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Christmas Decor 2026 – A First Look
The 2026 Christmas garland kit is here, and it’s an Old World Christmas look for lovers of traditional Christmas decor! Wrap your mantel in tradition with festive botanicals and lush velvets! The 2026 Christmas garland kit is a nostalgic botanical style, featuring draping pine and cedar with accents of magnolia, red berries, glittering laurel, and…
Read MoreAutumn Inspired: A Seasonal Journal
Hello there. The magic of fall is upon us! As LMM wrote… OCTOBER was a beautiful month at Green Gables, when the birches in the hollow turned as golden as sunshine and the maples behind the orchard were royal crimson and the wild cherry trees along the lane put on the loveliest shades of dark…
Read MoreMy Fall Mantel in Elegant Gold & Burgundy
Explore my fall mantel garland idea with gold maple leaves, brown gingham streamers, and burgundy velvet bows. It’s an elegant fall look sans pumpkins and orange! Looking for a little fall decorating inspiration, but feeling a bit blah about orange this year? Love pumpkins but want to try something different on your fall mantel? I…
Read MoreFamily Room Fireplace Christmas Decorations
Come and explore my fireplace Christmas decorations where a gingerbread village is nestled amongst the holly and pine, copper lanterns shine, plaid ribbon twirls, and fairy lights twinkle. Don’t miss the little elf who snuck in for some mischievous fun! This Christmas garland idea and mantel decor is all about a classic holiday look with…
Read MoreFruity Festivity: Dining Room Christmas Decorations
When Spode’s Christmas tree pattern, classic plaid ribbon, and vintage beaded fruit meet in the dining room for a little fruity festivity you get one merry holiday look! In the dining room this year, I wanted to play with the juxtaposition of classic Christmas decor like Spode’s Christmas tree pattern and a traditional plaid with…
Read More10 Little Festive Touches for a Merry Home
10 festive touches to add to your Christmas decorating repertoire that make your home feel more merry and bright! Ok, you’ve decorated your Christmas tree and mantel for the holidays, but why stop there? Now it’s time to add little festive touches of Christmas cheer in unexpected places to make your home feel even more…
Read MoreA Grand Botanical Christmas Garland Idea + Video Tutorial
Explore my Christmas mantel decorations for the Grand Botanical look and learn step by step how I crafted this Christmas garland DIY with video tutorials. Well friends…my mantel garland sort of grew arms and legs and took on a life of her own this year. I ended up selling the first Grand Botanical garland I…
Read MoreMy Grand Botanical Christmas Tree
Embrace the joy of a botanical themed Christmas tree with pink and green gingham ribbon, magnolia, orange pomanders, red berries, sugar pine cones, Danbury Mint ornaments, and glittery fern. Don’t miss the two video tutorials for adding sugar pine cones to your tree and tying a ribbon tuft! Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree How…
Read MoreFirst Look – Christmas Decor 2025
The 2025 Christmas garland kits are here + I’m sharing a look at my Christmas theme for the living room and all the decor I’m loving to create it! I cannot believe that we are in the middle of October already and it is time to share what I’ve been dreaming and scheming for my…
Read MoreMushrooms & Oak Leaves: A Fall Mantel Garland
Explore my autumn mantel decorated with golden oak leaves, bittersweet, glittered fern, velvet mushrooms, and one regal pheasant for a stunning fall mantel garland. Come trip along the oak leaves, Gathering glittering fern, And spring from cap to cap, Where field meets forest and the pheasants roam into the verge. Oh…me and my mushroom mantel…
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