Just a quick post for y’all today!
Anyone else obsessed with all things coquette and grandmillenial design or decor? I’m combing the two in this post for something special. I’m so thrilled to offer this darling little free blue chinoiserie Christmas gift tag to download (for personal use only) and also share this affordable gift idea.

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Choose a dish towel you love and grab some ribbon, scissors, some yarn or twin to attach the tag first. I’ve linked to all the items I used at the end of this post below!

Grab some white cardstock and then click on the link below to print gift tags!

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It’s my favorite time of year!!! *squeal* I feel a little bit like Buddy the Elf once all my Christmas decor is up and I find myself smiling so much more. The whole world changes. Not only is it the time to celebrate the birth of Jesus and a time where we all tend to give a little more and open our hearts, it’s also a fun time to get together with fellow blogger friends and share our Christmas tours with you. The last couple of years have been slower for me in the blogging world and I’ve stepped back a LOT, as I’ve focused on my healing journey, our big move across the country, and being present with my teenagers. However, I won’t let an opportunity to do these wonderful Christmas tours pass me by because it’s so inspiring and so very fun. Grab some tea and join me as we tour living rooms today but make sure to join us all week. I’m sharing my glam blue, white and gold Christmas living room. Oh! And a huge welcome if you’ve never been here before and are coming from Sarah’s blog at Thrifty Decor Chick. How fabulous was her tour?!

 

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Meet Gracie. She’s our furry photo-bomber. If she hears me snapping pics, she thinks she needs to get all up in my face and look at the camera to get a treat…ha! She’s a riot. 

So, I’ve done a spa blue Christmas tree before but never an actual blue and white and gold Christmas tree. My plans were to do a green tree this year and a totally different mantel but I just bought this rug over the summer and I just couldn’t put it away for the holidays since I loved it so much. So I went with having a Blue Christmas. {cue Elvis song…it’ll be stuck in your head now for the day…you’re welcome}

We have 4-5 trees up each year. I know… it’s a lot. All our real presents are upstairs under our “Santa” tree (traditional red, green and white kids’ tree) so I love all these lovely wrapped gift boxes downstairs so that it doesn’t look empty. It’s a great way to decorate but to store? It takes extra tubs. I stack them inside each other and save all the ribbon in them in case I use the same ribbon again.

>>BTW, I’ll be linking all the products I’ve used in this post at the end.<<

My favorite thing about this room this year might be the built-ins they just put in this week.

This was just a blank wall before and I needed storage space. I really miss our built-ins from the last house and they are fun to style for any holiday or time of year.

 

 

I usually put my ginger jars away at Christmas and make room for mercury glass trees and other decor but I thought it would be so cute to keep them out this year and put bows on some.

Here’s another way to decorate with your ginger jars. Place them next to the tree and create a vignette with something like a tall lantern.

I had to use my rhinestone-trimmed velvet white ribbon (found a few years ago by D. Stevens) instead of blue ribbon because it’s just so pretty. It’s my third year using it and I’ve never seen a prettier ribbon so I’ll work it in any way I can.

A great tip for decorating any tree is to not use all the same sized ornaments. Have large ones and small ones, all different sizes.

I fell in-love with these gorgeous blue magnolia stems and had to use them. I also found…

…these dusty blue Christmas floral stems.

Tip: Using different blue-colored florals and ornaments adds more dimension and texture to a tree instead of everything just being one shade.

I really love the blue fawn-printed pillows that I’ve had for several years but wanted to create more of a winter look.

So I paired them with these blue velvet color block pillows. I love them together.

Styling a Christmas coffee table is so fun!

I’ve been bombarded with emails and messages about this precious nativity set every year and is my favorite piece on my coffee table. When we lived in Waco, TX years ago, I found it at a garage sale for $8. Put anything under a glass cloche and it’ll be cute. I have it sitting on a round marble tray and added a simple garland. How do you display your nativities?

Y’all I’m DYING! There were several shots of this angle but the cute photo-bomber struck again and I’m using this photo. I did the same thing as last year with my ribbon, making it look like it just weaves in and out of the garland.

