Christmas Tree Decor Ideas

I’m sharing some of my Christmas Tree Decor Ideas and many of these items are on sale too! I’ll link all the items below at the bottom of the post. Keep scrolling for a few tips on decorating a Christmas tree.

Green, Ivory, White, and Silver Flocked Tree

This tree is from 2019 and I think it’s still my favorite one to date. I used my 12′ flocked long needle pine artificial tree. The colors for the tree were green, white, ivory, and silver. I also had some bluish-gray plaid ribbon that I added into the blue decor in my home.

I always add in layers of ribbon. I layered the plaid ribbon with the satin ivory ribbon and the thinner dark green velvet ribbon. To get this look I cut equal lengths of each ribbon and wire it together in the middle and then wire it into the tree towards the back of the tree branch.

I don’t hang my ornaments with hooks. I cut 4-6 inch thin green wire and then attach the ornaments to the tree branches with the wire. For ornaments that have a ribbon or something that is hanging from them, I slide the ribbon or twine over the branch and then wrap it around the branch a few times so that it’s not dangling off the tree as much. Sometimes I will just let them hang but I mostly use the other techniques mentioned above to attach or hang the ornaments from the tree.

I also like to wrap presents in boxes and wrapping paper that match the tree and add other things around the tree like this gold reindeer. I tied some of the matching ribbon around it’s neck too.

My Master Bedroom Tree 2019

This is one of the newer trees I’ve added to my collection. I reuse and rotate my ornaments each year.

This tree had a variety of colors in it but the main color was sea salt blue. This matched my bedroom decor. I added in touches of rust, dark teal, ivory, gold, and silver. The tree is a flocked 7.5 artificial tree.

I also used two shades of velvet teal ribbon and wired it into the tree just as I did in the tree above.

The New Master Bedroom Tree

I bought a new tree for my master bedroom this year. I have vaulted ceilings and wanted a tree that was a little taller. I added some new bedding and colors to my master bedroom and I matched the tree to that. I added in some dark mustard and gold colors and I love how it looks.

One of my bernadoodles, Copper. He’s such a good little poser! Even Copper matches the tree!

Coco and Copper are micro mini bernadoodles and Oso is a long haired chiwawa.

Red, Green and White Traditional Tree

This year I went more traditional in my colors for the main tree in the living room. I used red, green, and white on the living room 12′ flocked long needle pine tree. I also used a lot of red berries and gray and red velvet ribbon.

I like to use branches and berry stems in my tree. I layer them together and then slide them into the tree.

I also used some large gold bells and wired those into the tree.

I only used red and ivory ornaments on this tree and added some green colors in by using the layered ribbons.

Heres a few photos with the lights turned on.

This Years Family Room Tree-Red, Green, and White

I used all my green ornaments on this tree in our family room. I also had red frosted berries and a red glittered star at the top.

There’s also mistletoe stems with white berries nestled into the tree and wooden bead garlands throughout.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed seeing some of my christmas tree decor ideas! I’ve linked many of the items I used below and many of them are on major sale including the trees!

xoxo

TIPS FOR DECORATING A CHRISTMAS TREE

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Christmas Home Tour 2019 – A Green and Ivory Christmas

I’m sharing all the details of how I decorated my home for Christmas 2019. This year I went with a green and ivory Christmas color scheme. I reuse my decor from previous years throughout my home and rotate the ornaments and other decor items to change things up. This years decorations are some of my favorite and I really love how it all turned out.

The Trees

I put up three Christmas trees this year and I always try to match or coordinate the tree decorations to the decor in the room.

For the the living room tree, I have a 12′ flocked long needle pine artificial tree. I used green, ivory, and white ornaments for this tree.

There are a mix of other ornaments, faux mistletoe stems, and ribbon throughout the tree. Here are some similar options:

// Green Hobnail Vintage Mercury Glass Ornament // Fur Ball Ornament White // Velvet Ribbon in Green // Checker Ribbon White Green //

For the family room tree I used a 7.5 foot flocked tree and set it into an antique French metal pot. The colors for this tree were blue, ivory, and brown with some greenery mixed into the tree and mantle.

