These are a few of my favorite things...

Decorating for Christmas is my favorite time of year... I thought I would share with you some of my favorite treasures... If you need some decorating ideas, or tired of the same old same old... here are some easy and inexpensive ideas...


Stained Glass ornament cookies... you can view recipe here... my sweet husband made me some jumbo cutters out of scrap metal, but they can be found on line too!



This is my third year with them, but I still love the way they look with the light shining through.... 



I love displaying Christmas cards, and pictures from Christmas past...

 I use flower frogs in a variety of shapes and sizes to hold them... Even on top of candle holders for added height...

 Here's a view of how I place the cards and pictures...



Clusters of buttons sprayed with glitter, add some sparkle and whimsy to my Christmas tree...
I did not make them, but I've been thinking of recreating them...

All it takes is twisting some wire through the button holes, and clustering a group of them together... then I'd spray glue the buttons and shake on some glitter...

This guy always makes me smile... adding buttons onto a simple ornament, gives it so much more character...

I started collecting these vintage paper houses a couple of years ago... this year I found some trees to go with them... Simply displayed on a grouping of cake plates, with some snow...

Now that my kids are older... I was running out of space to display their Santa pictures... I took this old window and taped the pictures to the back...  What a difference!   I can display six without taking up much room...

The year after my Nana died, an Aunt made these Christmas trees out of her costume jewelry...
It is a felt covered piece of foam, with the jewelry glued in place...

 Well... these are a few of my favorite things... I hope you will be inspired to try one of them out!  Decorating for Christmas doesn't have to cost alot of money.  And as the years go by I seem to lean toward simplifying...  One of my favorite decorations that doesn't need alot of space or money, is stringing popcorn... So if all else fails... turn on some Christmas music... gather up a needle and thread... pop up some pop corn... and get cozy... soon you'll be spreading some holiday cheer...
***Jennifer