DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY - A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS

WELCOME TO DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY!

The last couple weeks I have been getting all of my gifts wrapped, slowly Decking my Halls, I am still tweaking my tree...this will go one until January 1st, and attempting to get our house ready to put on the market. More on that next week.

Since we are selling our house I am keeping my decor simple this year. Here is a little inspiration.

Source: HGTV via tinselshop on Pinterest

Source: Design Indulgences via tinselshop on Pinterest

Source: Country Living via tinselshop on Pinterest

Source: BHG via tinselshop on Pinterest

Source: vickydar.blogspot.com via tinselshop on Pinterest

Source: Little Birdie Secrets via tinselshop on Pinterest

I am loving keeping it simple, we'll see if I can keep it that way...

What inspiration have you found the last couple weeks?  

 

Join the DECKT THE HALLS FRIDAY linky party and share your ideas, inspiration, stories, whatever you are thinking about this week that is holiday related.

- A new post or re-post from seasons past

- Link as many posts as you like each week
- Holiday inspiration photos (if they aren't yours be sure to give credit where credit is due)
- Gift Ideas
- Recipes
- Crafts
- Planning tips and so on...

All I ask is that you link your post back to mine and either grab my DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY button to place in your post or on your sidebar and/or mention DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY in your post.

Have a great weekend!

Best wishes,

Tammy

DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY - Time to trim the tree

WELCOME TO DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY!

It has been a crazy couple weeks...lots of orders (thank you!), Halloween, and my mom visiting.  Now that life is somewhat back to normal...I can't wait any longer...the tree comes out today!

This is me in a couple hours - minus the pumps

image source:  flickr via tinselshop on Pinterest

Have you started decorating yet?

What inspiration have you found the last couple weeks? Post your links below.

Join the DECKT THE HALLS FRIDAY linky party and share your ideas, inspiration, stories, whatever you are thinking about this week that is holiday related.

- A new post or re-post from seasons past

- Link as many posts as you like each week
- Holiday inspiration photos (if they aren't yours be sure to give credit where credit is due)
- Gift Ideas
- Recipes
- Crafts
- Planning tips and so on...

All I ask is that you link your post back to mine and either grab my DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY button to place in your post or on your sidebar and/or mention DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY in your post.

Have a great weekend!

Best wishes,

Tammy

DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY - Pretty in Pink

 Welcome to Deck the Halls Friday!

What a week... 3 little ones home sick from school for the last 3 days.  Needless to say I got nothing done.  My plan was to spend the week crafting Christmas ornaments, instead I leave you with a pretty image I found on Pinterest this morning. (Ok, the week wasn't a total loss while cuddling on the couch watching movies with the little ones I was able to pin...) Love the pristine white pitchers displayed in the distressed cabinet, the pink/cranberry/white color scheme...I could never be that brave!

Source: BHG via tinselshop on Pinterest

What inspiration did you find this week?  Post your links below.

Join the DECKT THE HALLS FRIDAY linky party and share your ideas, inspiration, stories, whatever you are thinking about this week that is holiday related.

- A new post or re-post from seasons past

- Link as many posts as you like each week
- Holiday inspiration photos (if they aren't yours be sure to give credit where credit is due)
- Gift Ideas
- Recipes
- Crafts
- Planning tips and so on...

All I ask is that you link your post back to mine and either grab my DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY button to place in your post or on your sidebar and/or mention DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY in your post.


Have a great weekend!

Best wishes,

Tammy

I am joining Natasha at 5 Minutes Just For Me weekly PINNING & SINGING PARTY if you are a pinning blogger or are just looking for great inspiration be sure to stop by!

DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY - Christmas Bells

Welcome to Deck the Halls Friday!

I heard this week that there are only 11 weeks until Christmas! There is so much to do...

I have been pinning away, neglecting everything I am supposed to be doing, and came upon a fun set of vintage bells made from Christmas cards. Late last night I had to create my own.

Not perfected yet, but not bad considering I started this project at 10 o'clock at night.  The originals were crocheted, I did a simple blanket stitch using enbroidery floss.  The images I used were found on Pinterest

Below are the inspiration bells

Source: Etsy via tinselshop on Pinterest

I think these are so sweet, reminds me of something that my aunt made back in the 70's.