 

 

Comment and ask any questions below! Next up on our tour is the lovely Christmas living room of Juliet’s at Make Mine A Spritzer. Enjoy!

Monday, November 28th (Front Porch/Outdoor Spaces)
Evolution of Style | Maison de Cinq | Home by Heidi | Southern Hospitality | Cindy Hattersley Design  

Tuesday, November 29th (Entries/Dining Rooms)
Hello Lovely | A Stroll Thru Life | County Road 407 | Southern Heather | Classic Casual Home | Most Lovely Things

 

Wednesday, November 30th (Living Rooms/Dens)
Northern California Style | Thrifty Decor Chick | Summer Adams | Make Mine a Spritzer | Sincerely Marie Designs | Postcards from the Ridge

 

Thursday, December 1st (Mantels/Kitchens/Laundry Rooms)
Southern Hospitality | Cindy Hattersley Design | Home with a Twist | Sincerely Marie Designs | Citrine Living

Friday, December 2nd (Bedrooms)
Dimples and Tangles | This is Our Bliss | Shine Your Light | Sincerely Marie Designs

 

 

 
 

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We’re just over 2 weeks away until it’s Christmas and, if you’re like me, you’re scrambling to get gifts and finish your shopping.  I’ve got you covered with lots of great ideas today AND if you’re still saying you don’t know what you want for Christmas when asked by your loved ones, maybe this will give you some ideas and you can forward the post on. This is the ultimate holiday gift guide!

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I hope that helps and gives you some great ideas! Happy Shopping!

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Welcome to the second week of the Seasonal Simplicity Christmas Series! Today a group of my blogging friends and I are sharing our DIY Gift Ideas to help inspire you for the upcoming holiday season.  My closest girlfriends are like me. They appreciate pretty things with sparkle and bling.  I love adding special ornaments to gifts at Christmas time.  I made these DIY glam rhinestone bow ornaments and knew I had to share them with all of you on the blog and knew they’d also be the perfect gift idea too!

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I’ve always thought that there needed to be someone who made big pretty sparkly ornaments with big bows.  I saw some on Etsy last year but they were really expensive with high shipping prices from Eastern Europe so I knew this year I would just finally sit down and make my own like I’d planned on.

They were so easy and fun.  They just take some patience because there are a few parts.  This is where you make some tea or hot cocoa and turn on some of your favorite Hallmark Christmas movies and craft away.

Supplies:

•Box of ornaments (I chose these matte ivory ornaments. Buy online and pick them up.)
•Double face satin ribbon 7/8″
•Scissors
•Hot Glue Gun
•Tweezers
•Needle and thread
• Small Rhinestone Center (can’t be very heavy, keep it light)
•E-6000 Glue
•Simplicity Gold Apparel Rhinestone Trim (from JoAnn Fabric but this, this, and this could be great alternatives)
•Hand towel doubled over (and then again on the back half) to work on
•Gold Shadow Flatback Swarovski Crystals 34ss
•Clear Flatback Swarovski Crystals 16ss and also 20ss
•Gold ornament hooks

Instructions:

First, cut a desired amount of ribbon to make a double-layered bow. Use your needle and thread to stitch it through the center and wrap around and pull it tight and tie it off. I make them all at once and set aside.

Next (and forgive me but I forgot to photograph this part) cut a small inch of ribbon and fold the outsides toward the center, putting the raw edges in back. Lightly hot glue against the bow and wrap ends around the back of bow and hot glue as well. Then center and hot glue back of bow against silver top of ornament.

Cut piece of rhinestone trim and hot glue from top side of ornament and down the side, center of the bottom, and up the other side until it meets the silver top again.  Make sure it’s pulled tight.

Then, face down, cut a piece of trim and hot glue from the bottom of the center up to the top.

Find the very center, from top to bottom and side to side, and softly put a dot there.

This is where you’ll hot glue your rhinestone gem/bead.