Similar ornaments: Dark Blue Round Glass Ornament// Dark Blue Finial Glass Ornaments // Dark Wood Stained Christmas Ornament // Rustic Bell Ornament Trio // Ribbed Light Brown Round Glass Ornament  //

Garlands & Stems: Powdered Real Touch Cedar Garland// Frosted Fir Pine Garland W/Eucalyptus and Pinecones and Blueberries // Blueberry Spray // Blueberry Stem //

I added a new 7.5 flocked tree to my bedroom this year and the colors in this tree also match the decor in my room.

Gold Sparkle Finial Christmas Ornament// Beaded Mercury Glass 4″ Ornament //  Dusty Blue Velvet Ribbon 1.5″// Boho Bead Garland //

The Mantles

I always decorate the mantles in my living and family rooms.

To create this look on the mantle, I start with a base layer of greenery and then add in layers of individual greenery branches. To secure the garland, I used command strip hooks.

DELUXE NORFOLK PINE AND CEDAR GARLAND// NORFOLK PINE GARLAND //  DELUXE MIXED NORFOLK PINE & CEDAR //

64″ Eucalyptus Seed/Pod/Mixed Pine Mantel Piece Green // Glass Bead Garland in Kraft Box, Brushed Gold Finish

I added the wreath candle holders to the side with green velvet ribbon and then added the gold beaded garland on top of the greenery.

For the family room mantle, I used wooden beads, greenery, and faux floral stems that matched the blue in the room.

The Front Porch

To dress up the front porch, I added some fresh greenery to my flower pots and some large sugar pinecones on top of the greenery. I added more of the big pine cones into the bottom of the garden obelisks. I then added two fresh wreaths to the obelisks and tied them on with a ribbon.

For the upper porch I added some lanterns and two more wreaths onto the doors.

22″ Deluxe Cedar Wreath// DELUXE MIXED NORFOLK PINE & CEDAR WREATH, 26″ // WASHED CEDAR WREATH WITH CONE & BERRY, 24″ // 30″ Pine Cone/Berry/Cedar/Pine Wreath

The Entryway

Inside the front door I decorated the entryway table by adding a large ginger jar filled with winter greens and white frosted flowers. I also added some artwork to the table and my “holly jolly” christmas sign. (That is really my name!) I always have to have things that say “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas!” This year I had a sign specially made with the correct spelling of my name.

I added some artificial cedar greenery to the staircase next to the entryway.

Our tiny sized bernadoodles, Coco and Copper always seem to make it into my photos!

The Kitchen and Dining Room

The kitchen is so much fun to decorate for the holidays. I like to add wreaths to the backs of my barstool chairs. Here I layered a frosted berry wreath on top of a slightly larger faux cedar wreath and wired them together. I then wired them onto my barstools.

10″ Iced Berry Wreath // 10″ CEDAR WREATH // 28″ Snowed Peony Spray Snow White // 30.5 SNOWED EUCALYPTUS LEAF SPRAY

I filled a white ginger jar with more faux branches and frosted white peony flowers and set it in the middle of the island.

I added some green and white festive dishes and other items to the open shelving in the kitchen.

I love the pops of green and silver throughout the kitchen. It’s a nice contrast against the white counter and cabinets.

I set up a hot coco bar in this little nook in the kitchen.

I set two different tablescapes this year in the dining room. The first is this green, silver, and white tablescape. Because I decorated before Thanksgiving, I made this tablescape work for both holidays. Here you can see how I added in silver turkeys and pumpkins for Thanksgiving. After Thanksgiving, I took out all the fall related decor and swapped it out for Christmas decor.

Here’s the Christmas variation of my tablescape. Much of it is the same but with a few changes it looks like a different tablescape!

The Master Bedroom

Lastly, here’s a few more photos of my master bedroom. I loved the addition of this new tree!

Along with the new christmas tree that matched the bedroom decor, I added a few wintery faux branches to a vase on a tray at the end of my bed.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my Christmas decor for 2019. I’ll link as many sources as I can below.

Merry Christmas 2019!

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GREEN AND IVORY CHRISTMAS

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I get asked often where I get my faux flowers, dishes, and other home decor items so I thought I’d put this post together sharing all my favorite Spring Decorating Essentials for your Home!

One of the items I added to my kitchen this year was a new pink rug. I looked for months and finally found this one and it was a steal!

I will link everything throughout the post so scroll down four sources!

The Kitchen Decor Essentials

I love having a ginger jar filled with flowers and these faux flowers are my favorite! If you take good care of them, you can use them year after year.

