Christmas pretties

My countdown calendar I made with a Making Memories kit. I found the frame (which was once green) at DI and stapled some chicken wire to the back so I can tie on the little envelopes. Maybe next year I will add fun little things for us to do in a few of the pockets.

My family tree. It looks a little less hodge-podge this year due to buying new red and gold ornaments. I also bought four bushes of pointsettias (hope I spelled that right), cut them apart and shoved them in there as well to give it some variation. Please ignore the mess in the background. :D

Ididn't realize how blurry this photo was on my phone's screen... well, anyway i really love my tree. This is the one that is mine, all mine to decorate as I please and sit in the front room for all those who drive by to see.

I finally have enough stuff to fully deck out the nook above the entry-way closet. This place gets a lot of viewing since my stairs wrap around it and by the time you are half way up the stairs all of this is at eye level. I think my favorite piece is the Santa hanging for his life off the ledge. His hands and feet are weighted so he can hang just about anywhere by his hands or feet!

This is my new favorite ornament. Jesse gave it to me yesterday after school. It's just a plain glass ornament but his teacher helped the kids in his class paint their hands white, place those sweet hands onto the ornament and after drying the paint let them decorate the handprint fingers into cute little snowmen. this cute ornament came with this poem:

These aren't just five snowmen as anyone can see,

I made them with my hand which is a part of me.

Now each year when you trim the tree,

you'll look back and recall Christmas of 2010 when my hand was just this small!

Okay, it really doesn't flow but I still think it's cute.

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Just a few pictures of some of the stuff I've got up around the house. I love decorating for the holidays, and better yet finding a great deal on fun things to add here and there.