Once the hot glue is dry and you know the center piece won’t shift and slide, use your tweezers to grab the golden flatback crystals and lightly dip them in the E-6000 glue. Carefully place one on the top and bottom of center rhinestone piece. Then add the crystal 20ss size and then the 16ss size on the outer edges of that one.

 

On the sides, you’ll just use the clear crystals, 2 larger and 2 to 3 smaller. Then place one of each in descending order in the corners.

It’s super easy but isn’t that beautiful?!!!!

It looks so pretty hanging on a Christmas tree or sitting by itself in a box.  So here’s the question….

Will you keep them all for yourself or give them away as gifts? Haha!  It’s hard to part with them…they’re soooo pretty!  So do what I do. Make a set to give away, and one to keep!

You can give an entire set to a friend or you can break them up and give a few at a time or even just one in a single box (maybe along with some other gifts too). I’m thinking this would be the most beautiful ornament to bring for an ornament exchange, wouldn’t it?!!  The girls would DIE!!

Ok, happy crafting, ladies!  Now, there are lots of other fun ideas from my friends below and I also have all the shopping links for you here in one spot as well.

 

 

 

 

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Free Printable Coffee Gift Card Holder at The Happy Housie
White Chocolate Covered Pretzel Rods at She Gave it a Go
Chunky Hand Knit Hat and Mittens at The DIY Mommy
How to Wrap Baked Goods for Gifts 2 Ways at Modern Glam
Cinnamon Sugar Scrub at A Pretty Life

2020 Free Printable Calendar at Clean & Scentsible
Homemade Vanilla Hostess Gift at My 100 Year Old Home
Coal Rice Krispie Cookies at Life is a Party
Homemade Christmas Potpourri at Cherished Bliss
DIY Wood Burned Spoons at Cassie Bustamante

Mini Bread Loaves for Gifting at My Sweet Savannah
Peppermint Sugar Scrub at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
DIY Wood Slice Holiday Wrath at Jenna Kate at Home
Easy Christmas Snack Mix at This is Our Bliss
DIY Deconstructed Stamped Books at Lolly Jane

Petite Christmas Bouquet at Craftberry Bush
DIY Bath Bomb Ornaments at The Turquoise Home
Gold Detailed Candle Votive at Zevy Joy
DIY Glam Rhinestone Bow Ornaments at Summer Adams
DIY Christmas Centrepiece at Place of My Taste

 

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Happy New Year to all of you and HELLO 2019!!!  I’m really excited for this year and for some of my goals I’m going to continue working on.  I just know it’ll be a great year.  Today, some friends of mine (linked at the end of the post) are getting together to share our top 10 blog posts of 2018.  So here we go!  My top 10 blog posts of 2018 including interiors, fashion and lifestyle. 

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Top 10 Posts of 2018

1 – Loveliest Looks of Christmas Tour  Somehow I knew this first Christmas tour of the year was going to be a favorite.  I invited some of my favorite blogger friends to join me in this tour that Pottery Barn sponsored and we had a blast!  Those mercury glass trees in my entry were some of your favorite pieces (and mine too).

We not only shared beautiful Pottery Barn holiday decor throughout our homes but also their faux furs, like this robe and slippers, which are some of my favorite little luxuries during the winter months.  I was overwhelmed with delight to get so much feedback from all of you telling me that you were obsessed with the robe and slippers and it was either A) on your Christmas wish lists or B) you were gifting them to yourself.  I hope you all got some furry prezzies like you hoped!

2 – Whimsical Glam Christmas Living Room In Pastels  This was one of my favorite Christmas trees and mantels I’ve ever decorated because I designed it for my children.  I have my entry and office trees that are all glammed up the way I like them.

However, after seeing the new Nutcracker movie, I was inspired to create a soft and whimsical living room (and also kitchen) that would bring a little magic to our Christmas.

My whimsical theme carried into the kitchen as well. Search for my Whimsical Christmas Kitchen to see more.

It still had the glam factor but the kids absolutely LOVED it and I was so grateful that you all fell in love with it as well!

3- Master Bedroom Updates For Fall & Winter  I loved partnering with my darling friends at Pom Pom At Home when they asked me to share their gorgeous bedding.

