easy peasy christmas decorating...

This year, I discovered something new.

 new for my christmas decorating.

 new to me.

Are you ready?

Wait for it...

here it is:

Add christmas to my already existing decor!

pretty smart, huh?

Seriously though, this had never occurred to me .

Here is where the revelation came...thanks Suzan!

It was a lightbulb moment

and 

has  made a huge difference.

My previous decorating plan included:

1.  take down existing  vignettes

2.  create brand-new vignettes

3.  figure out a way to store  all of the pre-christmas vignettes 

4.  take down Christmas vignettes

5.  wait until Easter to finally have original vignettes back in place

No wonder, I always dreaded the job.

I am a changed christmas-decorator.

Really, these shelves took me all of 30 minutes to

dust, tweak a bit and add a bit of holiday cheer.

Red balls, a bit of greenery, a bottle brush tree or two 

and voila

it's christmas-ey.

This on the other hand was not easy.

Pinterest is  100% responsible.

I saw this 

and thought "I have all of those parts", 

That is what I get for thinking.

It took waaay longer than it should have.

so, what's new about that?

My Mr. was a trooper.

He is   used to me and my ideas.

We He had to be creative 

to figure out 

how to put all of the parts together 

and 

to keep it from falling over.

We won't be taking it apart any time soon. 

So we'll see it again next year.

 That's OK because I love it!

The decorating of the tree?

It WAS easy, peasy

and

fun.

I used items I already had.

 measuring stick turned star

black metal house  numbers

home printed words

dominoes

kind of folksy, my girl said

I think it's fun and quirky

These photos are from our family room

where we hang out the most,

definitely less formal and frou-frouey.

And yes, the TV is behind those doors.

Just a few more things on my to-do list and we'll be all ready to celebrate.
How's  your list?