[soon-to-be christmas]

it's the favorite time for me - holiday decorating season!

i usually set my holiday sprucing activity right after november 1 & 2. that means, it's 2 weeks away & by this time, i'm already prepping up our house, to make it spic-&-span & ready.

last year, our home was all-decked up like these

this year, i will make decorations for our dining room, main entry door, t&b's & girls' bedrooms. 

to get ideas, i went to www.martha stewart.com:  

table top decors

TWINKLING VASES

loose light strands inside vases

EVERGREEN BOBECHES

bobeches are candle drip catchers

PINECONE HURRICANES

door knob accents

GILDED PINECONES

wall decor

past or newly-bought christmas cards on display

stair landing high window

a swag of garland with pine cone accents

main entry door

instead of a wreath, but our's would be an R

the decorating style is so western, but you can add local materials or tweak touches here & there to fit the style of your homes.

for more of her holiday decorating ideas, go here.