It also featured a few of the pretty pumpkins that HotSkwash sent me.

 

4- Master Bedroom Summer Refresh  I love being in my bedroom and I’m glad you all loved another master bedroom post as well.  Thank you so much!  

Click here on the post to see more on my new nightstands and other details.

5- Free Printable 2018 Calendar  I couldn’t believe how many of you visited the blog for this calendar all through December!  I was so pleasantly surprised. Guess what?  My 2019 calendar will be available on the blog TOMORROW so make sure to check back for it!  It’s going to be beautiful!  I hoped to have it available last week but we decided to go home to California for the holidays so I’m a tad behind.

6- The Prettiest Ways To Style Pumpkins For The Fall  This was fun because it’s really the first year that I’ve truly been excited for fall decor.

I had so many fun glam pumpkin vignettes but the blush pumpkin table might have been my favorite.  The best part was getting your emails and messages with pics of your “pink fall decor” in your home after feeling so inspired by my posts.  See!  This is why I love creating and sharing!  We all grab inspiration and ideas from each other and can create our own versions in our own homes.  It’s a beautiful thing!  Keep sharing your homes with me.  I love it!

7- Blush & Gold Glam Office Reveal  Y’all were sooooo sweet when I revealed my home office at the beginning of February.  We had only been in our home for a couple of months after it was built and it was so fun to finally share my very own office.  Your love for this space put the biggest smile on my face (hey, that rhymes! lol).

It was a fast design but I liked it. Then, a few months later, I decided I really wanted blush pink walls.  So I hired a painter (since my tennis elbow was at it’s worst) and revealed it again in this post.  I know!  I’m crazy haha!  Want to know something even crazier?  It’s about to get its 3rd and final makeover in a year {face palm} and this time it’s going to be perfect.  Just wait! 

8- Tween Girl’s Bedroom In Blush, Gold & Grey  Almost a year after moving into our home, I finally shared Brooklyn’s tween bedroom with you and your kind words meant so much to me and especially to her.

Brooklyn’s about to turn 13 and she chose everything for her bedroom, with very little help from me.  These bow lamps might be my favorite thing in this room. I was tempted to steal them for my office but I resisted.

9- Loveliest Looks of Summer Tour  In every new season, I host a “Loveliest Looks Tour” of the current season’s fashion and decor and this one in summer was a favorite all year-long.

Could it be all the peonies we get to enjoy from May to June?  As I’m writing this, I’m sitting here in fuzzy warm socks next to the fire and wishing it was summer right now and wishing I had some fresh peony flowers.  Between the summertime decor and flowers, recipes and sundresses….it just might be my favorite season.  Who am I kidding?  It’s definitely my favorite season. 

After all, I was born in the summer and on National Pink Day so it only makes sense.  I turned 40 this last year so it was definitely a big birthday and a fun one.  Ok!  Moving on to our last of the top 10 posts of 2018!!!

10- French Inspired Back Patio Dining Even into the winter, this post was being read and pinned over and over.  So, I think we can all agree that there’s something special about being outdoors in a beautiful setting and enjoying delicious food while the sun sets.  That was our summer here in the Pacific Northwest (notice all the new and small flowers I had just planted) and it was divine!

After living in Texas most of the last 15 years (I’m a Cali girl who married a Texan and we’ve mostly lived there) and a couple years in Vegas, it has been soooo refreshing to live in such a gorgeous green area where you can grow almost anything and it actually cools down in the evening and eating outdoors is pleasant and delightful.  I love it here and I can’t wait to keep landscaping our back and side yards and eat outside again!  We also added a striped french-style retractable awning that extends over the patio and I’ll share it with you this spring.

Stay tuned for lots of fun outdoor additions, including a step-by-step tutorial on this DIY putting green that I secretly made in a day for my husband for Fathers’ Day last summer!  Beckham’s trying it out here.  My husband LOVED it!!!!  I thought he was going to cry!  He was soooo surprised and I think it’s his favorite gift ever.  I almost paid a few thousand dollars for someone to build me one BUT I decided to do it myself for under $500.  Look for this in March or April 2019.

