Make it Monday - Tree Decorations

 At the Gonis party back in October, my order merited a free gift of two clear plstic tree baubles.

I bought some red and gold feathers to put in the baubles to add a bit of colour that matches our scheme.

I used my red and white Gonis paints. I was making some white snowflakes when the paint spluttered so I improvised, making a white background with a red snowflake too.

It's nice that they are different yet complementary. A lovely addition to our decorations in my year of create!

Make it Monday - Christmas Decorations

 Our tree seems to get fuller every year and I don't really think we need a bigger one. I aim to buy one decoration per year and we've received several as gifts. I like a tree that tells a story. There are memories on there from our first Christmas together, the first in our flat, our engagement, our first as Mr & Mrs, our first in the house, Isabella's first Christmas and Joshua's. This year we bought a small wooden decoration on our Harz holiday and I used my Gonis products to make two that I'll share with you soon.

As a result of this, and since the lower part of the tree is a bit emptier due to our curious one year old, I decided to repurpose some of the basic baubles. I bought a bit of greenery on sale at Netto, trimmed it down and filled four vases with that and the baubles. It was simple but effective. I love that it ties in to the tree and spreads the Christmas feeling around the room.

It makes a lovely centrepiece for the table when we host my in-laws on Boxing Day too. The best part is the beautiful smell of the real fir tree branch. I'll be making this a new tradition!

Decor!

When we moved into the new house, the living room was already decorated with blue carpet and some blue tiles.

As for furniture, we have quite a mish mash while we save up.

At the weekend Nico found this gorgeous table topped with blue marble on the classified ads. It looks great, if a little big and so far we are all enjoying it.

Christmas Lights

Nico recently bought some waterproof remote controlled lights. They're perfect outdoor Christmas decorations and we decided to put them in the garden so we get to see them and they're in range of the house for turning on or off. Extra Christmas spirit!