I Can See a Winter Wonderland

I've been getting inspired by my good friend. It's a really good thing. Girl has got some great style! And is always working on a tight budget. She also LOVES to decorate for all the holidays. I always tease la Chiquitita, and tell her to start a DIY YouTube channel. She'd be so good at it!

Instead, she shares all her great ideas. With all of her friends. We're so lucky! When I asked her about some holiday decorating ideas, she told me to pick a color. Then she'd show me how to decorate with it. Since I'm trying to broaden my color spectrum a bit, I picked white. I know! But I could have picked yellow! :)

Then we sat and talked. Talked about so many ideas. Yes, I was going 90 miles an hour, writing down ideas. Then we took a trip to the Dollar Tree. I can't wait! We're planning a DIY evening next week. To work on our holiday decorations. And I can't wait! So I went looking for some more inspiration online. This is what I found.

Isn't this so elegant? I love it! Pine cones and nuts? So inexpensive. But with a splash of color, isn't it just beautiful?

This whole table is so gorgeous! Simple. But so pretty. I never thought of painting a bunch of natural things, just one color.

I can imagine some of these beautiful, glass containers, lining our fireplace. I'm so excited! Is it crazy that I've been hunting down sticks and pine cones? I've even picked up some pecans. Around here, there everywhere! I'm going to continue to dream of all the possibilities. It's gonna be good!

Elegant Halloween

It shouldn't be a shock, to people that know me. I'm not too good at all the decorating stuff. Especially holiday decorating. It's the truth. My mom always decked out our house, when we were young. It was so special to grow up there. You ALWAYS felt ridiculously LOVED.

I wanted to be a good neighbor this year. Totally decorate our house for Halloween. Buy lots of candy. Be one of those houses, that the kids enjoyed trick-or-treating at. I went out, and bought a bunch of decorations. Even those plastic bags that are made to look like pumpkins. Only thing, the leaves hadn't fallen yet. So I got a bunch of plastic bags, to fill up the pumpkin bags, and a few bricks. OK, I didn't do that. I'm not that smart. This mujer did it for me.

Not only did la Chiquitita do that, she hung all of my decorations for me too! The fake spiders webs, and spiders. By the way, I HATE the way they feel! All my decorations were definitely store bought. But the house looked so fun and festive. Better yet, the kids enjoyed it. :)

Then today, I came across this picture. Hello! It's beautiful! What an elegant way to decorate for the holidays. Similar to the way my dear friend decorates. My friend also decorated the outside of her home. With decorations in the trees, lights around the front of the house, and lots of other spooky things. Music included! But the inside of her home, is so elegant. Next year, I think I'm going to skip the plastic spiders and paper pumpkins. I want to have decorations more like this. :)