Next week I will show you my completed project.

What inspires you this week?  Share your links below.

Join the DECKT THE HALLS FRIDAY linky party and share your ideas, inspiration, stories, whatever you are thinking about this week that is holiday related.

- A new post or re-post from seasons past

- Link as many posts as you like each week
- Holiday inspiration photos (if they aren't yours be sure to give credit where credit is due)
- Gift Ideas
- Recipes
- Crafts
- Planning tips and so on...

All I ask is that you link your post back to mine and either grab my DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY button to place in your post or on your sidebar and/or mention DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY in your post.


Have a great weekend!

Best wishes,

Tammy

I am joining Natasha at 5 Minutes Just For Me weekly PINNING & SINGING PARTY if you are a pinning blogger or are just looking for great inspiration be sure to stop by!

DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY - OUR TREE 2009

WELCOME TO DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY!

Unfortunately this week I have been distracted and haven't given Christmas planning much thought. 

Our 2009 Christmas Tree

Did you have time this week to think about the holidays this week?

Link your Holiday Inspiration posts below (gifts, recipes, traditions, decorating ideas and inspiration...)

Thanks to everyone that linked up last week!

DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY - Frosty

WELCOME TO DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY!

Oh, how I love this time of year!  There are Halloween and Fall decorations everywhere and Christmas decorations are slowly starting to appear.  How cute are these snowmen I stumbled upon this week?  He will definitley be finding a place in my home!

Yes, it is early for Christmas but I can't help but get excited.  What do you think, is it too early for stores to begin stocking Christmas decorations?

Have you found any Holiday inspiration this week?  If so link up your posts below.

Thanks to everyone that joined the party last week, I can tell that we are all getting in the holiday mood!

Best wishes,

Tammy

DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY - Vintage Postcard Garland

WELCOME TO DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY!

Another week closer to the holidays...this week instead of working on the shop and this blog I spent WAY TOO MUCH time on Pinterest.  While happily pinning I came across this fantastic garland from HGTV.  I may have to do something like this for our tree, this year.

source: HGTV.com via tinselshop on Pinterest

Do you have any HOLIDAY INSPIRATION to share this week?
Join the DECKT THE HALLS FRIDAY linky party and share your ideas, inspiration, stories, whatever you are thinking about this week that is holiday related.

- A new post or re-post from seasons past
- Link as many posts as you like each week
- Holiday inspiration photos (if they aren't yours be sure to give credit where credit is due)
- Gift Ideas
- Recipes
- Crafts
- Planning tips and so on...

All I ask is that you link your post back to mine and either grab my DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY button to place in your post or on your sidebar and/or mention DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY in your post.


Have a great weekend!

Best wishes,
Tammy

I am joining Natasha at 5 Minutes Just For Me weekly PINNING & SINGING PARTY if you are a pinning blogger or are just looking for great inspiration be sure to stop by!

DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY - New Vendor & Ornaments

WELCOME TO DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY!

Apologies for my absence the last few weeks...technical problems, kids back in school, sharing a computer with hubby, life...

The last couple weeks I have been putting together tinsel & company's Christmas collection.  I came across a great new vendor that I am considering carrying in my shop.  Below is a peek at some of their offerings.

What do you think, see anything you like?  I love hearing your thoughts!

Do you have any HOLIDAY INSPIRATION to share this week?

Join the DECKT THE HALLS FRIDAY linky party and share your ideas, inspiration, stories, whatever you are thinking about this week that is holiday related. 

 

- A new post or re-post from seasons past
- Link as many posts as you like each week
- Holiday inspiration photos (if they aren't yours be sure to give credit where credit is due)
- Gift Ideas
- Recipes
- Crafts
- Planning tips and so on...

All I ask is that you link your post back to mine and either grab my DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY button to place in your post or on your sidebar and/or mention DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY in your post.

Have a great weekend!

 

Best wishes,

Tammy

DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY

Welcome to Deck the Halls Friday!

