It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

In my last post, I wrote of being sick. Well, part of that prevented me from putting up our Christmas tree decor. Hubs was sick, too. So, he wasn't much help either. We both looked extremely pitiful and sounded even worse.

 Anyway, I was determined to get the tree and decor up. Two weekends (and my birthday) after my original decorating date, the tree went up. Little Maxi had a blast "helping" with the tree. He is fascinated by the glitter ball ornaments. Coco? Not so much.

Crate and Barrel ornament

Brand New Restoration Hardware ornaments

 I purchased quite a few brand new ornaments this year. Over the last twelve years, we have had gold and maroon colors because those were the main colors in our old home. This year I opted to change to browns, golds and silvers. Lots of sparkly ones! We also started collected Christmas ornaments from trips we take. I wish we had started this a while ago. We would have had some very cool ones. We have some from NYC, Nassau, St.Lucia - as well as a few others. I also have a few Starbucks drink ornaments from over the years. We recently purchased an Angry Birds (for Domi) and Hello Kitty (for Gabrielle) ornaments for the tree. You should have seen Gabrielle and Domi's faces when they saw them! Pure joy!

During a shopping trip to Restoration Hardware at  The Fashion Mall, I found the most beautiful red glass ornaments. They are spectacular. They are heavy and add just the right amount of color to our tree. Best? They were on sale. Yep, a great sale before the day after Christmas sale. I am planning to purchase more very soon. Hopefully, they will still have some left when I go back.

My husband also has been busy building built-ins on both sides of our fireplace. He's almost finished, just a few more finishing touches. I keep trying to put decor on them, but he keeps saying "I'm not done yet". Maybe he won't notice the shelf with the lighted garland and silver decor - lol.

We still have a few more ornamnets to put on  just to fill in some spaces.

Nordstrom ornament

  One of my dear friends is a HUGE old movie buff. She has their tree decorated with ornaments from Little Women, The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind and more. I love it! I am really into themed trees this year.


What colors are you decorating with this year?