Our Christmas Stockings and Other Simple Holiday Decor

Okay, so I'm a bit late in the game here. Since it's the first day of 2013 (Happy New Year, what-what!) I probably should be posting about my New Years Resolutions for the blog and for my life, blah blah blah. I'll probably get around to that in a few weeks.

 

I took these pictures a while back but just never had time to whippersnapper them up into a post. So here they are. Plus, I'm sure many of you won't be reading this anyway since you're probably training for your first marathon of 2013. (I'm a wee bit jealous of people who can stick to their New Years resolutions.)(I'm pretty sure I made some last year but I don't really remember what they were.)(Wah wah.)

 

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Back to Christmas stockings.

 

 

 

Back in 2000-and-something, when Alex and I first started dating, we sewed up some stockings for each other with his mom's sewing machine. They were cute but sooooo wonky. We had no idea what we were doing.

 

Since it was Coopie's first Christmas this year, I wanted to find/make some matching stockings for the whole family. It was a lofty goal. I barely had time to wrap gifts this year let alone sew three stockings. 

 

On a trip to Canadian Tire a few days before Christmas (to buy new lights for the tree since neither Alex or I could find them in the mess that is our basement) I took a browse through the Christmas aisles.

 

ALL OF A SUDDEN I saw these white, quilted stockings by Debbie Travis. I was like, what!?!?!?!? And then I saw that they were on clearance for half price and then I was like, WHAAAAAAT!?!?!?!?

 

I snagged up three of them lickety-split. Except they were all the same! I decided to dress them up a little by adding some wooden letters, some cedar branches, and some adorable white tree ornaments that my mom bought for me a few years ago.

I bought the wooden letters from Michael's and then added some walnut stain to darken them up.

I hung them from each stocking with a little bit of twine.

The little white ornaments are adorable. There's a snowman for Alex.

An angel for me. Because I'm so angelic, dontchaknow.

And a Santa Claus for Cooper. (The Santa one is my favorite.)

I love how simple they are.

Surprisingly, the stockings fit a LOT of stocking stuffers. Tee heeeeeee oh how I love stocking stuffers!

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I kept the rest of the decor around the house really simple too.

 

I decorated the tree with white lights, simple white bows, a few bells with twine, and pretty clear ornaments.

 

 

I hung a snowflake cookie cutter in the kitchen window. Yeah, so I stole this idea from my mom, whatevs. ;)

 

 

I strung some snowy pine cone garland around the light fixture in the dining room.

 

 

For a simple centerpiece, I put a few bits of greenery and some white birds on my dessert stand that I paid too much money for but love to bits so it's okay.

 

 

And I hung the burlap stockings I made a few years ago on the front of the living room console cabinet thingy.

 

 

So, how's that for a little Christmas tour before I, you know, take all of the decorations down this afternoon. :)

 

I hope you and your family had a splendid New Years Eve and that you get to spend the day lazing around in your pajamas. That's what we'll be doing since it was -30 C with the wind chill here this morning. Eeeek!

 

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