Happy New Year!!!

Hey! I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and that you all have a Happy New Year! All of you have been so kind to me in my first year of blogging and I thank you for that. I will be back soon, I plan to take down all of my Christmas decor tomorrow. I have a few new things in store for 2012 and cannot wait to share them with you!! I  did post a new item to my Etsy store. I will be adding more soon. Go take a look!! 

Have a safe New Years Eve!!

~Allyson~

Christmas Powder Room & Hutch

Hey! I cannot believe Christmas is in 4 days!! I am still trying to catch up posting so I am combining the bathroom and hutch today. I have two more rooms to show you after this. Are you all ready for Christmas? I'm not LOL I will be tomorrow!

I didn't add a lot of decor to the bathroom since it is very small, but I wanted to add some to feel Christmas-y. I added some garland above the mirror with leopard bows and gold and red ornaments. 

I added a small tree from Michael's.

Now on to the hutch. I didn't go crazy on here either, it just seemed that time got away from me and I didn't feel like adding anymore. I definitely need to start earlier next year and decorate faster.

I added a small tree to the top of the hutch. I made this last year.

I added some red chargers and Christmas plates that I had. The little nutcrackers are place holders and then just added a Christmas mug.

Lastly I wanted to show you another little tree that I put up. This is attached to the front living room so I kept the same color scheme going. 

Up close of the tree.

Well, that's it for today guys! I will be back tomorrow with another post. 

Have a great day!

~Allyson~

***Christmas Living Room***

Welcome to my front Living Room. I didn't go crazy with decorations in here as the foyer is pretty decked out  Join me for a tour! I wont comment a lot since there are a lot of pictures.

I rearranged the furniture since the last time I showed this room I like this setup better. 

I added garland, gold mesh, ornaments, picks and bows to the mirror.

Awhile back I showed you this idea instead of putting candles on the the candle sconces I put vases. I put glittery stems and poinsettia's in them. I think they turned out really pretty!

I had to use the flash to get a picture of this. That window brings in so much light that it just appears dark or really white. This is the vignette above the TV.

I added ribbon and a cross embellishment to the candles and then placed a berry candle ring around it.

I made this tassel last year.

This is our Christmas card of Jackson's first Christmas he was 3 months. Aww little sleeping Santa.

Well that's it for today guys! I will be back quite often this week showing you the rest of the decorating I did in the house. I know I have been slacking at showing you what I have done, but I will show it to you by Christmas! I cannot believe it is a week away! Crazy how time flies.

~Allyson~

And the Winner is.......

Thank you all so much for entering the giveaway! We had a fabulous turn out of 69 entries! Welcome all of my new followers!! I appreciate each and every one of you and I wish that you could all win :( But, should we get to the winner already? LOL Okay 

DRUMROLL PLEASE

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And the winner chosen is....

Lucky # 21 SHENITA from Embellishments by Slr. Congratulations!!! Here is another tassel to add to your collection. Thanks again to all of you who entered. If you are interested in the tassel that I gave away I have the same one listed in my Etsy store and a few others if you would like to purchase one or if you want one to match your decor shoot me an email and we can chat! :)

 Have a great day girls!! 

I will be back later tonight with a post of our Christmas Living Room.

~Allyson~

It's GIVEAWAY time!!!

Hey!! It is time for GIVEAWAY! I wanted to say that I appreciate all of you and love reading your comments on my lil ole blog. I wish I could give you all a tassel, but sadly I can't. I am giving away a fleur de lis tassel that I have made. They make a great addition to your decor, you can hang them on a lamp, cabinet, candlestick or anything for that matter.

***Ways to enter***

You can enter my giveaway doing the things listed below. Leave a separate comment for each one you do please!! That way I can make sure your extra entries are counted in the giveaway.

1. * Mandatory* Become a follower of my blog if you aren't already and leave a comment letting me know that you are.