Faux Flowers and Branches

Ginger Jars and Vases

I also like to add flowers to other spaces in my home. To add some spring decor to my living room, I filled a ginger jar with faux blossom branches and faux pussy willow stems.

Here I used more ginger jars on the coffee table.

My Favorite Spring Dishes

Spring gives me the perfect excuse to pull out all my pink and white dishes! You can never have enough pink!

This is my Easter/Spring tablescape. I love this french blue color palette mixed with rustic wood accents.

Cake Stands, Serving Bowls, Items For Shelf Styling, and Other Spring Decorating Essentials

I love pretty cook books and books about flowers and gardening. I’ve linked some of my favorites for you.

I hope this post on Spring Decorating Essentials for your Home was helpful. Wishing you all a wonderful Spring!

XOXO,

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Lavender and White Easter Tablescape

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Welcome friends! I’m excited to share my Elegant Lavender and White Easter Tablescape with you!

If you arrived here from  Home With Holliday, I’m so excited you’re here! Holliday Johnson “Holly” is Home With Holliday and I’m the other Holly at Home With HollyJ! We have become good friends after finding each other on Instagram! Holliday loves entertaining and setting a beautiful table as much as I do. We are so alike it’s crazy! Don’t forget to check out the other ladies in our Easter Tablescape blog hop for more inspiration! I’ll share the links at the bottom of the post!

It’s so hard to believe that we will most likely be celebrating Easter without all our extended family due to social distancing and stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s not looking like we will be able to attend church services on Easter Sunday or gather with our large family for Easter dinner. I know we will make the best of it and find a way to make it a special day. No matter what happens though, one thing is for sure! My Easter table will be set and ready to host whoever is here with us.

I have really been on a lavender kick lately! I keep finding the most beautiful lavender-colored dishes which inspired this Lavender and White Easter Tablescape. I bought these Anthropologie plates over the summer and have been waiting for the right time to use them. I think you’ll love this tablescape just as much as I do.

The Inspiration for this Tablescape

What inspired this Lavender Easter Tablescape? Two reasons! First. it’s Easter (and spring) and a perfect time to use this color combo, second, I had another tablescape photoshoot using these lavender and white poppy dishes for a collaboration I was doing for a ceramic company. I figured I’d get the most out of the centerpiece arrangement I made for that photoshoot.

Look at the flowers on the dishes I received from Bico Ceramics! The anemones look very similar to their Poppy dishes. These dishes are out of stock at the moment but when they are back, I’ll link them here for you!

I was able to get some fresh anemone flowers from my friend Amy’s beautiful flower farm while I was home in Washington. These flowers look very similar to the flowers on the dishes. (Laughing Goat Flower Farm)

Amy is a dear friend of mine and her farm is near my other home in Washington. She cut the anemones the morning I was flying back to Utah and I carried them on the plane with me for my shoot the next day. I was so happy that they lasted long enough for me to create and photograph this Easter tablescape. It’s such a blessing to have a friend who grows amazing flowers and shares them with you. My photo doesn’t do either the dishes or the flowers justice!

Okay! Now back to the tablescape! I just had to share a few of those photos of the other table!

The Centerpiece

I created an asymmetrical centerpiece for the middle of the table using the anemones from Amy’s farm and then filled in the rest with store-bought flowers.

Since my table is so large, it can feel a little empty in the middle with just one large centerpiece. To fill in the space some, I pulled out some artificial greenery and layered it on either side of the centerpiece. I then added a few faux flower stems to it. Can you tell the difference between the fresh and faux flowers? I often mix fresh and faux flowers depending on what I’m doing and if what I need isn’t in season. The good thing about faux is they never die and you can use them many times over if you take care of them and store them properly. I still prefer fresh flowers of course, but sometimes you just use what you have!

Lastly, I added the white Easter sign from Krumpets Home Decor in the middle of the table and tucked some small white ceramic bunnies throughout the garland. I then added these bunny salt and pepper shakers on either end of the table. Right when I was finished setting the table and getting ready to photograph it, the rustic candlesticks I had ordered from Magnolia arrived! Just in time! I love how they tie into the rustic silverware I used.

I forgot to mention the table runner! It’s actually two of them! (HomeGoods) My table is so long that I have to buy two of them usually so that they hang over the edge. You don’t have to have them hang over the edge though and one will work too. I just like to change it up and these lace table runners are so pretty. Another white element in the table to compliment the lavender dishes and tie into the charger and napkin rings.

