Christmas Entry Table

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The only new things I bought for this area were the $6 brown cardboard trees, $4 felt snowflake garland, and 2 poinsettia plants.  The rest is just a mish mash of old Christmas decorations I already owned.

 I am definitely no artist!  However, I do enjoy changing up the chalkboard every month and have a Pinterest board HERE that gives me tips and inspiration.

I wanted to keep our banister simple, I attached these little swigs with ribbon.

The Jig Is Up

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First things first, I couldn't resist the elf skirt from Target and so Chuck has become a girl elf.  

Secondly, I have already forgotten to move the elf.  Oopsie!

  Evie noticed and asked me about it...I looked her right in the eyes and told her I forgot.  I am sure she knew it was me anyway.  However, I am still telling her that Santa is real and that now she has to believe me because I told her the truth about the elf.  hee hee.   She is eating it up!  Anyway...now we have been taking turns moving the elf, which has been fun!  The first night it was Evie's turn to move the elf, I found her under the Christmas tree trying to escape a dirty sock that was stuck on her head.  Today I found her taking a ride on Evie's stuffed Cheetah.

One of the greatest parts about being in second grade where my kids go to school is that they get to decorate "gingerbread" houses.  Here is how Evie's house came out today.

He's Back!!

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Last night our elf (we forgot what we named his last year, it was either Larry or Bob.  This year we decided to rename him Chuck...which Evie wanted to make into Chucky. EEK! I quickly vetoed that.) appeared from the North Pole to watch over the kids!  He made his debut by rolling down the stairs in a roll of toilet paper, an idea I got from Pinterest.  You can see the rest of the ideas I have been saving up on my Elf Inspiration board right here.

The kids don't really believe and they know it's me...but they still get a kick out of it!  Last year, our elf began his naughtiness on December 1st, about two weeks in, I was sooooo over it!  I was forgetting to even move him half of the nights.  I decided this year, I would start the fun 14 days before Christmas.  :)

Christmas Mantel

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First off, I don't know why...but I always want to spell mantel m-a-n-t-l-e instead of mantel.  Why is that?

Secondly, I had grand plans for our mantel this year, including many pinterest pins of over the top, gorgeous Christmas mantels!  In the end simplicity and ease won out.  

I purchased stocking hooks that I really love and a few new $5 vases.  I filled the vases with stuff I already had from years past and propped one vase on top of a $1 store candlestick.  I also picked up a mercury glass tree from Kmart.  I changed the candles to cream,  added a garland and pine cones I already owned...and called it a day!

Overall, it does give a cozy feel to the room and I enjoy the mix of shiny and natural combined with the creams, tans, and golds.

 

I already had the cream and tan stockings from last year, along with the glittery hanging initials.  (which were picked up from the $1 section of Target...and yes, our family initials are M E L T.  Cute, huh?!)

 

Oh Christmas Tree

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Here is our Christmas tree this year.  We have a red, white, and silver...mixed with some gold, baby ornaments, and lots of Disney ornaments theme going on.

It seems like every year I retire a few old ornaments and pick up a few new ones.  This year my favorite new ornaments are the large gray ornament from Target and the plaid ornaments from Meijer.