Christmas Was Right Around The Corner!

With all the excitement around Thanksgiving/marriage/celebration on Vashon Island/ The new book/ and all that pumpkin puree (scroll down and you will find out all about these topics) I got a very late start decorated my house for Christmas.

My tree is 12 feet tall and I have lots of banisters, a mantle, doors to decorate and 12 large plastic tubs full of Christmas decorations to deal with. The tree takes a full day. It is "woodsy" full of birdhouses, birds, red and green plaid ribbons, plaid balls and red bead garland. There are berries, nests, pine cones and over one hundred red, green and gold balls. I added another ball to the mix this year. I covered Styrofoam balls with about one hundred white buttons (some mother of pearl, some Bakelite, some new, some old.) I pin them on the ball with a pearl head floral corsage pin and use a sheer ribbon at the top. See picture above. I love the look!