Update on our tree

Here's an update on my main theme tree. I mentioned in my earlier post about this tree, I wanted to add some ornaments reflecting on Christ and in keeping with the color theme. Here is how the tree looks now that I've added those ornaments and most of the gifts are under the tree:

Some of the ornaments that tie in with the theme are balls. For instance, this one,

Our Home for Christmas

Here is an overview of how our house is decorated for Christmas. If I have more time, I may add more details on the different parts, if so, I'll add links to the bottom of this post.

Most of our friends come in our back door, so that is where I will start the tour, in the kitchen/dining room:

Our table:

My great aunt gave my mother this nativity scene when my parents were

Christmas Card Holder Craft

I don't know about you, but cards, both sending and receiving, are one of my favorite parts of the holiday season. I even put a poll to the right about when you send cards. For years I've been trying to decide how to display the Christmas cards we get. I've tried hanging taping them up, which didn't look that nice. I've tried sitting them around, but they like to fall down. I don't want to do anything that would harm the cards like punching holes in it, because I like to save at least the ones with notes in them. So, this year I'm trying something new this year.

My Grandmother and sister were shopping at Kmart and got these cunning clips

My first theme tree

Our family has always had a tree with whatever ornaments we had. They were pretty, but were not held to any theme or color scheme. For a couple year's I've wanted to do a gold and red (maroon, wine, etc.) colored tree, but things kept coming up. Finally this year I did it. My sister even wrapped presents in the proper colored paper. It is a Frasier Fir. Here is the whole tree as it is now:

Here's what it looked like before we put things under it on the tree skirt (the skirt is

Hello world!

Hi I'm Sarah and I've decided to start a blog to post on occasionally. I often read some blog and see a linky that I would like to contribute to, but did not have a blog. So, I've decided to start this blog for when I feel I have something to scribble and share on some topic. I'm not sure if it will ever really be read much, but we shall see how it goes. Currently most of my posts will probably be about decorating/crafting, but recipes, reflections, reviews, and deals may crop up as well.