Poor Frosty:(



or  Frostys I should say...and lots of them! 

I saw this idea here and thought they were too cute not to make, so I decided to create them for the Schrader Christmas party and for my 3rd graders.....5 hours later!!!!!!



This is about 1/2 through decorating.  Now don't get me wrong, I was multi-tasking with wrapping gifts while the cookies were cooling and the frosting was hardening, but still 5 hours later.....

I had 72 cookies!!! Way too many, but I just kept going til the dough was gone.  They are really cute, but really hard to travel with.  Next time I make these babies I will be havin the party at my house!

Snowed in Arts and Crafts

I saw this great idea HERE at thrifty decor chick (one of my favorite sites) so I was inspired!  Here is what I came up with...

All you need:  Mod Podge, paint brush, glue gun, scrap book paper, and wood letters saying anything you would like.

Here I am tracing each letter to the scrapbook paper I had.

Letters drying (I made two sets).

and the finished product:)

and the second finished product:)

A little winter scenery

 Just for fun...

I am loving these glass domes lately and it just so happens I found this cute little one at TJ Maxx. It was suppose to be for a herb garden, but I am all about winter right now so the herb garden will have to wait til spring.



I did not want to spend anymore money on decoration, even though I saw the cutest little reindeer ornaments that would have looked adorable to put in this dome.  I opted to scope out my tree and grab some ornaments I already had.  It works for this Christmas and maybe I'll check on those reindeer after Christmas for a 50% off deal.

It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

We finally got our first big snow fall last night!  What a better time to show some winter decorations!

This was a very easy centerpiece to put together, I used things I already had.  The runner is from our wedding this summer, the wreath was one that I put on our front door last year (I'm looking for a new one for the front door now), the bowl was a resale shop find (one of my favorites)  The base was gold, so I just spray painted it espresso, did I mention I spray paint everything!!

Here I just switched out the dried flowers and added a winter touch.

Again, I used a runner from our wedding.  I love them too much to let them sit in our "wedding" closet, and they do work well with winter.  Then I took things I already had out and added some winter holly to it. 

Just a few holiday touches.

Here I added a ribbon bow and just some garland I bought at Micheal's.  Really easy and festive.

Welcome Winter

I really try not to buy any new decorations until we unpack everything from the years prior.  This year it was really hard, I think maybe because I am feeling the Christmas Spirit earlier then usual.  This will be our 3rd Christmas in our home, but our first as a married couple.  We have accumulated some decorations in the 3 years, I really try to stick with snowmen and the winter theme instead of Santas, reindeer, and Christmas trees.  I feel that this makes the decorations last longer as in I don't get tired of them as fast and they can stay up until the snow is leaving. 

Here is a close up of our tree, I added ice cover sticks to give the tree more character. 

I just used a 50% off at Michael's and bought a small bunch of the sticks and then broke them up and placed them in the tree randomly. 

The star was a Good Will find, it was gold, we just spray painted it to match our home better.
The tree skirt is just burlap, it's about a 7ft by 3ft and I just wrapped it around the stand.  Easy and very inexpensive!!

The snowmen on the shelf are a Good Will find that I just cleaned up and add some fabric for their scarves.
Adding a little greenery around a candle gives the winter look without adding too much to the foyer table, same with in the floor vase, I just added some holiday berries.