Outdoor Christmas Decor

 

Are these pillows gorgeous or what?
I did not make them, but I wish I did.
A very sweet friend of mine who I have met in blog land made them for our family.

 She sewed them, stenciled them, and shipped them to my little mailbox out front.
She is a cute gal from Florida, and her blog is called
A Little Claireification.
Not only is she sweet, generous, and pretty, but she runs an excellent blog over there and I hope you can visit her.

If you would like to learn more about these pillows, which are Target knock off’s by the way, just click here and Claire will show you how she did it.

Okay, now on to what I have for you…Outdoor Christmas decor is one of my favs.
I have seen ice skates used all over blog land for Christmas decor.

Last weekend while we were out, Rick (kicked me out of the car) dropped me off at Salvation Army so I could run in and check for some vintage white ice skates.  They had nothing.
Then we stopped at Good Will.
BINGO!
Except, they aren’t white.
And they probably aren’t vintage.
And you can see me in the bulbs…

At first I was going to spray them white.
Everyone does white.
I must say I LOVE THEM.
I hung a red ribbon, and some bulbs on them, and hung them on our side door.
It was rather snowy that day.
(not)

Now on to my front porch…

I love wreaths, but I wanted something different, and free.
We got the tree last weekend.
It’s quite large and needed some branches cut off.
Well, hello Mrs. Swag.

This is probably one of the easiest things I have ever made.
I gathered the branches together and tied them up with twine.
One tie did it, and I hung it upside down.
I added the bow, candy canes, cranberries, and bells.
Is it me, or does it look like a tree?
I mist this occasionally with water to help keep it from drying out.
You can get a sneak peak of our tree inside here:
(tree coming next post!)

Here’s one more easy idea for you.
I saw this in a magazine, but can’t remember where.
I have this gazing ball in my yard all year long.
I cleaned it up, and placed it in my soil filled urn from Summer.
I plopped the ball inside, stuck some more of the branches from our tree into the soil, and added some pine cones, bulbs, and a ribbon.
I need to mist this too.
Actually, I could water it like a plant.
Cheap, easy, and beautiful.

I better get going…
this post is getting too long!
Have a lovely weekend…
We have a date with our girls & some friends.Love,

Did you know that I am a contributor on Home Talk’s Pinterest Holiday board?  You can find lots of wonderful Christmas Inspiration there, and even me on occasion!…just click here:

You may also enjoy these Christmas ideas from RCD: