Christmas Decorating
Jan 21 2024
There is something especially welcoming about a Christmas wreath made from real evergreen branches. Before anyone sees the tree, the stockings or the presents, a wreath on the front door offers the first little glimpse of Christmas waiting inside. And while professionally made wreaths can be beautiful, creating your own gives you complete freedom over …
Jan 21 2024
Christmas ornaments don’t have to come from a box at the store. Some of the prettiest decorations on a Christmas tree are the ones made slowly at the kitchen table with scraps of ribbon, colorful yarn, buttons, felt, paint and a little imagination. DIY Christmas balls are especially fun because one simple ornament shape can …
Jan 14 2024
Ribbon has an almost magical effect on a Christmas tree. A few carefully placed bows can soften a tree filled with shiny ornaments, introduce a new color without replacing your existing decorations and make even a simple evergreen feel beautifully finished. And Christmas tree bows don’t have to be enormous or complicated. The tree pictured …
Jan 07 2024
There is something particularly special about hanging handmade Christmas stockings each December. Unlike decorations chosen to match a temporary color scheme, stockings often become part of a family’s Christmas story—brought out year after year, filled on Christmas Eve and eventually associated with particular people and memories. They don’t have to be complicated, either. The colorful …
Dec 10 2023
There is something especially meaningful about flowers at Christmas. Against the bare branches and muted landscapes of winter, brilliant red poinsettias, snowy white hellebores, elegant amaryllis blooms, and fragrant evergreen foliage bring color and life indoors at exactly the time of year when nature seems quietest. Yet many of the plants we associate with Christmas …
Nov 26 2023
A tiny church glowing against freshly fallen snow. Children skating on a frozen pond. A bakery with warm light spilling through its windows. Carolers gathered beneath a lamppost while miniature evergreens line a winding village street. Few Christmas decorations create an entire world quite like a Christmas village. Whether your collection consists of three little …
