Can you believe there are only 9 days until Christmas? I haven’t felt much like decking the halls here at the new place, mostly because I am too focused on putting rooms together, like our Master Bedroom which is still in an incomplete state and let’s not forget all the oak trim waiting to be painted! Well and having four children to shop for at Christmas time might not help either.
The other night I was visiting the At the Picket Fence girls and loved some pics of their beautiful bainsters. They inspired me to redo my banister and put some effort into it besides wrapping garland around it. By the way, if you have never been to their blog, head over there, they just hosted a rocking Christmas Party! They are some of the sweetest, friendliest and most helpful bloggers around! I love how they are like blogger cheerleaders for all of us.
I am linking up with the Nester’s 2011 Christmas Tour of Homes where you will find tons of eye candy as well! Don’t you just love that, it’ doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful? What a breath of fresh air! Both of these parties are going to be full of goodness you don’t want to miss!
Seeing as it was already 9pm when I got this hair up my behind to redo the banister, I tried to use what I already had at home. I had burlap, garland, ornaments, a wreath that was on it’s way to Goodwill, craft paint, felt, ribbon, jingle bells and some stencil letters. I was surprised by the amount of crafty goodness I had on hand.
I made NOEL with my stencils, burlap and red craft paint. I strung the letters on some twine and then used clothespins to clip the burlap letters on to the garland. I then strung some Christmas bulbs on red ribbon and tied it to the garland.
Thankfully inspiration struck, I pulled him out of the pile and made him into this burlap beauty instead. I found the tutorial for the Poinsetta felt flowers on Pinterest which is by At Home with K. She has a lovely blog that I started following a few weeks ago so I was happy to be redirected to her for the tutorial. If I had more time this year I would’ve added some more to the shelf but for this year, it works. Not bad considering I paid $3 for the different wrapping papers from the dollar section at Target, otherwise I had everything else on hand already. I printed off the scripture trees from Pinterest, had the window sitting in my garage and the picture frames in my basement.
I didn’t do much with the entryway table area. I painted these chipboard letters I had in storage and just taped them to the mirror. They might be from a few of my kids’ names that I was planning on using in a craft.
You can also check out my Dining Room Tablescape here and
Also linking up here:
um…okay so that was one of the sweetest things anyone has said about us! Thank you so much Ange, we appreciate your friendship so much! I LOVE what you did, the NOEL is so sweet. Love how you made over the wreath and the JOY letters on the mirror are perfect! It all looks so nice! ~Heather
PS-sorry I deleted the first one I hit enter before I was finished…lol time to go to bed.
it looks so warm and welcoming! love the wreath and i love the little burlap "noel"… it looks awesome!
What a cute banister!
Give me an A.N.G.E! What's that spell? ANGE! Ok…did that just make me sound really dorky? 🙂 I don't care because coming over here to see your banister and then reading what you wrote was a pretty great way to start the day. I would have done a little high kick too except I might have pulled a muscle. LOL! You are so sweet and we deeply appreciate your friendship to us! Now, your banister seriously looks so amazing and what you did with that wreath is fantastic. Can't believe you were able to accomplish all of that with what you had on hand! It is all wonderful and I just wish I could see it in person. 🙂
Hope you have a fabulous weekend my friend~
Vanessa
Your banister and other decorations look great!
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Oh my! How stinkin' awesome is your decor? All with what you had or very little cash out of pocket and it looks like a million bucks! I am so saving your bannister decor in my inspiration folder for next year!
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Merry Christmas to you and your family.
So pretty! I love the "NOEL" and hanging ornaments!
I love your adorable mini banister(I want one!), so pretty and the perfect size for the NOEL. I can't imagine why that snowman wreath would be in your goodwill pile! 😀
I love it all!!! So cute!! I only use the coffee creamers for hot chocolate too! 😉
I love your tree skirt…I've been wanting to create or spruce up the tree skirt/table cloth we have…I love your inspiration! Merry Christmas!
Ange you would never know you weren't putting much effort in it! Your home looks very festive and lovely for the holidays. I really like your Noel banner & the felt poinsettias. Thanks for linking up to our {Home for the Holidays} party ~ Carrie
Beautiful Job, girl! I like the old window and burlap covered wreath! I also like the JOY written on the mirror 😉 Thank you for reminding me about the Nester's party…I totally forgot! She has been my "idol" for so long now. I was grateful to meet her at Blissdom as well. Wonderful person both online and in person…so much talent!
Ange, your home looks perfectly festive. I do love how you decorated the baniser and I love when they are lit. I have not lit mine this year as there is no outlet within a half mile(!) but will have to figure something out for next time.
I like the picture frame idea for your table setting.