Category Archives: Christmas

Displaying an Outdoor Nativity

Last year we displayed the outdoor Nativity scene on the front porch, but it just looked a bit too cramped and didn’t do it justice. So this year we put it in the front yard. Here are a few details we had to change…

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Antler Candle Holders

Last week I showed you my attempt to embellish a deer antler mount for a Christmas ornament on the wall. So continuing on with that antler idea, I made these antler candle holders and learned a few more things along the way…

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Deer Theme Winter Wonderland

A pair of glitter deer are the center and central focal point of this year’s Christmas display on the built-in sideboard, but here are a few more details about this fun deer theme Winter wonderland vignette…

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Deer Antlers for Christmas

I’ve been loving decorating with deer themed things this Christmas, so I thought how perfect to actually use real deer antlers for a Christmas decoration too! Nope, hunters we are not, so we didn’t come by these antlers that way… But they are real, and here’s how I did get them and what I did to embellish them…

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Hanging Christmas Lanterns

This, in the final post in a 3 part mini-series of creating a Merry Christmas welcome on the front porch, features hanging Christmas lanterns.

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Rustic Deer Themed Christmas Tree for Front Porch

This is part 2 of 3 creating a Merry Christmas welcome on the front porch… Once the summer wicker furniture was moved off the porch to protect it from the winter snow, I decided to add this Christmas tree, albeit not your traditionally decorated Christmas tree, to the front porch. I opted for a rustic deer themed Christmas tree! Fun, right?! Here are a few tips and an unconventional Christmas tree stand.

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Create a Merry Christmas Welcome

I had a lot of fun this year when I went to create a Merry Christmas welcome on the front porch of our 100 year old home. In most of the rooms or areas I decorate, I tend to pick up on a detail of some sort and repeat it in a few ways throughout the design, and this front porch Christmas design was no different…

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