havin' myself a merry little christmas almost a month early

BEFORE

welllllllllll...so i kind of sort of may have severely jumped the gun on the christmas decorating this year. but that's okay, i was in the mood this weekend, and now it's done so i can focus on more important things like cookies, peppermint mochas and mariah carey on repeat. t & i went to whole foods yesterday and bought our little darling tree for 20 bucks. it came with a stand and everything and was easy to carry home with us. to decorate the bugger we bought cranberries and i made popcorn and i made a garland. it was a little harder than i thought it was going to be. i pricked myself with the needle one too many times and i think i stained our coffee table red. but it looks lovely! in photographs, here is my attempt to make the garland. 

i then added obnoxious plaid mccalister family placemats and used the left over bowls of cranberries as table decorations. i hope they don't rot. 

i then lit as many candles as possible that smelled like balsam fir because you know, that scent is rather hard to come by in new york. 

after the candles were lit and the garlands strung, i added silver ornaments and the most darling angel tree topper that is actually a bell.  

the end result is a little guy who is no longer naked and is ready for the holidays. 

AFTER!!!

classy christmas

christmas decorating is something i look forward to all year. the other night my roomate and i blasted xmas music and lit some candles and decorated away like little elves. it was a lot of fun. now it just needs to snow. i have to admit though, i think its really hard to decorate for christmas without making everything look super tacky. i think we actually did a pretty good job this year. sans the snowmen figurines..but they are too cute to go anywhere. :)