That’s all folks!  I hope you’ll take the time to visit my top 10 posts of 2018!

 

Now please take a minute to check out my DIY and Home blogger friends top posts in 2018! This is the very best the web has to offer!

TIDBITS | Miss Mustard Seed | Farmhouse on Boone | Maison De Pax | A Burst of Beautiful

Simply Designing | Bless’er House | Taryn Whiteaker Designs | Designthusiasm | Unskinny Boppy

Live Laugh Rowe | Kendra John Designs | House by Hoff | So Much Better With Age | Life On Virginia Street

ZDesign At Home | Town and Country Living | Shabbyfufu | Happy Happy Nester | Stacy Risenmay

Cherished bliss | Clean and Scentsible | anderson + grant | The Happy Housie | Summer Adams

Decor Gold Designs | Maison de Cinq | Seeking Lavender Lane

 

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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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One of my favorite things about the holiday season is giving to others.  We give more of ourselves in time and in serving others in need, we pay for the people behind us in a drive-thru, we give more of our time to our families and celebrating in the festivities, we bake treats for our neighbors…the list goes on and on.  Some friends and I are sharing our DIY gifts ideas with you as part of the “Seasons Of Simplicity Tour – Christmas Series”, hosted by my friend Krista at The Happy Housie.  My gift idea is for the pink-loving baker.

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While receiving is fun, I much more prefer to give gifts.  I really enjoy putting together thoughtful gifts over just buying something on a list and checking it off.  Of course, when I’m Christmas shopping or putting together any kind of gift, it’s always more fun when it’s something I would like and would want as well.  Clearly, from the picture above of me and Brooklyn, I love pink and I love to bake.  We both do.

(Our cute aprons are from Sugar Baby Aprons and this one was “Stop & Smell The Rosé“.  Use coupon code “#summeradams” for 30% off your order!)

This gift idea seems like the best idea because I know I’d be thrilled to receive it.  My favorite things in my kitchen are all the pretty things that I use to bake and cook with.
(I’ll link to all items used in this post or similar/suggested items below, in the “shop the post” section.)

So I figured I’d start with a pink mixing bowl, added a cute pink kitchen towel on the bottom (not shown) to prop all the items up, a pink rolling pin, pink whisks and measuring spoons and other pink kitchen utensils.  I also found some cute pink marble cupcake liners, some sparkly sugar sprinkles, pink macarons (these can be homemade or purchased from a bakery but I have a fabulous recipe HERE), a pink candle that looks like a macaron, a pink nutcracker since it’s Christmas and then…

…these printable recipe cards with a cute pink Kitchen-aid stand mixer on it.  It’s simple and adorable, useful and thoughtful, and I truly believe that any girl who loves pink and loves to bake will simply ADORE this gift!

**Idea!  You could also include (in pink) a hand mixer, stand mixer, pink ornaments, pink mixing spoons, pink pot holders, pink kitchen hand soaps/lotions, pink apron, pink cake stand or cupcake stand, pink pots and pans (if going for a larger gift idea – I especially like this idea for a newlywed or new homemaker), pink toaster, pink blender, pink coffee maker, and any other fun pink kitchen accessory or small appliance you can think of!  Does she not like pink? Do the gift in her favorite color!**

I’ll attach the document below for you to print out.  Just cut the recipe cards out, stack them on top of each other, and tie a ribbon around them.

Click HERE to open and print!

 

 

Please hop on over and visit my friends below and see their darling ideas! 

