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A Christmas Tree Home Tour

December 17, 2013 By Meegan 9 Comments

Hello Hello!! Christmas is just days away and nine bloggers and I have a beautiful and creative Christmas Tour of Homes for you. Thanks to Rachel from Like a Saturday for putting it altogether! To see the full tour schedule and to link up on December 20th, visit Rachel at Like a Saturday.

If you are coming from Kayla’s blog Home Coming-WELCOME!! I am so happy to have you here!!

Today, I am thrilled to share our Christmas Trees with a Christmas Tree Home Tour. I LOVE Christmas trees. But our 950 sq foot condo is too tiny for the size tree I want, so I have 4 little trees that bring the Christmas feeling into our home.

Each tree is unique and adds to the feel and look of our home.

This first tree is in our living room window.

It is filled with vintage “Shiny Brites”, snowflakes and icicles.

I used a glitter and crystal filled garland to lay around the tree as well.

The tree sits in my fleur box, along with the natural and glittered spheres from Pier One.

This white ornament is special because it was sent from one of my blog readers!! Isn’t she sweet??

My next tree resides in our bedroom. The colors are blue (one of my fave colors), silver and gold, with crystals scattered throughout.

With more vintage gold “Shiny Brites”, I was able to get the look and feel I wanted for our bedroom.

The bedroom tree sits in a barn wood box. and surrounded with burlap.

You can see the cracks in some of the glass ornaments, showing the wear and age on them.

“Merry Christmas” adorns the top of the tree, as a reminder of the true meaning of Christmas.

One of my Christmas trees is also in the living room, sitting in a vintage reproduction sleigh. I decorated the tree with a pine cone garland that I made last year.

The Santa and toys were crocheted by my grandma. Since she has passed on, they hold special meaning to me each year when I pull them out of the box.

Doesn’t Santa look excited to deliver toys on Christmas Eve??

Last, but certainly not least, is my DIY Flocked Tree in a Terracotta pot. Having it sit right by my vintage birdhouse is a perfect place for my bird ornaments.

My Christmas Tree Home Tour has been so fun to share with you. Each one makes me smile every time I see them and especially when they are lit up. Be sure to also see my WHOLE Christmas Home Tour.

Thanks SO much for coming over for the Christmas Tour of Homes! I KNOW you will enjoy each and every home as much as I have.

Your next stop on the tour will be with Gracie from Kitchen Table Art, tomorrow morning!! You will not be disappointed.

Make it a Christmas Home Tour kind of day! And, Merry Christmas.

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12 Days of Christmas Home Tour

December 10, 2013 By Meegan 32 Comments

Hello Hello!! It’s MY turn to share my home for the 12 Days of Christmas Home Tour.

I am thrilled to have you here. We live in a 950 square foot condo, and I like to fill it to the brim with Christmas. So let’s get on with the tour.

*This post was updated October 2025. The photography isn’t the best, but it brings back a lot of sentimental memories. As this post was a few weeks after my husband had a quadruple heart bypass. He is still here 12 years later. We are so blessed.

DIY Herb & Pine Cone Filled Fire Starter

November 21, 2013 By Meegan 2 Comments

Happy Thursday!! The holidays are coming upon us and we better start get ready soon!! Is it cold where you live? It is cooler here, but not COLD yet. I sure miss our wood stove we had in the hills of California. And, I also wish I had been able to use a DIY Herb and Pine Cone Filled Fire Starter for those cold Winter months.

These are a great Holiday gift and fun for your own home. Besides that-they are EASY PEASY to make…

DIY Herb & Pine Cone Filled Fire Starter

My components were:

newspaper

strips of cardboard

sprigs of fresh thyme

pine cones

paper doilies

twine and/or string

small tags (optional)

I “wrapped” the pine cone with cardboard and then tucked in the thyme. I chose thyme, because the aroma will fill your home with a wonderful fresh, clean scent, that only thyme can give.

Rolling the pine cone in a newspaper tube, I tied each end with twine.

Using a paper doily, my small tag and string, I tied the doily around the tied newspaper and pine cone.

Yep, it IS that easy!!

Won’t your friends and neighbors love this simple and festive gift? It is a perfect hostess gift for your Holiday and Christmas parties. You can make your tags personalized for each friend or neighbor, too.

Be sure to pin this so you can use a DIY Herb & Pine Cone Filled Fire Starter for your campfires and fire pits during the Summer months, too.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I love your comments and ideas.

Make it a terrific day.

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Christmas/Winter Sticks

December 19, 2012 By Meegan Leave a Comment

I just love bringing the outdoors in, don’t you?? That is why I love my Christmas/Winter Sticks. Everyone who enters our home comments on my Christmas Sticks. These sticks truly make me smile every time I look at them.

I got them last year when the gardener was cutting down a tree right outside our balcony. I asked him if I could have a few branches. He looked at me funny, and said, “Well, okay.” Little did he know what I had envisioned for these bare branches.