Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Jingle Bells, jingle all the way oopps into - Happy New Years!!! ✨✨

Well here we are,December 31st and I didn't get around to posting some Christmas Decor ideas.

That tells how my time this past fall was. Things are looking up as far as how my time will be.  I hope to get back into keeping this blog up to date with interesting posts. 

Since I didn't post Christmas Decor I decided to make a short video of my home decorated for the holidays. I have never really done this before.  I recall about 15 years ago I did a couple of U-Tube posts but I don't  remember how I managed it?  Anyway I gave it a try this year to highlight my decor in my new home in Dundas, ON.  For some reason it wont load here so if you want to see it go to my facebook page.

My next post will be Trends for 2024



Friday, December 18, 2020

HOLIDAY TIME- IT COULD BE HANUKAH, KWANZA, CHRISTMAS OR ANY OTHER CELEBRATION

 It's that time of year when we start to think of the upcoming holidays. There are many different cultures in Canada and each has their own celebrations.  That may be Kwanza, Hanukah, or Christmas which is the most celebrated religious holiday in this country.  We haven't even finished Halloween  yet everywhere you see signs of upcoming Christmas.  I don't mind because I love Christmas.  We have had such a terrible time this year that seeing all the Christmas decor cheers people up or so it has been mentioned by psychiatrists.  We all need some cheer. Its something to look forward to.  This year will definitely be different from how we have celebrated in the past but we can still enjoy it. The most important thing is to be safe and healthy.  We have all learned how to communicate with friends and family using social platforms like zoom, facetime and various other programs.  I will be checking out more decor ideas and posting here.

I am so looking forward to Christmas this year as many of us are that I am starting this post in October.  Went for a drive to Springridge Farm in Milton.  It's a regular stop for us around Thanksgiving as well as when it is getting to the Christmas season.  They have the most beautiful decor items for your home and for gift giving, everything from items for children right to all the adults on your list.  The wonderful preserves are some of the best I have tasted.  If you like beautiful things and especially Christmas items this is a definite stop for you.

I am very sure I will be visiting many more retailers to check out their holiday offerings  but until then here are a few pictures of what you will find at Springridge Farm.












Monday, December 15, 2014

Decking your Halls....

I am a little late with this post but since some of us are also a little late in 'decking our halls' I thought it  may help.  It always seems to just creep up on us.  This year I was at a little event where the theme for decorating this year is natural, red and gold.  Well that should be easy to accomplish.

When it comes to decorating, why not just enjoy the fun and anticipation.
Step back in time to when things were much simpler. Come up with new ways to showcase your treasured, current decorations along with adding new, simple refreshing additions. Have fun decorating!

There are many places to purchase décor items where you are not spending large amounts of money. One of the most inexpensive decorating sources can be in your own back yard or nearby parks – pinecones, fallen branches, anything organic is environmentally friendly and looks warm and cozy.  You can re-purpose items you already have in a new and different ways.  Since it is only seasonal, the look or theme can change each year without purchasing an entire new collection of decorations.  What fun!  Here are some different themes to ponder – 

Natural Rustic/Organic Theme 

  • Greenery and pillar candles on kitchen counter       
  • Tree decorated with fruit in urn on kitchen table      
  • Small trees in baskets         
  • Grapevine or natural evergreen Wreaths in all windows
  • Tray on kitchen counter, which holds a small live Rosemary tree, paper whites and candle
  •   Large flat basket of greens filled with green apples, limes and pillar candle.
  • Christmas tree decorated with strings of cranberries, gingerbread men, twigs, dried fruit – apple and orange slices, etc.
  • Trays with greenery, and small votive & tea lights candles
  •  Collect fallen branches, trim your own evergreen bushes and perhaps some thicker birch type pieces and arrange in a tall glass cylinder
  • Fill different sizes of glass containers or baskets with pinecones
  •  Fill several different size glass containers with cranberries and then add some fresh flowers or branches
  • Bowls of fruit, nuts, pinecones
  •  Groupings of candles, especially battery operated for safety, among evergreen branches
  • 3 large glass candles with greenery, cinnamon sticks and oranges 
  • Light Fixture decorated with greenery            
  • Burlap wrapped presents in a basket on porch
  • Urns filled with greens, sticks, fruit and lights
 If you have a collection of Christmas Items why not showcase them -

Collection based theme – Santas, Nutcrackers, etc. 
  • Santas or Nutcrackers grouped with greenery and twigs around them
  • Group of Santas or nutcrackers on a bakers rack or shelving
  • Christmas Tree with small nutcrackers mixed among the other treasured ornaments you already have
  • Greenery on table with large candle    

Natural Elegance


  • Sugared fruit on buffet
  • Large glass with greens, cranberries and floating candles on Dining Table or Hall table
  • Vase of greens, sticks and amaryllis on counter
  • Wooden (olive) trough with berries and votive candles
  • Amaryllis in glass with moss and cranberries
  • Greenery lit up on top of kitchen upper cabinets
  • Row of boxes on counter with greens
  • Amaryllis, orchids, paper whites, greens and candles in arrangement on kitchen island counter
  • Sleigh with greens, soldiers, green moss, trees and balls
  • Christmas Tree with a color theme of treasured ornaments you already have with perhaps a few new ones added
  • Tray filled with round Christmas Balls with pillar candle in center
  • Tall glass cylinders filled with small Christmas Balls 
With the above options you can definitely add the three prominent options for this year - natural, red and gold to enhance your decor.

Try to take a casual and relaxed attitude to your decorating so that you enjoy it and leave leave more time for the fun part of these upcoming celebrations – entertaining family and friends; community events; walks in the woods; sitting by a cozy fire; making cookies with your children; decorating the tree or whatever your heart desires.