Planning for Christmas

I know that Thanksgiving is coming up, and I sure am excited for some turkey, sweet potatoes, casseroles, and delicious treats shared with family and friends. However, I have been planning for Christmas since September. Why so early? Well, this time of year means a busy time for me decorating others' homes for Christmas. I love decorating for others, I get to decorate in so many different themes and bring my ideas to life. Believe it or not I have already begun decorating for some! I hope you can find some inspiration in some of the ways I have decorated for this lovely time of year.

Let me welcome you into my first client's home

My client wanted her entry way to be simple and traditional. She also wanted her urns to be seen from the road.

I intertwined some red berry garland that was weatherproof and a beautiful red, sure enough to capture your eye from the street. When purchasing artificial berries for any of your outdoor decorations, make sure they are weatherproof.

 

 

I made the wreath extremely full and lush by mixing a number of varieties of artificial greens. After the greens were done I added smaller red berries and a wonderful icicle garland that glistens wonderfully when any light hits it, the picture does not do it justice.

Now let's step inside this beautiful home.

 

 

 

 

When entering the home you cannot help but notice the beautiful staircase. I knew I had to make the garland VERY full and elegant to make visitors want to walk up and down those stairs.

 

 

 

 

 

I intertwined a lovely brown crinkle ribbon and a beautiful glittered netted ribbon. Just like the wreath, I used a number of artificial greens to help add texture and interest.

Together with the greens I also added a pretty brown leaves that were sprinkled with gold and bronze glitter.
Now off to the tree we go

For the tree the client had a pillow that had a deep plum color throughout that she really liked. I knew that using the plum with a lovely bright green and gold would be a beautiful color theme to go with.

 

 

I added a wonderful lime green berry garland throughout the tree as well as gold glitter accents, and these really pretty plum icicles I found at Walmart. They are so simple but elegant at the same time.

 

 

 

Here you can get a better idea of the kind of ribbons I used, as well as ornaments and greens. The ornaments were also purchased at Walmart. The ribbon was from Michaels, and Joann Fabrics.

 

 

The tree I found for her was very large, 9 ft and very, very full. After completing the tree, I was off to making a garland for family room fireplace mantle.

 

 

 

 

I used some non-traditional Christmas flowers in this garland, such as a beautiful deep burgundy and pumpkin orange colored ranunculus. Various greens and gold and orange berries were incorporated, as well as pinecones of many different sizes, helping to add a bit of a natural look.

 

A string of white lights were added into the garland to help create more sparkle

 

 

This garland is very versatile because of the colors used in it. It would also look lovely placed as the centerpiece for Thanksgiving in the center of a rectangle dining table, with various pillar candles placed throughout.

There was also a door that lead into the garage from the front of the home. I found these lovely teardrop shaped greens that I felt would fit perfectly for that door. I incorporated the same look as the wreath to help the look flow.

 

 

I hope you found some inspiration and ideas for your upcoming Christmas decorating. I am currently working on making another garland for someone and cannot wait to share the finished piece with you all! Thank you so much for stopping by.

 

Big Hugs,

Melissa

 

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