Wow, the little ones started school this week and this is the first time in 5 years that I have had "me" time...surprisingly I got nothing done.  Apologies for the late post, better late than never, right?

This week I want to share two things (1) my new 12" Ball Jar that I found at Target the other day (2) the Copper Wire lights I ordered for the shop came in and I LOVE THEM!

My new jar filled with a bottlebrush tree, artificial snow and lights

A closer look, I have two srands in the jar, one wrapped around the tree and the star lights coiled in the jar.  I will post all the details next week, all I can say is they are so much fun and I want to wrap everything in lights!

I pulled a couple things to try in my new jar and Kate (she's 4) decided she wanted to decorate.

When I told her she couldn't have any snow she cut up her own and made her own leaves.  Love her, she said, " Mommy, take a picture for your store".

Logan joined in...chicks?  What can I say he is 5, and very proud of his contribution.

Do you have any HOLIDAY INSPIRATION to share this week?

Join the DECKT THE HALLS FRIDAY linky party and share your ideas, inspiration, stories, whatever you are thinking about this week that is holiday related. 

 

- A new post or re-post from seasons past
- Link as many posts as you like each week
- Holiday inspiration photos (if they aren't yours be sure to give credit where credit is due)
- Gift Ideas
- Recipes
- Crafts
- Planning tips and so on...

All I ask is that you link your post back to mine and either grab my DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY button to place in your post or on your sidebar and/or mention DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY in your post.

Have a great weekend!

 

Best wishes,

Tammy

DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY - Decking my walls???

WELCOME TO DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY!

Really, Friday already...it sure snuck up on me this week. Last day home alone with the little ones before they all go to school, bitter sweet. Needless to say Christmas hasn't been on my mind this week, or so that is what I thought...

Nothing suspicious here...just adding to the photo wall outside our bedroom

(ignore the missing trim in my arch and the old table...just a placeholder to see how many times I run into it at night before investing in a new one)

Nothing unusual, that is, until I went to bed and noticed that a Christmas tree had formed on my wall...

The grouping initially started with the large picture and then the 3 underneath.  The other day I added a photo of our cat that we lost last year and the doorknob hooks that now appears to be the base of a tree... Just goes to show even when I am not in "Christmas mode" subliminally I am!

Do you have any HOLIDAY INSPIRATION to share this week?

Join the DECKT THE HALLS FRIDAY linky party and share your ideas, inspiration, stories, whatever you are thinking about this week that is holiday related. 

- A new post or re-post from seasons past
- Link as many posts as you like each week
- Holiday inspiration photos (if they aren't yours be sure to give credit where credit is due)
- Gift Ideas
- Recipes
- Crafts
- Planning tips and so on...

All I ask is that you link your post back to mine and either grab my DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY button to place in your post or on your sidebar and/or mention DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY in your post. Thanks to my new visitors last week, crazy week and I didn't get a chance to visit you but I will!

Have a great weekend,

Best wishes,

Tammy

DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY - Santa Mugs

WELCOME TO DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY!

This week I am inspired by SANTA MUGS...I am smitten.  They have been around for years and years and this year I must have them, not just one...

pinned from PINTEREST

Image from Southern Living

So sweet and nostalgic!

What inspired you this week?  Join the DECKT THE HALLS FRIDAY linky party and share your ideas, inspiration, stories, whatever you are thinking about this week that is holiday related. 

- A new post or re-post from seasons past
- Link as many posts as you like each week
- Holiday inspiration photos (if they aren't yours be sure to give credit where credit is due)
- Gift Ideas
- Recipes
- Crafts
- Planning tips and so on...

All I ask is that you link your post back to mine and either grab my DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY button to place in your post or on your sidebar and/or mention DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY in your post, that's it!

I am linking this post to Natashas's at 5 Minutes Just For Me PINNING & SINGING ON THE WEEKEND PARTY

Best wishes,
Tammy

DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY - Wrap it up!

WELCOME TO DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY!

Last year I had good intentions, wrap gifts early...didn't happen.  This year I am on the ball and three are done - yeah me!  I even have a system...