DIY Simmering Potpourri at The Happy Housie
Scandi Style Printable Gift Tags at tatertots and jello
Wooden Calendar Holder at Lolly Jane
Peppermint Hot Chocolate at A Pretty Life
Makeup Gift Bag at Inspiration for Moms

Rudolph the Red Toes Reindeer Gift Tags at Tauni Everett
Hot Chocolate Gift Ornament at Clean and Scentsible
Chili and Garlic Olive Oil Holiday Gift at Satori Design for Living
Daiso Hot Chocolate Gift at Paint Me Pink
Gingerbread Slime Recipe with Printable Gift Tags at All Things With Purpose

Farmhouse Kitchen Wrap Free Printable at Hallstrom Home
Potted Paper Whites with Printable Gift Tags at Sincerely, Marie Designs
Printable Christmas Wine Gift Tags at The Heathered Nest
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix with a Gift Tag at Happy Happy Nester

Candy Cane Dipped Hot Cocoa Spoons at Jenna Kate at Home
Etched Glass Water Bottles at TIDBITS
Homemade Cheese Straws at Life is a Party
Gift Idea for the Pink Loving Baker at Summer Adams Designs

Christmas Flower Gift Box at Craftberry Bush
Hand Lettered Christmas Gift Tag Printables at Modern Glam Home
Holiday Gift at Grace Gathered Home
DIY Metallic Candlesticks at Love Create Celebrate

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Welcome to our Loveliest Looks Of Christmas Tour, sponsored by Pottery Barn and hosted by Summer Adams & A Blissful Nest!  We’re so glad you’re here to join this talented group of bloggers as we share our winter fashion and Christmas decor with you.

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Elegant Christmas Entry In Mixed Metals

Every year I do a flocked Christmas tree with silver and gold and champagne ornaments and decorations.  This year, that is my theme for my entry.  My living room and mantel and kitchen are all being revealed later this week and, although it’s still elegant, it’s more whimsical and has pops of soft color.

As soon as I saw all the gorgeous mercury and glass trees at Pottery Barn this year, I knew I had to add them to the few smaller trees I’d already collected to create an elegant “forest” on my entry table.

The Pottery Barn trees are absolutely stunning and unlike any other I’ve seen because they come in 3 different heights to really create that dramatic effect.

I hadn’t seen them this tall before and it’s exactly what I needed for this space.  They also have an opening in the bottom to add my battery-operated twinkle lights.

I couldn’t believe how amazing it felt against my skin.  It kept me so warm and cozy and was the most perfect thing to put on and sit in front of the fire with my while drinking my morning tea before church last week.  The hood on it was a brilliant part of the design.  When I step out of the robe and have wet hair, it’s so nice to put on my robe and head downstairs while staying warm.  It feels so luxurious it is without costing a fortune.  This would be the most perfect gift for any woman, don’t you think?!

Not far from our fireplace, we have our hot cocoa bar cart set up.  If tea isn’t your thing, we have hot cocoa and it’s always available so that our guests can grab a cup when they come in from the cold.

Brooklyn & Beckham (and their friends) love coming home from school and making themselves a hot cup of cocoa with marshmallows and warm up by the fire.  Read the post on my hot cocoa bar cart here.

I also chose the champagne blush faux fur ruched throw from Pottery Barn for Brooklyn’s bedroom.  I love switching out all of my lighter throws for fabulous faux fur throws in the fall and winter and my family just loves getting cozy with them and enjoying that soft feel against their skin.

This throw might be the softest faux fur throw that I have ever owned.  It is absolutely heavenly and would make the perfect gift!  (You can read more about Brooklyn’s bedroom in this post.)

If you saw my fall & winter bedroom post already, you know how much I love this other faux fur throw blanket from Pottery Barn Teen.  Isn’t it so pretty draped over my bed?  I also purchased that long faux fur lumbar pillow from Pottery Barn for my bed and it just makes my bed look so inviting and cozy after a long cold day.  I feel like every bed and sofa needs a faux throw in the winter.

Starting tomorrow, I’ll be revealing my living room mantel, then my other Christmas trees, including this year’s blush office tree (see last year’s office tree HERE), my Christmas kitchen, Christmas tables, touches of Christmas decor in our bedrooms, AND our new bonus room makeover with touches of Christmas as well.  I have more holiday traditions, recipes, pink gingerbread houses and the prettiest gift wrapping ideas coming too so stay tuned!  

