10 days until Christmas!!

Survival Tip #9: If it is gray outside, enjoy decorating inside.

I am beyond excited for Christmas! This is the first year I have purchased my gifts for Vander before he bought mine... he has wrapped all of mine while I am still waiting for his to come in the mail, but that is besides the point. I am typically a last minute shopper, but not this year. Most of it is done, and the house has been decorate for a while now. 

We haven't been able to buy much in the way of decorations until this year because we've been more preoccupied with buying gifts than decorations, but this year I had the green light to go all out. After 2 hours at Target I managed to purchase some garland, a wreath, some little odds and ends and various hosting supplies (we're hosting 2 parties this year). I even made my own tree skirt (got to love felt by the yard). The thing I am the most proud of though in our center piece.

Now it is not normally on our floor, but I was trying to find a bad bulb so the 1/2 lit string was already plugged in. I bought a really cool vase and filled it with various gold and clear ornaments. I was inspired by the glass floats that people collect. 

I also purchase some frames and took pictures of ornaments and enlarged them to 8x12. The one below and the primary picture when you open this site (O Holy Night) are two of them.

I also framed this photo from our tree cutting adventure last week in a 5x7 frame:

Finally I couldn't help but print our annual "this is our tree we're about to cut down" picture.

It was really fun to decorate! We've already hosted our bible study party and tomorrow night is our family "Boobie Prize Party". I will explain more about that later :)

Hope you have had as much fun decorating this year as I have!