Here is our favorite decoration! A banner one of my dad's sisters made for each family a number of years ago. It goes above the fireplace every year. Also, you can see the new paint and tile fancy work behind the mantle. Harder to see are the new stocking holders - and I didn't get a picture of the mantle (I don't think) once we put up the pine bows and finished decorating it, but try to imagine... it was really pretty!
For the second year in a row we couldn't locate the family's stocking - well, we had mine - because I bring it with me, and we had my mom's (because it has been lost for a number of years when all we could find were the others.... ironically) and so we made new stockings for the family this year. Here are Ben's and mine. We got these inexpensive felt stockings at Michael's and used fabric paint to make them special. It was my mom's genius idea to thread ribbon through the stitching at the top to make them just that much better!
my mom's and dad's. I had the idea for bells, so I got to do them and I think they turned out pretty fun.
my grandma's and grandpa's - harder to see, but theirs are christmas trees.
the decorated tree - i did most of the decorating after mom finished with the lights. I thought all the decorations looked really pretty this year because of the new tile flooring and the painted walls.
Here is our favorite decoration! A banner one of my dad's sisters made for each family a number of years ago. It goes above the fireplace every year. Also, you can see the new paint and tile fancy work behind the mantle. Harder to see are the new stocking holders - and I didn't get a picture of the mantle (I don't think) once we put up the pine bows and finished decorating it, but try to imagine... it was really pretty!
For the second year in a row we couldn't locate the family's stocking - well, we had mine - because I bring it with me, and we had my mom's (because it has been lost for a number of years when all we could find were the others.... ironically) and so we made new stockings for the family this year. Here are Ben's and mine. We got these inexpensive felt stockings at Michael's and used fabric paint to make them special. It was my mom's genius idea to thread ribbon through the stitching at the top to make them just that much better!
my mom's and dad's. I had the idea for bells, so I got to do them and I think they turned out pretty fun.
my grandma's and grandpa's - harder to see, but theirs are christmas trees.
the decorated tree - i did most of the decorating after mom finished with the lights. I thought all the decorations looked really pretty this year because of the new tile flooring and the painted walls.
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