 

My friend Lauren Haskell has such a lovely online store of fabulous home decor and furniture.  She carries these gorgeous pink ginger jars and I use them all over the house but they have made their way to adorn my corner sink area with pretty sparkly Christmas floral stems.

It’s all in the details, right?!  So I added some blush pink satin ribbon and also dusty blue velvet ribbon bows to the top of my kitchen canisters.

 

My kitchen island has a mirrored tray with some fun things!

One of my most FAVORITE things is pretty cookies and baked goods and when I saw Peggy Porschen’s charming pastel gingerbread village cake for the first time, I gasped out loud!

 

So imagine my reaction when I’m at the end of an aisle at HomeGoods and I see the replica made into a decoration.  I ran.  Oh yes I did.  Luckily, there was no other shopper in my way because she might have been pushed aside while I grabbed that pretty piece.  Ok, kidding but seriously….I couldn’t believe I found that!  It was the next best thing to having one of her cakes in my home.

 

Pretty candies can also be found here along with my favorite candles and of course….a glittery nutcracker.

 

On the other side of the kitchen….

Another pretty vignette with a candle.  It’s festive and sparkly.  And we can’t have a whimsical kitchen without Santa Claus!

I found the cutest glittery crowned crane at a local boutique and it was PERFECT for my whimsical kitchen!

It just had to go with my other new nutcracker statue and pretty pink tree.

 

 

 

I added lots of fun ornament that went with my theme.

 

 

 

I added a few of my glitter Christmas village houses along the bottom, around the tree, along with my Santa statue that I recently painted and made-over.  It was an old plain white Santa I’ve had for years so I painted it to go with my kitchen.

Every year I like to make gingerbread houses with the kids and I especially like to make mine pink.  Okay, so I make a mini village.

 

 

 

 

I found some darling candle wreath at Michael’s and decided to use them on the backs of my chairs this year as small wreaths.

 

They have alternating blush and blue velvet ribbon bows on each one.  I also grabbed some of the same maribou boa that I used on my living room tree and hot-glued small pieces on my wreath to resemble snow and then used some old mini Christmas house ornaments on top of that to create a whimsical little Christmas scene.  Fun right?!

I’m going to link some of the items from my kitchen below for your shopping convenience and similar/suggested items.

Please head on over next to All Things With Purpose and see some more fabulous Christmas inspiration!

Today I’m joined by some talented friends who are also sharing part of their
Christmas home tour with you…

Friday

The Happy Housie
Home Made Lovely
Maison de Pax
Just a Girl and Her Blog
Hallstrom Home

Jamie Costiglio
Sawdust 2 Stitches
The DIY Mommy
Summer Adams
All Things With Purpose

And the sharing has been going on all week long!

Monday

The Happy Housie
House of Wood
Inspiration for Moms
Town and Country Living
In My Own Style

The Turquoise Home
Amber Tysl
Deeply Southern Home
Tauni Everett

Tuesday

Sincerely, Marie Designs
Satori Design for Living
Finding Silver Pennies
Willow Street Interiors
Confessions of a Serial DIYer

Happy Happy Nester
Life is a Party
Two Twenty One
Tatertots and Jello

Wednesday

Lemon Thistle
So Much Better With Age
Taryn Whiteaker
Love Create Celebrate
Rambling Renovators

Clean and Scentsible
House by Hoff
A Pretty Life
Modern Glam

Thursday

Rooms FOR Rent
Shabbyfufu
Stacy Risenmay
Jenna Kate at Home

Sand & Sisal
Paint Me Pink
Place of My Taste
Maison de Cinq

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Welcome to the “12 Days Of Holiday Homes” hosted by my friends 11 Magnolia Lane & Evolution Of Style!  We are so glad you’re participating in our tour, as we share our holiday homes with you.  A huge “thank you” if you’re new here and coming from Dixie Delights.  I am excited to share with you today my Whimsical Glam Christmas Living Room In Pastels.

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First, did you see my first Christmas tree and entry decorated in mixed metals?

Make sure to stop by that first tour if you haven’t already.

Moving into the living room, last week I shared our whimsical glam mantel to give you a little taste of the theme in here.