The Place-setting

The dishes are from Anthropologie (linked below~~ the photos are incorrect in the source section so just click through the photos that look like multi-colored napkins) and they are even more stunning in person. I started with a white wood charger then layered the dinner and salad plate on top.

You can see the details of the plates in this close-up shot. I love how the white charger compliments the dishes. I used my silver rustic silverware which goes so nicely with the rustic reclaimed wood table and candlesticks. To make it Easter themed, I used these adorable bunny ear napkin rings from Krumpets Home Decor. I love how the napkin ring is flat on the bottom so it stands up once you slide the napkin in and this is one fun element that the kids will love! How cute are these?

The Easter Tablescape that Transitions to a Spring Tablescape

One thing I always try to do when decorating for any holiday is to decorate for the season too. I try to create my tablescapes to be versatile to save time and expense. I’ll create a garland centerpiece for the table for Spring and then I’ll add different items into the garland for Easter. When Easter is over, I can take out the Easter decor and leave it as is for Spring or I can change up the dishes or napkins for Mother’s Day. So many possibilities!

Here’s an example of one I did for Spring, St. Patrick’s Day, and Mother’s Day! This is one of my favorites! This one here is one I made for Winter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day! I created eleven different tablescapes with the same centerpiece garland!

Also, here are some other tablescapes I’ve created that all have a lavender theme. I didn’t realize how much I liked lavender until I noticed how much I’ve used it in my tablescapes this past year. I created this first one for a Yankee Candle collaboration in the fall but this would work perfectly for Easter and Spring too!

Click here to see the entire post! Lavender and Mint Green Tablescape.

Here’s another tablescape I created last summer with Teal and Lavender. The polka dot plates and the robin’s egg blue colors remind me of Spring and Easter! Lavender and Teal Spring Tablescape

One last lavender-themed tablescape! I set this table in my backyard at my home in Washington last summer when I hosted a dinner party for my girlfriends. I used fresh lavender plants as the centerpiece. Oh…..this makes me excited for summer and outdoor dinners! Click here to see more of the Simple Lavender Inspired Centerpiece.

Whew! That was a lot! I hope you enjoyed this post and that it inspires you to set the table and gather your friends and family. Sometimes it’s good to go all out and other times it’s nice to keep it simple. Hopefully, you’ve seen a little of both!

Thanks for stopping by!  Now, head on over to my other tablescaping bff, Lory,  To Have To Host to see how she set her Easter table. Lory, Holliday, and I have met up in person and become real-life friends. It’s so fun making friends with these amazing ladies who all love to host and entertain! Happy Easter and I hope you’re all staying healthy and safe and that you have a wonderful easter celebration however that may be.

Here are the links to other ladies in the Easter Tablescape Blog Hop or you can click on the links above each photo (above)!

Lory Parson’s Easter Table Ideas

https://jennifermaune.com/easter-table-setting/

https://homewithholliday.com/2020/04/01/blush-pink-and-green-easter-tablescape

 

Happy Easter and God Bless,

xoxo,

 

Sharing updated and similar sources to recreate the look:

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Similar vase:

Terracotta Cachepot Vase

Similar faux flower stems:

https://shophollyjhome.com/products/29-lilac-spray-purple?_pos=1&_sid=61811fe7e&_ss=r

https://shophollyjhome.com/products/24-peony-spray-purple?_pos=1&_sid=feb5ff9c6&_ss=r

Hydrangea Stem in White

Eucalyptus Seed Spray 32.5 Inch Green – Artificial Seeded Eucalyptus Stem

Grand Eucalyptus Spray 40 Inch Sage – Extra Long Artificial Greenery Stem

 

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I really enjoyed adding a few touches of green to my kitchen and dining room this year to celebrate Saint Patricks Day. I don’t usually go all out for the smaller holidays but I like adding a few decorations to brighten things up and St. Patricks Day is such a fun and colorful holiday to decorate for.

When I’m decorating my home for the different seasons, I try to create decor that can be used for that season and whatever holidays fall within that season. I start out by choosing a base color that mixes well with the colors in my home. I have a lot of blue decor so I try to mix in the seasonal colors with what I already have.

