Merry Christmas!

We just wanted to pop in and wish you all a very Merry Christmas! And we thought we would share our 2014 Christmas Card.

Here is the front of this year's card:

 

And here's the inside:

and the back:

You can find our other cards from past years all here.

We hope you all have a truly wonderful holiday!

A Few More Christmas Images

I just wanted to pop in today with a couple of images and wish you all a Merry Christmas!

And I also wanted to add in a little reminder about our sale with Joss and Main! We teamed up with them as part of their Holiday Hostess campaign and our sale is about to end.

If you haven't ever shopped at Joss and Main before don't worry, here is your personal invitation from us to join the fun! Just click here!

And then tonight starts the final #holidayhostess event with The Nester's beautiful collection:

I hope you all have a fabulous Tuesday! I can't believe tomorrow is Christmas Eve.

The Last of the Christmas Decorating (Switching up the Mantel)

Just like the pom pom wreath we made for our guest bedroom we made one for above our fireplace too. This one is a little bit smaller and has fewer pom poms but they are a little bit bigger and fluffier (I used a slightly more expensive yard on this one that had some wool in it). And then we moved the girls' stockings down here. We got them last year from Pottery Barn Kids. The little mercury glass lights are from World Market and the paperwhites are from Savvy Home and Garden. Adding this wreath and switching out the stockings helped lighten up the living room a little bit so I feel like it goes a little bit better with the kitchen part of the room and the snowballs we have on our hot cocoa station. And so with just a few days to spare the Christmas decorating is officially done - haha!

 

 

 

 

 

Source List:

Fireplace Color- Winter's Gate in Semi-Gloss by Benjamin Moore
Wall Color- Horizon in Eggshell by Benjamin Moore
Trim Color - Simply White in Semi-Gloss by Benjamin Moore
Door Color - Mopboard Black in Semi-Gloss by Benjamin Moore
Flush Mount - Lowe's
Sectional - IKEA
Rug - HomeGoods
Lamp - Joss and Main
Knit Pillows - Soft Surroundings
Plaid Throw - HomeGoods
Slipcovered Wingback Chairs - Savvy Home and Garden
Script Chairs - TJMaxx
Painted French Cabinet - makeover here
TV Console - Antique shop in Camden, SC
Frames above chairs - tutorial here
Striped Roman Shade in Window above Sink - made by me, you can read more about it here.
Drapery Panels - IKEA Ritva Panels
Drapery Rods - Lowe's
Sconces - RH Baby and Child
Mirror - gift from my mom (Restoration Hardware)
Rocking Horse - gift from my mom (from RH Baby and Child)
Urns on Fireplace - Seasons in Williamsburg (years ago on clearance)
Oversized Chalkboard - made by me, you can read more about it here
X Sideboard - made by me, you can read more about it here
Cereal Containers - World Market
Glass Jars - Some from HomeGoods and some from World Market
Wooden Box - HomeGoods
Bottle Caddy - HomeGoods
Bottles - Mineral Water from Fresh Market
Oversized Mason Jar - World Market
Crackle Bucket/Planter - Birch Lane
Antlers - World Market 


And just a little reminder about our sale with Joss and Main! This time we are teaming up as part of their Holiday Hostess campaign!

If you haven't ever shopped at Joss and Main before don't worry, here is your personal invitation from us to join the fun! Just click here!

I hope you all had a lovely weekend!

Our Gray Guest Bedroom With Some Simple Christmas Touches

Last Christmas I saw a few of these pom pom wreaths and thought they would be so much fun to make but because we were still knee deep in renovating the house last year I didn't bother to do any crafts so this fall the girls and I had fun doing some crafts for this Christmas like some faux snowballs (you can see those in our Christmas tour) and our advent calendar and making a bunch of pom poms. Then life got rather hectic and we just finally finished making the wreaths a couple of weeks ago. I was originally planning on doing a tutorial but it turns out these wreaths have been quite popular this year and I'm pretty sure there are already plenty of tutorials out there. You can find one here that looks really similar to ours. We made two. We put one in here and another one down on our mantel in our family room. Other than that we just added a few other simple winter touches in here.