With the new Nutcracker Movie being released this year, and having 2 young children who still love the magic of Christmas, I was inspired to bring some fun “creatures” into our living room and bring a touch of whimsy.  These crowned swans were just the thing I had imagined!

I also shared our cozy glam hot cocoa bar station on the other side of the living room.

Adding one of my favorite deer heads that I’ve had for several years, and glamming her up a bit, was another perfect touch of whimsy.

Whimsical Glam Flocked Christmas Tree In Pastels

Tree #2!  Last year the tree in here was touching the ceiling and 1 1/2 feet wider and very full but it just swallowed this room.

This year I wanted this slimmer tree so that I wouldn’t have to move the furniture around. I’m sooo loving this tree and so glad I got it!

I also wanted a tree that was less full so that more light could pass through and also be able to tuck these soft maribou feather boas into it to look like soft fallen snow. I took each boa, folded it over and “doubled up” to make them look fuller and just tucked them in and out of the branches as if snow had just fallen there. I think I used 9 total!
I also have a pretty little tutorial on that middle ornament.

Hobby Lobby had all these pretty dusty blue and blush pink poinsettia stems this year and I was so thrilled!  I grabbed all of my sparkly white stems and ornaments to cover the tree and then just added small touches of the blue and blush.

All of my gifts always coordinate with my tree.  I’ve found such pretty wrapping papers and gift bags at HomeGoods and Target again this year, and the gift boxes as well.  I ordered pretty velvet ribbons from Etsy.

Tip: Don’t be afraid to add small Christmas decor items and stems around your gifts to create an even more beautiful look around your tree.

I love the soft look of this tree as the sun shines through and gives that glow.

I spent hours online looking for dusty blue velvet throw pillows and after having no success, I walked into HomeGoods one day and found these pretty ones with snowflake motifs.

Also there were these blush pink faux fur throw pillows that were more on the peachy side and less on the mauve side, just as I wanted.

On my coffee table I placed some faux fur beneath my “angel tray”.  This year I added all 3 of my angels to this pretty tray, along with one of my pretty deers and this bowl of ornaments.

I usually place my ornaments in a different pedestal bowl but I found this sparkly bowl at ZGallerie this year and knew it would be perfect.  You can use double-sided satin or velvet ribbon to tie on the ends for extra elegance.

Stay tuned because tomorrow I’ll be sharing my whimsical kitchen with you and it will be a treat!  Here’s a small teeny tiny peek.  

For your shopping convenience, I’m linking the items below from my post OR suggested/similar items to get the look.  Click on the arrows to scroll right and left.

Next….please hop on over and visit my good friend Jen at Style House Interiors.  Her home is just gorgeous!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of these bloggers as the week progresses!

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Today I’m joined by a group of my talented blogging friends who are also sharing their holiday mantel and vignettes ideas with you.  Yesterday I revealed my elegant flocked Christmas tree and entryway in mixed metals, but once you enter my living room, you’ll notice it switches and a couple of soft colors come into play.  This whimsical glam Christmas mantel in pastels is different than anything I’ve done before and my family is loving it.  I’ll tell you all about it!

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FIRST….two recent posts probably gave my regular readers a clue as to what my living room theme would be.

Last week I shared my diy ornament for the living room tree and it was a fun little sneak peek.

Then, I revealed our cozy glam hot cocoa bar cart here in the living room which also shared the same color palette and soft elements.

Whimsical Glam Christmas Mantel In Pastels

Ok, so as I write this blog post, we still haven’t seen the new Nutcracker Movie.  However, just seeing the previews over and over and reflecting on the Christmas tradition of going so many years at Christmas, I wanted to do something in my living room that brought that same kind of feeling.  The fantasy, the dreamland, the playfulness and magic…I wanted to bring a little bit of that fun into my living room and kitchen.  I’ll reveal the rest of my living room and tree, as well as my kitchen in the next couple of days!

I found the prettiest crane (not shown but I’ll be revealing soon) with a gold glitter crown at a local boutique last week and it gave me an idea.  I wanted two swans on either end of my mantel, sitting on mercury glass candlesticks.  Swans are so pretty and regal, elegant and graceful.  They were the perfect way to start this mantel.