The Hot Cocoa Bar

I had this hot cocoa bar set up for my Galentines Day Brunch and I decided to keep it out for St. Patricks Day when I realized I had some mugs with shamrocks them. How could I not use these in the hot cocoa bar! I also had some gold chocolate coins that looked so cute in one of my milk glass compotes. I switched out the pink milk glass for the white milk glass and changed out the mugs. I then added these adorable felt ball garlands and just laid them around the tray. This brightened up the entire room and with all the snow that’s been falling in Utah, this hot cocoa bar came in handy!

The Kitchen

My inspiration for Spring and St. Patricks Day were these beautiful green and white ginger jars. I bought some pretty green and white flowers and used one of the jars as a vase for the centerpiece on the kitchen island. Fresh flowers in a ginger jar or vase is always a great accent and brightens up any room.

I used some of my antique milk glass compotes and my green, blue, and white dishes on the open shelves.  The blue dishes are our everyday dishes and for each season or holiday, I alternate some of my other dishes.

It’s so much fun to decorate the hood over the stove! To give it a little touch of the Irish, I used another felt ball and this shamrock garland. Adding in a few simple decorations makes a big statement. Sometimes less is more and in this case, I think the simplicity is better.

Add in some Shamrock Sugar Cookies and some hot cocoa and you’re all set for Saint Patricks Day treats!

The Tablescape

For the Tablescape, I used the same green, white, and blue dishes. If you look close enough, you can see a green shamrock painted on them. I added in touches of gold with the glasses, silverware, and candlesticks which made this tablescape perfect for a St. Patricks Day dinner with the family.

The only thing that’s missing now are the St. Patricks Day Cupcakes and people to eat them!

Wishing you all a Happy St. Patricks Day!

XOXO

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Living Room

Today I’m sharing the parts of my home that I decorated for Christmas in the Highland home. Christmas is a special time of year and the tree is my favorite thing. I’ve always enjoyed decorating for the holidays and I love the warmth it creates in my home. At night when the tree is all lit up, there’s a special feeling that is created. Every year I look forward to decorating the house and creating memories with my family.

In the living room, I decorated my 10′ flocked long needle pine tree and used different shades of blue, silver, and ivory ornaments to match the other furnishings in the room. The mantle is a garland filled with blueberry picks, white hydrangeas and other greenery. It’s so pretty at night when all the christmas lights are on!

For the stair railing, I used a green garland on the stair rail and then wired ribbon into the garland. I added the same blueberry picks used in the tree and mantle. 

Kitchen and Dining Room

For the kitchen area, I wired the small wreaths onto ribbon wrapped around the barstools. For the island, I made a flower arrangement out of faux flowers and a mix of faux greens. I hung a simple wreath with the same ribbon above the stove on the hood. I put away my fall dishes and replaced them with some of my blue dishes. Having the different shades of blue on the open shelves goes well with the different shades of blue I used in all the Christmas decor.

I created the tablescape with my everyday blue dishes and silver accents. I made a garland with faux cedar, frosted eucalyptus picks and then placed silver ornaments and votive candles into it. 

Family Room

In the family room, I added in some green colors this year. I had a lot of green and brown ornaments that I didn’t use in the big tree so I found a way to use them on the smaller tree. For the tree, I used my slim, 6.5 flocked tree and filled it with green, white, and brown ornaments. I kept things more simple on this tree. For the mantle, I had to find a way not to block the TV and sound bar to keep my husband and boys happy. The solution was to drape the garland down a little in the middle. It’s not my favorite look, but it was a good compromise! The garland is a base green garland with frosted pine picks and white berries tucked in at an angle. Stockings are on one side and a few larger ornaments hang down on the opposite side. I just love Decorating For The Holidays.

Outdoor Decor

On the front door I used the same ribbon on the wreaths that I used indoors and added in some juniper berry picks to the wreaths. These were the same wreaths I used last year but with a few small changes, they look totally new!

I took out the pumpkins from the obelisks in the flower posts and filled them up with pine cones.  I added a wreath and some ribbon to the top and cut fresh juniper from the trees in my yard and filled that in around the base of the obelisks. I had to wrap wire around the obelisks to keep the pinecones from falling-out. Turns out they shrink when they get wet and cold! 

Entryway

In the entryway, I put more greenery in the big ginger jar, put up my “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas” sign and added some reindeer and the gold merry christmas sign.

