As Christmas is almost here I wanted to share some of the decorations and festive touches I've been adding around the house. There have been a few tough baby weeks so not everything I had planned got done but I am really happy with whats gone up and whats been made. I'm looking forward to weekend ahead, I hope there will be lots of fun and food in store plus a nap or two! Have a wonderful Christmas and thank you as always for reading. xx

Above - Snowflake garland - I attached snowflakes (from Poundland) and wide twinkly ribbon to a long piece of string using staples (so nothing fancy!) and hung over the dining room table to create a winter wonderland.

A few Christmas fairy cakes that I tried to make with Stanley (it wasn't that successful!) but they do look pretty.

This years Christmas stick, a silver birch branch with silver birch star decorations and lots of fairy lights. I love filling big vases with baubles and am slowly building up a Christmas tree collection. My mum made the little glass tree and I hand drew little trees on the tea light holder using a chalk pen.

I thought it was time to update our stockings, I made these really simple ones using tie dyed calico and ran a simple running stitch and then zig zag around the edge, they took about 2 hours to make all three (including the time it took to make the pattern). For the rest of the fireplace I decorated with silver bells from Laura Ashley, lots of candles, a little greenery and paper decorations (which I picked up in the summer).
I prefer dark pink flowers to red at Christmas time and have been keeping this jar filled with blooms over the last few weeks. I found some holly in the woods which I added in to make it look a bit natural. I'm not a huge fan of fake candles but they are much safer with a bubba around, to soften I added salt to the jars to make a snow effect which I think works pretty well. Once it's dark they look really sweet sparkling away and I don't get candle fear!
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