Yay For Friday - Holiday Decorating Ideas

Happy Friday Everyone!

There are only 12 more days until Christmas!

In spirit of the season, I want to dedicate this Friday's post to ideas for holiday decorating.

Earlier this season, I shared with you my burlap obsession. I laced my cabinet doors in the kitchen with ribbons of burlap and secured them in the back with a stapler.

This doesn't damage the door in any way which is a bonus.

Then I wrap pine cones attached to pipe cleaners to the burlap for a little extra decoration. You could also make the doors look like presents and tie a large bow around the center.

Then I sprayed a bunch of clothes pins with spray adhesive and sprinkled them with glitter. I use the clothes pins to secure holiday cards to the burlap.

This is a great conversation piece in the kitchen because company tends to gather there and browse the cards. I love having them on display for everyone to see and read.

Next is the foyer. It's so hard to decorate a foyer so that it looks extravagant as someone enters the home. I like to go big in the foyer for optimal effect.

I found these great large branches of red and cream colored flowers at Michaels craft store.

They have served me well since the beginning of fall and now I will keep them up at least through January. I changed the vase filler to fake snow (from Target) and some pine cones.

Then I used thick pine garland to cover the table and I sprinkled snow all over. I put a lovely candle called "Home for the Holidays" from Yankee Candle next to the vase.

Below I have some simple candle holders with winter white tea lights. I placed them next to this Santa statue and they look really pretty lit up.

I took some glass bowls from Christmas Tree Shoppe and filled them with the same fake snow and pine cones that I used in the foyer. It's a simple idea but looks really festive and can stay up for winter, even after the holidays have come and gone.