2. Follow me on Facebook here.

3. Follow me on Twitter here.

4. Post about this on your sidebar or post.

5. Send me new followers, have them let me know that you sent them.

That's five chances to win! If you follow via email leave me a comment letting me know that you do with your email address so I can contact you if you win.

The giveaway will run until Sunday night the 18th. Winner will be drawn on Monday the 19th.

Good luck everyone!!!

~Allyson~

***Christmas Foyer 2011***

Hey! Today I want to share with you all my foyer all dressed for Christmas. These pictures aren't the greatest, it has been raining the last two days! It is a nice change though, it actually feels like winter. 

Here is the foyer table, I always have the topiary and candlestick on this table, so I added a Santa in a sleigh, reindeer,  a fleur de lis finial and two tea light holders.

Here is a better look at the Santa and the reindeer. I have had the sleigh for a few years, I bought it at Michael's. I got the reindeer at Kohl's last year and I got the Santa from Michael's this year. I just added some left over garland I had with some picks and a ornament.

Here is a close up of the Santa, I think he has the sweetest face! :) 

I added a mosaic candle and ornament candle garland to the candlestick. 

I swagged garland on the staircase. I think it turned out pretty. I ran out of this smaller gold mesh, so I added some of the red mesh I used on my tree as a bow at the top. 

Here is a close up of the garland. I just wove the mesh through the garland and secured it with one of the branches, then I added leopard print ribbon and ornaments.

Here is my other table that I have in the foyer. I added the two candlesticks with gold cross candles and ornaments tucked into the chest.

I added this reindeer tassel that I have for sale in my etsy store to the cross.

Here is a close up of the table.

I added this wreath to the mirror by hanging it on a command hook. Love those! You can see the reflection of my tree in the background.

I got this cute plate set at Kirkland's a few years ago.

I have two candle holders hanging on each side of the wall as you walk into the front living room. I added the fleur de lis tassels that are for sale in my etsy shop and a fleur de lis ball instead of a candle.

I added some garland above this picture. I hung it with a command hook also! 

Above the front door there is a ledge with a window. I felt like it needed something for Christmas, so I added some presents and garland up there. I just had some different size boxes laying around in the garage so I wrapped them with some wrapping paper to coordinate with the colors and made bows for the front. This picture isn't good its really hard to get a good picture of that space, but the garland that I added to the picture in the previous picture is the same around the presents.

Here is a close up of the present. I had to stand on the ladder to take this pic!

Well that's it for today! I hope you enjoyed my Christmas Foyer. I will be back this week with more Christmas decor.


Have a great day!


~Allyson~


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***Christmas Tree***

Hey!! I have finally finished my tree today, I have been slacking! I couldn't find the mesh anywhere until I went to Michael's yesterday and they had some. I have never seen it there, so I bought a bunch just to make sure I had enough. Join me and I will take you through the process of how I decorated the tree.

Here is the tree before I have done anything to it. Last year my parents gave us this tree that they had bought the year before.

I used one roll of gold and one roll of red.

I started at the top of the tree and scrunched the mesh going down the tree and just securing it on the tree branches.

The red is appearing orange-y in these pictures but it is more of a true red.

After adding the mesh I added all of the ornaments that I wanted to put on the tree. I would love to add some more ornaments to it to make it really full, but I'm happy with the way that it turned out. Maybe I will add more next year.

Instead of doing a ribbon bow for the top I did a mesh bow. I made it the same way you would make a regular bow. 

Next I added a bunch of red and gold picks in and around the mesh bow. Here is a picture of the tree all lit up.

Close up

Here is a close up of the topper. It is very whimsical and pretty!

A few years back I bought this tree skirt at Hobby Lobby. I love it! It has a muted green color in it so I added some of the same colored ornaments to the tree to tie them in together.

Here is a picture of the tree with the lights off. I have the tree on a timer, it comes on around 5 and stays on til 10. I love the warm glow it gives to the front room. 

Well, I hope you enjoyed our Christmas tree! I will be back in a few days with a post of our foyer. 

Have a great rest of the week!

~Allyson~


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