I added my 3M hooks along the front of my mantel for my stockings and separate ones for my garland.  After a few hours of letting them set and adhere, I added my garland and stocking to the correct hooks.

These fun snowflake stands (found them a couple years ago at Hobby Lobby) seemed like the perfect thing to place on the inside of the swans on my mantel.

Then I started placing all my pretty glittered Christmas magnolia stems, white glitter berry stems, faux fur pom poms, blush Christmas floral stems, blush feathers, sparkly white Christmas stems, sparkly snowflake picks, and other sparkly ornaments.

 

We’ve had the snowflake stockings for a few years but 2 years ago I added faux fur to the cuff and loved it.  This year I added cute dusty blue velvet bows and ribbon to each stocking to tie in the dusty blue.

I love it.  It’s removable and just a fun accessory.

Then for the fun part!  I also found this pretty gold glitter star garland at a local boutique and hung it from my faux pine garland.

I went into my craft room and grabbed old chandelier prism strands and also a couple yards of rhinestone trim and hung them, overlapping the other garlands, across the bottom of the front as well.

Then, I attached them with small ornament hooks.  There were a handful of acrylic gem ornaments left over from other trees so I hung them in between the garlands to dangle.

This is how it looks with the lights off.

And with the lights on!  Fun, right?!  The kids are in love!  Once you see it with the rest of the room and kitchen and dining area, you’ll see how it all comes together.  It’s like a little bit of magic in our home!

 

Please hop on over to my other friends and visit their mantels and vignettes below! 

The Happy Housie // House by Hoff // Rooms FOR Rent // The Turquoise Home

Lolly Jane // Just a Girl and Her Blog / / Taryn Whiteaker Designs / / My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

So Much Better With Age // Finding Silver Pennies // Home Made Lovely // Designthusiasm

tatertots and jello // Clean and Scentsible // All Things With Purpose // Tauni Everett

Craftberry Bush // Hallstrom Home // Rambling Renovators // Deeply Southern Home

Modern Glam // Summer Adams // Happy Happy Nester // Town and Country Living

Willow Street Interiors // Sawdust to Stitches // Life is a Party

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I’m getting very close to revealing 2 of my 4 Christmas trees but until then, I’m sharing my cozy glam hot cocoa bar cart area in my living room.  This will give you an idea, just like my diy ornament post the other day, of the colors I’m using in this space and on this tree.

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WAIT! 
Before I show you this year’s hot cocoa bar cart, let’s take….

A Look Back At Christmas Bar Carts Past

Christmas 2015 Hot Cocoa Bar Cart

Christmas 2016 Hot Cocoa Bar Cart

Christmas 2017 Hot Cocoa Bar Cart
(No blog post on this one)

So funny….our company had us moving around before we built this house and settled down so those Christmases were in Las Vegas, Dallas, and here in Vancouver Washington.  Christmas decorating and entertaining has never looked the same haha!  But boy, am I grateful to finally be settled and to spend our 2nd Christmas in our new home!!

Cozy Glam Bar Cart in Pastels

I wanted to create a cozy little bar cart area for people to sit and drink their hot cocoa so I brought over a faux fur rug and a couple extra dining chairs.

The “crowning piece” (no pun intended) to this bar cart was this darling white sequin deer head.  I bought it years ago at a fun antique show.  It was a large ornament but also made with hooks on the back to hang on the wall, as I always have.

I recently purchased this darling brass wreath and hung it on the wall with the deer head coming through.  I added this little rhinestone crown from my stash of craft stuff in my office and also added this double-sided satin blush ribbon and bow to dress her up.

I still wanted a flocked wreath around her head though so I added it and it looks even prettier than before, based with that brass wreath.  I always love layering pieces when it comes to decor.

I made my own hot cocoa banner a couple of years ago.  I love using apothecary jars for the cocoa mix and marshmallows.  A tray with extra mugs and bowls for snacks is essential and on the bottom you only need some decor.  I made sure to add a few spoons for stirring and something to grab the marshmallows so that no little hands were reaching inside and spreading Christmas-season germ.  Ick! I also made sure to coordinate my throw pillows and blankets with the rest of the room (stay tuned as I’m revealing the living room tree and mantel this week).

I wish you could all come over for a hot cup of cocoa and extra marshmallows!

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