Summer Adams | A Blissful Nest | Kristy Wicks | Fashionable Hostess

Palm Beach Lately | The Lush List | Bonjour Bliss Blog | A Touch Of Pink | Jess Cathell

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Today is going to be fun because I’m not only sharing with you my DIY glitter ornaments for one of my new trees, but a group of my friends are also joining me for another Seasonal Simplicity Christmas Series Blog Hop to share their DIY ornaments and Christmas crafts also.  I’m so glad you are here today!

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I’m not revealing my second tree (in my living room) until next week but you’ll get a sneak peek today because the ornaments I made were for this particular tree.  I wanted a flocked tree with a lot of white but also pops of dusty blue and a soft peachy-blush.  While I was fortunate to find some Christmas poinsettia stems in those colors this year, I didn’t find any ornaments.  I wanted to combine those two colors and also a little gold too, as I have some gold snowflakes on the tree and a lot of brass and gold accents in this room.

My daughter, Brooklyn, and I love to bake and craft together so she and I sat downstairs at the table one night and made some ornaments while Beckham, my son, decided to not make any but sit on the sofa and watch a Hallmark Christmas movie with us.  It was fun! 

Ok, I found a box of pearlized ornaments for just a few dollars and I loved those and knew they’d be fun to glitter and paint on.

I had left over blush interior paint from my last blush office makeover so I used that to paint some fun and different designs.  Here’s this one “snow dripping” looks like one on my other tree (that I purchased).

Of course, because I love sparkle, I grabbed my sparkly white fine craft glitter from my craft room to sprinkle on the painted designs immediately after painting each section.

I did a mix of the pink and white in all different designs.

I also had some glitter glue with a fine tip so that made this next little design much easier to do.

I drew on some little holly branches and sprinkles fine craft glitter in gold on them.

I hung it on a small tree with no ornaments so that it would dry.  A half hour later, I used the end of the little paint brush to dip it in the blush paint and dot it on the “branches” and make the holly berries and then set it back on that other tree to dry for another hour.

To add that dusty blue color, I grabbed some thin velvet ribbon and tied a little piece on each ornament and then hung it on my tree.  

Isn’t that cute?!  It was soooo easy and I had everything at home except for the ornaments.  

It just tied in my color scheme so nicely and brought it all together in the smallest and simplest way.

Come back and check out the entire tree next week!

 

Please visit my friends and see their ornaments and crafts below!

 

The Happy Housie // The Turquoise Home // Lolly Jane // tatertots and jello // Clean and Scentsible

Place of My Taste // The DIY Mommy // Tauni Everett // Life is a Party // Taryn Whiteaker

Home Made Lovely // Town and Country Living // Sincerely, Marie Designs // Grace Gathered Home // Deeply Southern Home

Finding Silver Pennies // Heathered Nest // Jenna Kate at Home // All Things With Purpose
Summer Adams

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Hello friends!  How is your 2018 starting off?  Well, I hope!  All of our Christmas decor is put away and I’m getting ready to share more of our new home here on “Tall Trees Lane” with you.  The other day I started you off with Free 2018 Printable Calendars in 2 different styles so make sure to snag those!  But today I want to look back on 2017 with fondness because, while it was both a tough and wonderful year and a year of much change for our family, I’m grateful that so many of you visited over and over here on my blog and kept me going.  Welcome to those of you who are here for the first time!  I’m excited to link up with some of the best and most talented home and lifestyle bloggers to share with all of you, so make sure to click on their blogs at the end of my post below.  Ok, without further ado…here are my top 10 blog posts of 2017!

1. The Prettiest Vanities  I can’t believe how many readers have come from all over the world to read this post.  How fun!  One thing is for sure though….we women just love a pretty place to sit and get dolled up.  I even shared my own vanity.  So make sure to give it a read.

2. Welcome To My Bright White Kitchen  I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for the enormous amount of you that came to see our new kitchen that I posted only just in November.  This was a BIG move for us and, here on the blog and also on Instagram, you were all so excited for us.  So THANK YOU for taking the time to celebrate this new chapter with us.  I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love being in my kitchen, baking and cooking for my family!