Hot Chocolate Bar

I make my own hot chocolate mix every year to give out as gifts to neighbors and friends. I also like to have a hot chocolate bar for anyone who wants a hot cup of cocoa now that its quite cold here in Utah!

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing the different parts of my home and how I’ve decorated for Christmas. Merry Christmas and don’t forget to have a Holly Jolley Christmas!!! It’s the best time of the year!

XOXO

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Holiday Hosting at Home #5: Christmas Table Settings, Decor and More!

Can you believe Christmas is almost here! We’ve all been busy getting ready for the holidays and creating things to inspire you. We are excited to share our fifth post in our blog hop: Holiday Hosting at Home!  This week we are sharing what we’ve all been up to the past few weeks including Christmas tablescapes, Christmas trees, and my family’s favorite recipe! Keep scrolling for fun and simple Christmas decor ideas!

We hope this gives you some ideas for entertaining at home!  If you would like to pin any of these images, please go to the original post linked below each image.  You will want to see their whole posts anyway because there is so much inspiration in each of these posts.

To Have + To Host

Lory created this beautiful tablescape using her grandmothers heirloom china that she received as a gift.  She used this beautiful china and current dinnerware to give this place setting an updated look. Layering the plates is one of Lory’s favorite tricks for creating depth and elegance to a place setting. I couldn’t agree more. That is one of my favorite tricks too! This is my favorite tablescape of Lory’s to date! It’s absolutely beautiful! Click here to see the full post.

Next, Lory shares her Traditional and Classic Christmas Tablescape.  She uses all the traditional reds, greens, and gold in this lively tablescape. Lory likes to change things up and add a twist and this tablescape is no exception. She went with a straightforward classic, traditional, time-honored, historic, customary Christmas and she’s not apologizing for it! Click here to see the details of this festive table!

Home With Holliday

Holliday shares with us her beautiful Silver and Gold Glam Christmas Centerpiece that she used to decorate the buffet in her dining room. She used a combnation of metallics that would go with multiple table settings and used greenery to add some seasonal colors. This neutral display works well with almost every color palette. To see the details click here.

Next, Holliday shares her Simple Woodland And Pine Cone Christmas Table Setting. She used two burlap table runners instead of placemats. Genius! She used a simple cedar garland, a mix of different sized pine cones, and some beautiful candles.  The earth toned dinnerware mixes beautifully with the green garland and pine cones. This table is stunning and could be used all winter long! Click here to see the full post.

Home With Holly J

This week I’m sharing my Christmas Trees in the Highland house from 2017 and 2018. I share the details of how I used most of the same ornaments from the two different trees to create two very different looks. Click here to see the post and all the details.

Next I shared my great grandma’s homemade chicken and noodles recipe that is served over mashed potatoes. If you like comfort food, then you’ll love this! The first time I cooked for my husband I made this family recipe. He went from good friend to boyfriend after realizing I could cook!  Click here to read the details!

Simple Christmas decor ideas

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I have always loved Christmas trees! When I was in my early twenties, I went to the most amazing Christmas party in Seattle on Queen Anne Hill where the houses are old and so charming. The lady whose home it was at had a Christmas tree in each room of her house. Each tree was different and matched the colors and decor of the room. She had used live trees in different shapes and sizes but each was unique and beautifully decorated. I remember thinking I wanted to do that someday when I had a home of my own. I have collected trees and ornaments over the years, but I’m still far away from having a tree in every room. Keep scrolling to see tips on decorating a Christmas tree!

Every year I reuse the same decorations and ornaments but I’ll add in a new color or use the ornaments on my other tree. I’m showing last years trees and this years so you can see how I changed it up. I bought a few new ornaments and decorations for this year, but I mainly reused what I already had.  You don’t have to go out and buy all new ornaments or things to decorate your tree each year. Be creative! You’ll be amazed at how different each tree looks with just a few minor changes.

In my Highland home in Utah, I put up two trees. The main one in the living room is a 10′ flocked long needle pine. Last year I used green cedar branches, blue, ivory, and green ornaments and light blue ribbon. This year I took all the green colored items out and used more blue ornaments in different shades and some ivory and cream colored ornaments. I added in a blue plaid ribbon and a thin teal colored velvet ribbon. I didn’t add much, but the trees look so different with just a few small changes.

I put up a slim, 6 1/2 foot flocked tree in our family room.  Last year I used some robins egg blue and brown ornaments that I had used on a tree in my Ravensdale home. I have so many shades of blue in the Highland house and knew these would work well with the family room tree.

