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Friday, December 9, 2011

Christmas sparkle for a young family

I spent the last couple of days visiting my daughter and her new baby. Oh, there is nothing like baby love! Before I left I put a little Christmas sparkle on a client's house ...


I like to give my clients a new look each year - which can be challenging using the same decorations. This year, I have decided to go a bit more minimal in my own house (I'm only using one box of nine and really questioning why I have nine boxes of Christmas decorations anyway ...), so I thought I would share a little of my Christmas decor with one of my clients.

 

I thought my white reindeers would look stunning on their dining table ... and I was right.


And because I had pink and red on my mind, that is where I started. It helped that they had the right color of ornaments!


On Christmas morning the runner will be replaced with a white Hotel tablecloth; their Christmas dishes will look perfect with the decorations.


For their entry piece, I changed out the Thanksgiving frame with a Christmas scripture, added some sparkly candles and sprinkled more color balls around. The tree is new this year (from HomeGoods) and the beautiful angel is theirs. We also added a few more ball ornaments (well, we had to because I used so many) - I really like the ones with the white stripes.

Here are some photos of what I did last year ...


And again, this year:


I love that it is elegant but still reflects the fun, young family that they are.

4 comments:

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Robbie said...

When I got my Christmas boxes down this year I thought of you and what a benefit this blog is. Last year your post on how to put away your Christmas stuff I followed making it easy to pull down the 5 boxes I have. They are on my back porch ready to come into the house. I wanted to do it on my own this year but oh do I miss my truly gifted friend decorating with me. Maybe this will be the year to use only one box.
Love you and your wonderful style.

Karena said...

Sherry congrats on your new grandchild. I have four! There is nothing like it!

I adore the white reindeers in with the colorful ornaments!

Still many surprises coming up in our amazing 12 Days of Holiday Giveaways!! The French Basketeer has a very special offering right now and there are more gifts open to enter!

xoxo
Karena

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Marianne said...

So fun! Love the vibrant colors. Hope you have a great weekend!