Decorating nearly, almost, completely done!

Day 124

Besides sewing like a madwoman trying to keep up with orders we all spent the weekend decorating the downstairs in our holiday style. Holiday style meaning-our favorites, the kids choices and just what makes us feel good....not really into color matching or doing up every little corner just cause I want the decorations where we always are, where we can feel cozy....

....we popped in our favorite holiday movie Christmas Vacation...and went to town decorating....

.....one of my 3 prototype snowpeople that the girls like to snuggle up with, he is standing guard over the girls' wooden shoes waiting for Santa's goodies....

Found this nativity at one of my thrifting outings and although we are not of any particular faith the girls and I wanted to set one up because they are fun to play with and move the people around--this set had extra people in it so the extra Marys are angels

The girls made this tree topper with a random loose garland wrapped around an orphaned embroidery hoop--very sparkly!

The tree garland was made by looping the TONS of Gasparilla beads the girls have amassed over the years and the garland was so long it actually stretched throughout the entire house, we know we tried it and had to spend an hour untangling it after the cats decided to 'help' stretch it out

The first of the coffee filter snowflakes appear on the ceiling... we will add more and white lights which make the snowflakes glow at night--we got the idea when we first saw the movie Elf and it has been a tradition ever since--plus I love snow and we don't see much of it in this part of the Albuquerque desert.

when will the fairies come out? G2 checks every day for signs the fairies are home in our little festive teeny holiday house...

my wooden shoes that I was given when I was 1 years old and have used ever since....although Santa has not put that winning lotto ticket in yet I've been asking for, bummer ;)

I love old worn ornaments and decided to gather them all into a bowl this year, again sparkly, its all about the sparkle!

Can't wait to see more decorations....what will you create today?