Dreaming of a seussical Christmas

For as long as I can remember the grinch has been my Christmas favorite- maybe bc we have so much in common >:) I have long wanted to make him the theme for my Christmas decor and this year I finally committed to make this dream a reality. It all started before Halloween when I fell in love...w/ yet another creation by the queen of decor Ronnie Hackradt. She had a display wreath and I had to have it- we added some aqua and it was the anchor for all of my decorations. Hopefully next year I will have a chance to expand on them- fortunately I have a whole year to plan ;) but I am really excited it came together and as added bonus has been all the comments from men that the decor has received. You know it's a big deal w the ups man says "now that's a WREATH!" or when the husband says "these are the coolest Christmas decorations we have ever done"- agreed

Thanksgiving decor

Any excuse to decorate right? Again I turned to Ronnie @ lala's land and was ecstatic w/ my wreath....leopard always has a place in my heart. I left my same pumpkin bowl bar decoration
Side note about the bowl- I originally loathed this bowl which was a trinket that survived my husbands singlehood and has some how lingered around for 8yrs of cohabitation. I was planning on doing something w/ it (paint, decorative decals, and just throwing it in the trash all crossed my mind) some how this piece grew on me, I think it's the neutral color, and now I use it as a centerpiece for the breakfast bar...you never know I guess

The center piece I was really proud of in addition to loving the outcome it cost about $5 to make. The foliage was on sale @ michaels and that's where the $5 was spent. The jar was a left over from heb/central market brand vodka sauce (the lazy Italians good friend) it was a "mason" jar and I thought it was so cute I kept it. I had some left over gold in my ever expanding paint stash to paint it w/ I used the same technique from my mercury glass project. There you have it! I have never decorated for thanks giving and had a great time putting it all together :)

Halloween decor

We didn't get a chance to really blow it out on the Halloween decorations this year we are still getting the hang of this whole having a kid w/ a Halloween bday thing and for some reason time really does sort of dissappear mysteriously once you have a little person to take care of and work around. But out here in the burbs if you don't decorate you look like either a total social pariah or possibly a sex offender so even though it's not required it is heavily encouraged through peer pressure. Despite my lack of time I enthusiastically embrace any excuse to decorate. Halloween is favorite holiday so even though there was no need for a commercial grade fog machine or vat of fake corn syrup blood I did use the holiday as an opportunity to play around w some new decorations for the house I didn't get really elaborate but it was fun and I was proud of the result and effort :) in the case of the wreath I was proud of my good taste ;) but also I am so excited to find my new decor guardian angel Ronnie Hackradt- the owner of lala's land. I love, love, love her creations and will likely harass her for all future holidays.