Garden Fresh Holiday Decorating

I came across these images from Southern Living that were so fresh, I had to post them! Enjoy.

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Why are Red & Green the Colours of Christmas?

Christmas Ornaments

Christmas Ornaments

I was shopping for Christmas ornaments for my tree, that is mostly --you guessed it-- gold, with yellowy gold poinsettas and green glittery branches and well the consensus is, it needs some more colour. So being that my second favourite colour is orange, I brought home some copper balls that went brown on the tree as soon as it got dark, so I’m off to just get the red ones.

In the meantime, I was on Pink Wallpaper’s blog today and fell in love with this photo. What a great idea to hang them in the window like this photo from Country Living.

Christmas Spirit

I always decorate my house for Christmas on the first weekend in December and I was helping one of my lovely clients at her house on Friday. We found a beautiful garland from Chintz & Co. with red apples, white berries and green gladiola leaves for the mantle in her great room. The garland was similar to this one, big and lush:

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We don't have a mantle above our fireplace, it's just a flat brick wall, so I'm coveting everyone else's. We were at a Christmas Party on Saturday night and the mantles in this home were so beautiful, I had to photograph them. The living room had the formal looking vignette, I loved the staggered row of 18 candles with the PEACE stocking hooks:

This was the playful family room mantle. These red feather trees look so amazing on mantles, ever since they first came out about 4 years ago I have tried to find them for myself but never could. These she bought from the Urban Barn a couple years ago.

Can't forget Santa Clause in a Christmas vignette:

And the touch of Canadiana with the moose!

This mantle I found on Country Living:

Sue Fraser Photography from flickr