Wrap as I pick things up...

Brown paper packages...can't help myself.

(Had to throw this one in, how cute is this Hello Kitty?!!)

Must have a notebook, DO NOT MISPLACE NOTEBOOK!!!

I don't like to put names on the kids gifts, they don't know which packages are theirs and it is a fun game for me ...so I number all of the packages on the bottom and I write the number and a description of each gift in my notebook.  For example:  Emma's gifts all start with a number two.

This I learned from my mom...I was a really good guesser.  It was fun to try and crack her code!

Now it is your turn to share your ideas, inspiration, stories, whatever you are thinking about this week that is holiday related. 

- A new post or re-post from seasons past
- Link as many posts as you like each week
- Holiday inspiration photos (if they aren't yours be sure to give credit where credit is due)
- Gift Ideas
- Recipes
- Crafts
- Planning tips and so on...

All I ask is that you link your post back to mine and either grab my DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY button to place in your post or on your sidebar and/or mention DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY in your post, that's it!

Best wishes,

Tammy

DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY 2011...KICK OFF PARTY!

Welcome to DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY!

For those of you new to DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY, I start thinking about Christmas on December 26th, planning next years decor, crafts, gifts and so on... It has been 7 months since the last linky party and I am in need of holiday inspiration!  If you are like me (I know you are, or you probably wouldn't be reading my blog) share your ideas, inspiration, stories, whatever you are thinking about this week that is holiday related. 

- A new post or re-post from seasons past
- Link as many posts as you like each week
- Holiday inspiration photos (if they aren't yours be sure to give credit where credit is due)
- Gift Ideas
- Recipes
- Crafts
- Planning tips and so on...

All I ask is that you link your post back to mine and either grab my DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY button to place in your post or on your sidebar and/or mention DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY in your post.  That's it...I can't wait to see what inspires me this year!  A BIG THANK YOU to all of the other "HOLIDAY GIRLS" out there that joined me last year!  Things got a little crazy the last weeks of 2011, and I never got to properly thank you for joining me each week.

This week I will leave you with a photo from last Christnas of two of my little elves putting the finishing touches on one of our trees.

Mommy decorates the tree first, saving the unbreakable and special ornaments for them to add at the end...they feel like they decorated the tree and I get the ornaments where I want them! 

Link up your post below, and be sure to come back next week for my first "official" DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY post for 2011!

Best wishes,
Tammy

DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY - SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN!

WELCOME TO YET ANOTHER EDITION OF DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY!

Santa will be here before we know it!  Last night we took the little ones to see Santa.  This year there were no tears just three awstruck little faces.  Ok, maybe a few tears from Mommy...so sweet!

This week I am inspired by Santa...the real thing, Santa on postcards, whimsical Santa mugs, vintage Santas, Santa's made to look vintage, Santa ornaments, vintage Santa illustrations, I could go on...

My little ones visiting Santa at Downtown Disney

Photo from Country Living

Santa Postcards available at tinselshop.com

Photo from Southern Living

Photo from Southern Living

Photo from Country Living

Photo from Country Living

Jolly Old St. Nick by Bethany Lowe Designs available at tinselshop.com

Photo from Country Living

Above image and first image from Dover Publications

Santa inspired me, what (or who) inspired you this week?

Each Friday join the DECK THE HALLS FRIDAY LINKY PARTY!

1. Share your pre-holiday goals, projects, great finds, collections, inspiration photos, or gift ideas, If you are a crafter or have any etsy store show off what you are working on. 

2. Create a new post or link back to a post from years past.  Feel free to add more than one post.

3. Share a project you have been wanting to try (if it's not your original idea be sure to give gredit where credit is due)

4. Please link your post back to this one. If you would like grab the DECK THE HALLS image on my sidebar and added it to your sidebar or post (I will create an actual button one of these days...)

5. Be sure to add the link to your specific post and not your blog

6. You are welcome to link up more than one post, don't be shy!
and finally... INSPIRE & BE INSPIRED

Last week there were so many inspiring ideas, I can't wait to see what you are up to this week!

Best wishes,
Tammy