 

 

Source List:

Wall Color - Graystone by BM in Matte Finish
Trim Color - Simply White by BM in Semi-Gloss
Door Color - Mopboard Black by BM in Semi-Gloss
Bed - Skyline Furniture about five years ago
Mirrored Dresser - Haynes Furniture about five years ago
Silver Chest - TJMaxx about five years ago
Lamp - Aiden Gray on clearance about 7 years ago
Sheets - Amelia Embroidered Sheet Set from Ballard Designs
Duvet Cover and Euro Shams - Jardin Toile from Ballard Designs
Quilt and Standard Shams - Audree Pom Pom from Ballard Designs
Knit Pillows - Soft Surroundings
White Linen Center Bed Pillow - IKEA
White Framed Mirror - Savvy in Williamsburg, VA
Tall Mirror - Home Goods
Urn - Had for Years
Metal Sphere - Home Goods
Chalkboard Print - Written by myself and sold in our shop here.
Candlesticks - Balsam Hill
Chair - on clearance at The Loft Outlet in Williamsburg
Knit Pillow - Joss and Main
Geometric Pillow - Target
Drapery Panels - Ritva Panels from IKEA
Curtain Rods - Home Depot
Lamp Shade - World Market
Horse Bookends - Savvy in Williamsburg, VA
Chandelier - Restoration Hardware Baby and Child
Rug - Rugs USA
Shades - Lowe's
White Frames with Lillie and Lola photos  - IKEA

Pom Pom Wreath - We made it

Paperwhites - Savvy Home and Garden

Ceder greenery on the mirrored dresser - Savvy Home and Garden

I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

The Girls' Christmas Bedroom

Well, Lillie and Lola's room has a mix of very bright pinks and soft ones too this Christmas. It probably would have been better to stick with one or the other but that's okay. We made some bright pink pom pom garlands and hung them in their doorway and on the dresser. They helped with these so some of them are shaped a little bit creatively. =) We have one of these pink deer heads in the playroom and one here. They were from Michael's and per the girls' request we spray painted them a bright sparkly pink.

Here's the little tree we got from Target last year. Everything is from Target last year except the little unicorn ornaments which were from World Market.

Then on this little dresser we added some jingle bells and the little house from HomeGoods and the little deer from World Market. We made the yarn trees a few years ago (and probably will need to make a few more next year because these ones are starting to unwind a bit thanks to lots of little hands playing with them). The bottle brush trees are from Target and we made the little print just for fun.

My mom made Lillie the little stocking for her first Christmas. The boa wreath is from HomeGoods (we have another one in the playroom), the little fur piece is from Joyfolie several years ago, the snow globe was a $1 find from an antique mall last year. The little tooth fairy doll was on clearance from Pottery Barn Kids.

We got these stockings last year from Pottery Barn Kids.

Here is the source list for the main items in the room:

Wall Color: Glass Slipper in a matte finish by Benjamin Moore

Trim Color: Simply White in a semi-gloss finish by Benjamin Moore

Rug: Pottery Barn Kids (during a sale this summer - I would have preferred the larger size but because of the price difference went with the smaller option)

Wallpaper: PiP Birds in Paradise in White  -  Ordered online from Decorate to Go - Was a bit of a splurge for us so that was why we only did one wall but we LOVE it!

Square and Bolster Pillows: I made using fabric and trim from Hancock Fabrics

Bedding: Pine Cone Hill - or at least I think (have had it for about eight years)

Vintage Chair and Desk: White Home Market several years ago 

Mirror: Pottery Barn (about seven or eight years ago)

Headboards: Target (about six years ago)

Large Pictures Frames: made using this tutorial here

Dresser: Craigslist

Eiffel Tower - Gift from their Grammy 

Pig and Owl: Pier 1

Shoes: Joyfolie

Drapery Panels: IKEA

Drapery Rods: Lowe's 

I hope you all are having a great week! I can't believe it's just a week until Christmas.