White Christmas

Everyone has their preferred style for Christmas decorating. It may be very rustic using natural elements from tree's and the yard, or maybe your preference is glitz and sparkle. 

I love the vintage look of Christmas items that look like they might have a story to tell. I especially think this mixes well with new items sprinkled in to bring a bit of playfulness.

Albeit that I am not a lover of snow, there is something magical about this time of year that makes me yearn to see a 'little' bit of pretty white flakes. 

Here is look at some of my favourite finds for a White Christmas............

via Canadian House & Home

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...........

via Veranda 2009

just like the ones I used to know................

Pottery Barn

where the treetops glisten and children listen.............

...........to hear sleigh bells in the snow.

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Martha Stewart 2011

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

with every Christmas card I write..............

Martha Stewart

May your days be Merry and bright.............

 

Lynda Quintero-Davids

.............and may all your Christmases be white.

Martha Stewart

I made this Martha Stewart wreath two years ago, I'm happy to say that it turned out exactly like the picture. People actually stopped by the front of the house to comment on how pretty it was {especially stunning on an black door}.

This might become a fresh wreath standard for me to make every year.

 And the real reason seeing the flakes fall is exciting...............

My beautiful Daughter and her baby enjoying a 'first' sleigh ride last winter.

I look forward to more playing in the snow with the girls.

Christmas Wreath

I'm trying to find among the thousand of pictures I've taken, a photo of last year's Christmas wreath. For now I've submitted the image from Martha Stewart.

I fell in love with this soft, cedar draped design and thought 'I can do that'. I was so proud that the wreath turned out like the picture. I used an over-sized soft draped B.C. cedar wreath (from Terra Nursery) to add more of a lacy effect. I bought several sizes of silver balls and wired them on to the cedar wreath, then tucked eucalyptus in among the branches and silver ornaments.

The wreath was so robust that it filled the door of the historical house we lived in last winter. People constantly stopped at the front of the house to tell me how much they loved the wreath. I could have sold it a dozen times over.

Martha Stewart Christmas Wreath