it's the most wonderful time

A bit of time has passed since my last blog post. A lot has been going on around here and I just couldn't seem to find the time to get to the computer. So for today's post and to get me back in the groove I will share some of the Christmas decorating I have been doing.

Christmas is by far my favorite holiday and it truly is THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR! Since last year we were out of town for the holiday's this is the first year I really got to decorate. I have to say a big thank you to my Mom and my Grandma from whom I got almost all of my Christmas decorations. We all seem to have the same taste in decorating so it's great to have them pass down their treasures to me. 

I kept the house pretty simple and added Christmas decorations to our already existing ones. This is the table in our entry way. All I did here was add in the red and white flower arrangement and a few glass ornaments.

Here are some decorations that I did on my new Ikea dresser that I got from a great place in Tacoma called Hope Furnishings. They are in association with the NW furniture bank and now have a show room where they sell both new and used furniture. They are a non-profit that then takes the money made by the sales to buy beds and furniture for families in need. We bought two dressers from them this one and one in white as well for our bed room. (I'll be posting that soon!) With our purchase they were able to buy 6 twin size mattresses for kids in need. Check out there website at www.nwfurniturbank.org

Love this idea...I put a string of white lights in a bird cage. Looks so festive.

These are some wine bottles that I painted last year with Krylon's Looking Glass paint. To get the effect of "looking glass" you are supposed to spray in on the inside of glass so that it reflects out but when I did it on the outside of these wine bottles it looked just fine.

And here is the whole dresser. Hope you enjoy so far! I have so much more to share so I will be back on to post soon. Merry Christmas!