I'm having such a problem.
For the first time ever, I just don't feel like decorating for Christmas.
I can see a lot of the bloggers have done almost all of their decorating, but I'm not there yet.
That scares me since Thanksgiving is late this year.
I did want to put away the turkeys so those are safely packed up for another year.
About two weeks ago, I went through all my Christmas boxes looking for stuff to purge.
I have small collections each of Dept. 56 houses, putz houses, bottle brush trees, gingerbread men, snowmen, Santas, baby Jesus, sheep, angels and some lodgey Christmas stuff. Obviously I didn't put all this out but even with a few favorites from each collection the house can look very junky, VERY JUNKY!
Last night I was looking at some photos from my last two years of blogging.
I have too much crap!
What I thought looked cute last year looked junky.
Oh some of it did look cute and you saw the good pictures.
You didn't see the other bad vignettes.
Last year I was going to dial it back.
What a minute, what?
I experimented with live greenery from the grocery store and I'm going to be honest. It was kind of a mess.
Never mind, not kind of, it was a mess!
I decorated too early so it all got too dry.
How do those big blogs do it? Do they decorate twice?
Are their homes tinderboxes waiting to ignite because of the dried out garlands, wreaths and trees? Now I realize all the hard work they put in to create their drool worthy displays.
I remember cleaning up the dried pine needles last year and I shudder.
I thought sweeping up faux pine needles was bad. That was nothing compared to the real pine needles that rained down off of boughs.
Oh and speaking of holly, that stuff sticks the fire out of you once it is dry.
This was my favorite display last year, but I killed the plant and the dog ate the little glass mushroom.
Don't freak out. She didn't eat it, eat it, but she did get it down to chew on it and then left it broken on the floor.
I tried to get another one but they were sold out.
:(
This year I really am going to try to dial it back.
I found some bags of pinecones that I collected at the lake so I'll sprinkle those about.
I ordered a pinecone print off of e-bay. I forgot about it until it came the other day.
I think that is my theme.
Pinecones, natural, and not sheddy.
I know not sheddy isn't really proper English but it is expedient.
It sounds better than "that which does not shed."
Actually "that which does not shed" has a nice ring to it too!
Anyway, I have bought exactly three gifts.
Two of them are stocking stuffers.
I am in trouble!
I am going to take a word of advice from my sister.
"Keep it simple stupid."
Am I allowed to say stupid on a family friendly blog?
Katie
Linking with,
Common Ground
I can see a lot of the bloggers have done almost all of their decorating, but I'm not there yet.
That scares me since Thanksgiving is late this year.
I did want to put away the turkeys so those are safely packed up for another year.
About two weeks ago, I went through all my Christmas boxes looking for stuff to purge.
I have small collections each of Dept. 56 houses, putz houses, bottle brush trees, gingerbread men, snowmen, Santas, baby Jesus, sheep, angels and some lodgey Christmas stuff. Obviously I didn't put all this out but even with a few favorites from each collection the house can look very junky, VERY JUNKY!
Last night I was looking at some photos from my last two years of blogging.
I have too much crap!
(I hope I don't get in trouble for saying crap on a family friendly blog, but really!)
What I thought looked cute last year looked junky.
Oh some of it did look cute and you saw the good pictures.
You didn't see the other bad vignettes.
Last year I was going to dial it back.
What a minute, what?
I experimented with live greenery from the grocery store and I'm going to be honest. It was kind of a mess.
Never mind, not kind of, it was a mess!
I decorated too early so it all got too dry.
How do those big blogs do it? Do they decorate twice?
Are their homes tinderboxes waiting to ignite because of the dried out garlands, wreaths and trees? Now I realize all the hard work they put in to create their drool worthy displays.
I remember cleaning up the dried pine needles last year and I shudder.
I thought sweeping up faux pine needles was bad. That was nothing compared to the real pine needles that rained down off of boughs.
Oh and speaking of holly, that stuff sticks the fire out of you once it is dry.
This was my favorite display last year, but I killed the plant and the dog ate the little glass mushroom.
Don't freak out. She didn't eat it, eat it, but she did get it down to chew on it and then left it broken on the floor.
I tried to get another one but they were sold out.
:(
This year I really am going to try to dial it back.
I found some bags of pinecones that I collected at the lake so I'll sprinkle those about.
I ordered a pinecone print off of e-bay. I forgot about it until it came the other day.
I think that is my theme.
Pinecones, natural, and not sheddy.
I know not sheddy isn't really proper English but it is expedient.
It sounds better than "that which does not shed."
Actually "that which does not shed" has a nice ring to it too!
Anyway, I have bought exactly three gifts.
Two of them are stocking stuffers.
I am in trouble!
I am going to take a word of advice from my sister.
"Keep it simple stupid."
Am I allowed to say stupid on a family friendly blog?
Katie
Linking with,
Common Ground
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