3. Blush Furniture & Decor At the beginning of last year, I knew my pink-loving heart had to share some of my favorite blush pieces with you.  It looks like you love pink as much as I do.  And stay tuned because I’m sharing my blush pink office here in our new home very soon!

4. Soda Shoppe Valentine’s Family Night  We had sooooo much fun this night as a family and I’m so glad I decided to share it with you on the blog.  Not only did many of  you stop by to see it and pin it, but I received so many emails or tags of you and your families having your own fun 50’s-inspired Soda Shoppe night.  And THAT is why I share with you and have this blog!  The inspiration that I gain from my readers and vice versa is so rewarding.  If you haven’t thrown this party yet for your family or kids or friends or co-workers….do it!  It’s a blast!

5. How To Create A Fruit & Floral Arrangement  This was a really FUN one for me!  It was not the first time I put fruit and flowers together but this arrangement last spring turned out beautifully and was so easy.  I promise YOU could do it!

6. My Pink Christmas Kitchen  Again, we just moved into this home and I just posted my pink Christmas kitchen last month but so many stopped by to see it, it made me blush.  I think those pink gingerbread houses stole your hearts like they did mine.  I’m thinking they need to come back this next Christmas.  What about you?

7. Bright White Home of JS Home Design  2017 was the year I felt inspired to share with you my love for bright white spaces and create the series on my blog called the “Bright White Home Series“.  I featured designers and home owners and their beautiful spaces and it was a hit!  My dear friend, Sonja, allowed me to share her home first and I’m thrilled that you have all loved her home and loved this series!  Don’t miss her home or the others.  It’s full of dreamy inspiration of many different styles.

8. My Blush Pink Flocked Christmas Tree  In case you hadn’t noticed or if you’re a new reader, I love have an obsession with pink.  Did you know that I was born on National Pink Day?  True story.  June 23rd.  When I put up my blush tree in my office, I hoped you’d love it as much as I did.  Wow!  Your response blew me away.  I’m tickled pink!  I hope you find inspiration for your tree this next Christmas!

9.  Welcome To Our Bright White Living Room  This was the very first post I shared with you after moving into our new home and I’m still so honored by the amount of kind messages I’ve received.  There’s nothing more special than welcoming you into our home and feeling of your love and excitement for us!

10.  The Perfect Interior Paint Color & A House Sneak Peek  I giggle at the amount of people that have stopped by to read this post BUT if you’re anything like me….choosing the right paint color for your home is a BIG deal!  I guess I giggle because it was easy…I showed up to take pictures and that’s it.  There was no table to set, room to style, party to throw, or graphic to design….and you loved it.  So whatever project you find yourself in the middle of, especially if it’s painting a room or your entire home, make sure to read this.  I’m still obsessed with this color and soooo happy with the way it looks in our home!  Any time of day or night and any weather!

I wish you all knew how GRATEFUL I am that you stopped by today and every day that I share a post with you here on my blog!  It’s such an honor that you’d take time out of your busy lives to come and share a moment here with me and I hope that you feel uplifted and inspired.  Is there something else you’d like to see?  Let me know in the comments below!

Make sure to visit all my dear blogger friends (below) today and see what their top posts were because “talented” doesn’t seem to do justice in describing them.  You’ll love them all!

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TIDBITS | Finding Silver Pennies | Stacy Risenmay | Julie Blanner | Live Laugh Rowe

Maison De Pax | House by Hoff | Town and Country Living | Summer Adams | Unskinny Boppy

Zevy Joy | Decor Gold Designs | A Burst of Beautiful | Shabbyfufu | Seeking Lavendar Lane

Nina Hendrick Design Co. | Shades of Blue Interiors | Bless’er House | ZDesign at Home | Life on Virginia Street

The Wicker House | Cherished Bliss | Nesting with Grace | Place of my Taste | Simply Designing

AKA Design | Rooms FOR Rent | So Much Better with Age | French Country Cottage | Thistlewood Farms

Designthusiasm | Love Grows Wild | The Happy Housie

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