To change it up, this year I took out all the robins egg blue ornaments and added in some brown wooden ornaments and the green ornaments that had been in the big tree last year.  I reused the cedar branches in the big living room mantel too. I love both of these trees and can’t decide which one I like better!

Most of what I used in this smaller tree came from the 2017 big tree. It was as if I had all new stuff! I used all the brown ornaments from the small tree and I love how the hunter green and brown look together. I tied it all into the mantel by using the same shades of green in the garland.

I hope you enjoyed seeing both trees from two different years.  It’s fun to experiment and use what you already have.  Next year I’m thinking of adding in some blush pink or maybe some reds!  Who knows what I’ll do but I will never get tired of decorating christmas trees!

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Pumpkin Themed Fall Tablescape

When I saw these cute pumpkin dishes at HomeGoods, I knew I had to do a Pumpkin Themed Fall Tablescape. I often search for unique dishes for my tablescapes and when I found these cute pumpkin plates and bowls, I envisioned this festive table with different types of pumpkins.

The one downside with HomeGoods is that there is not always a full set of any place setting.  After searching six different stores in two different states, I finally had enough for 10 place settings!  Whew!  It was a lot of work tracking these dishes down but it has been so worth it. My sweet husband actually found half of them for me! He’s a keeper!

I did two different tablescapes with these dishes, mainly because I forgot to use the pumpkins the first go-round!  In the first attempt, I used the pumpkin dinner plate, salad plate, and bowl.  For the middle of the table, I used a garland and then layered in more greenery with white and orange faux flowers.

For the second version of the pumpkin table, I put a large wooden pumpkin in the middle as a centerpiece and nestled in orange, tan, and brown, velvet pumpkins throughout the greenery and flowers. I changed out the salad plate to a beautiful orange colored plate to help tie in more orange hues and add some contrast to the tan pumpkin plates. Also, I added in more orange flowers and some different cream-colored flowers as well.  The second version is my favorite!

I used tan colored napkins, wicker napkin rings, white chargers, and hyacinth placemats.

Everyone always asks me where I find all my dishes and the truth is, it’s like a treasure hunt!  Check HomeGoods, TJMaxx, Marshalls, and Tuesday Morning if your looking for a bargain.  You can often find cute sets for a decent price if you’re willing to do a little shopping and hunt them down at different locations. I also find great items for my tablescapes at Target, Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Pier1, Anthropology, West Elm, and Crate and Barrell.

I find the greenery and flowers at different hobby stores like Hobby Lobby, Kirklands, Michaels, Ben Franklin, Target, Crate and Barrel, and Pottery Barn. Find local home decor stores and garden centers near you for inspiration and unique finds!

I’ve linked the sources I could find at the bottom of the post for you. I hope you enjoy this fun, festive, pumpkin themed fall tablescape!

Holly’s Helpful Hints

Glasses are from Target-Hearth and Hand Fluted Tumblers.  If they are not available anymore, I’ve linked similar items below.  The chargers are from Hobby Lobby. I couldn’t find them on their website so I’ve linked another option below too.

A great resource for the authentic velvet pumpkins is from HotSkwash.  Be prepared though as they are not cheap!  There are YouTube videos on how to make them if you are a DIY’er.  I’ve linked another source below and you can find less expensive options if you don’t mind them having a fake stem.  I prefer the real stems though as they are cuter and more authentic but it’s an investment and they will keep for years if you care for them properly. Make sure they are filled with rice or beans and not just batting. The batting filled pumpkins don’t weigh much so they aren’t as easy to work with.

If you can’t find the pumpkin plates, look for another plain option that is tan or off white and use other plates, like I did in the second version and use different kinds of pumpkins to create the same look.

I hope you enjoyed this Pumpkin Themed Fall Tablescape! If you’d like to see more pumpkin themed tablescapes here are a few others I’ve shared over the years! All have pumpkins mixed in somewhere.

Green, Gold, and White Thanksgiving Tablescape

Green and Gold Fall Harvest Tablescape 

Thanksgiving Silver and White Tablescape

Outdoor Farm to Table Entertaining

Blue and Orange Pumpkin Themed Tablescape

Enjoy!

xoxo,

All Sources Linked Below

White and Brown charger – less expensive version is linked here: HobbyLobby

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