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Color Ideas For After Holiday Blues

Saturday, January 12th, 2013

Do you feel your space is a little boring and blue since you took down all of your Christmas decorations?

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I finally got to taking down the tree and all the trimmings this week. Things have seemed just been a little off, since my mother in law passed away the other day. While looking at my (now) empty and decoration-less room, I thought of her and how much she loved flowers. Using that as inspiration and knowing how they used to make her smile, I decided to purchase a $10 bouquet to help cheer up the room.

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Flowers make any room instantly happier, don’t you agree?

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Another simple, inexpensive way to bring more life to any room is fresh new pillows:

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How about bringing in the color of the year?

Throw pillow cover emerald green and ivory 18" x 18"

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Look how pretty these pillows are from Target:

Mard Toss Pillow Collection

A trend I love that is becoming popular and is another inexpensive way to bring in color is painting interior doors:

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Aren’t they beautiful!? I always suggest using a gloss finish paint, not matte, and to be sure to test a sample of the paint color before committing to the whole door.

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I think painting an interior door will bring instant personality and color to any boring and gloomy space! Another project I have to try!

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Does anyone have other ideas to share that will bring some color indoors now?

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend my friends!

Kelly

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Celebrating Family Christmas Traditions

Friday, December 21st, 2012

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Do you and your family celebrate any special traditions each Christmas? Do you have traditions from when you were a child that you have passed on to your family?

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One I have tried to keep with my family is Christmas Eve Mass. I feel so good being there and I love the joy I feel. But I have asked and begged to try to get everyone to go with me but I can not force them. So I pray for them instead.

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One of my family traditions that I have continued with my own children is to ‘Open one gift on Christmas Eve.’ I do not remember if my parents had a hard time stopping us girls, but my kids beg me “one more, one more please!” So it usually ends up being two or three small gifts. I am such a pushover.

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Another tradition I have kept from when I was a child, is to always have many different appetizers and different seafood dishes on Christmas Eve. Yumm!! We all love seafood!

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One tradition I have started with my family is Christmas game night. We all love playing board games, especially when Dad plays. Every year Santa brings at least one new game for the family.

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We used to do a lot more things together when the kids were small, but now it is kind of hard to plan taking a car ride together to look at Christmas lights. I do really miss the making of the gingerbread houses.

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I have to mention a tradition that I have never heard of before until yesterday when my daughter told me about it. It is the ‘Elf on a Shelf’ tradition. Year after year, children and adults alike are baffled by the mystery of how Santa really knows who’s been naughty or nice. After much urging by the elves and Mrs. Claus, Santa has allowed his biggest secret to be revealed in The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition. At the start of each Christmas season, the elf appears to serve as Santa’s eyes and ears, traveling back to the North Pole each and every night to make a detailed report of the day’s activities. Amazon.

New Girl Elf Gift Set Elf On The Shelf

They say, “Your kids will love it and it will keep them on their best behavior!” Do you have an elf on your shelf? Is this something new? I think it is hysterical but I bet it works!

Here are some fun facts and stats about Christmas traditions in the Christmas By the Numbers infographic:

Halloween By the Numbers

What are some of your favorite family Christmas traditions? I would love to hear them!

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Enjoy your pre-Christmas weekend! I hope you are not too busy!

Kelly

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Inspiring Holiday Tablescapes

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

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About this time, our attention is starting focus on what will be served on Christmas Day and how we want to lay out the table.

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Beautiful china, special linen napkins and of course a simple but elegant centerpiece:

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Look how beautiful, simple and creative:

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I think the most beautiful table settings are those that use fresh greenery:

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This arrangement is pretty, but where will you put the food?:

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Some people are so creative:

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Sandra Lee never disappoints when making an original table setting:

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Do you dress up your table? I do, but when it is time to bring out the food I always remove the centerpiece and replace it with food. The centerpiece is taken off and put aside. I figure for anyone to be able to leave the centerpieces on the table during dinner, they must have a butler serving them on the side!

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Just A Little More Christmas Decorating

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

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I told you I felt like bursting out with holiday décor when the Christmas season decorating began! I do not usually decorate as much as I have this year:

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As I mentioned here, since I was so busy this past Fall, I wanted to make it up with decorating for the Holidays. Between the condo and my home, I realized that I no longer have a mantel to decorate. In its place, I decided to make a variety of vignettes!

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Last year at this time I was not into decorating much (as you can see with last year’s tree that I printed off of the computer and hung up on the wall):

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Well this year I stepped it up a little bit and bought a small tree instead:

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I love it! Turning on the lights make me smile every time I walk in the room. I am feeling very happy lately and I am so excited for Christmas! It must be that special Christmas magic.

But now I noticed there is only 15 days left until Christmas Day and I had better get shopping! Are you finished decorating? Shopping? Wrapping??

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