It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas {Part 2: Shelves and Other Decor}

 So onto Part 2 of my Christmas blogging. These are all of the decorations from my shelves that Ben built me (I like to refer to them as my mantle) and all of the other little, random things I have done around the house.

I am going to start off with my shelves and the living/dining room. I decided to go with a red and brown theme to go with my Christmas tree in the living room. It also matches the normal decor of the living room. Yes, I am just that OCD that everything has to match. So here is the overall shelf turnout. I really like them!

I used the same old window that I got from my mom a while back. I made a new Christmas wreath to hang on the window. I used one of the $5 vine wreaths from Hobby Lobby (I used a 40% off coupon too! So it was actually cheaper!). I spray painted it red with the cheap Wal-Mart spraypaint. Then using brown, satin fabric I made three fabric rosettes and hot glued them on. At this point, I had already made my stockings, so I made the rosettes to match the ones on the stockings.

 On the left side of the top shelf, I used an old unfinished picture frame that I have had forever. I sprayed it red with the same spray paint used on the wreath. I found the vintage Santa postage stamp on Pinterest. I simply printed it and put it in the frame. On the right side, I used some apothecary jars that I had and filled them with ornaments that I had gotten on clearance after Christmas last year. One jar is small, red, glass ball ornaments and the other is brown, matte and glitter icicle ornaments. I just cut off the strings that you hang the icicles by.

On the bottom shelf, I knew I wanted to use this Merry Christmas card holder. I bought it last year at Pier 1 after Christmas for $7. I actually didn't buy it to use for Christmas cards. I just liked the way it looked. Since this was going on the bottom shelf, I needed some way to hang my Christmas stockings without giant stocking hangers. I was originally going to use those sticky hooks and try to cover them up with garland, but I found these at Wal-Mart (2 pk for $6). I knew they would be perfect to slide under the Merry Christmas sign.

 I also made our stockings. I bought some linen fabric at JoAnn's with a 50% off coupon. I cut them out, sewed them together, and then made the satin rosettes. I love the way they turned out, simple but cute.

Next I needed something for the sides of the Merry Christmas sign. On the left, I used a hurricane that Ana gave me a while back. I filled it with some glass balls that I had bought after Christmas on clearance one year. (Are you starting to see the trend of how I shop?) Then the other hurricane is one that my mom gave me last year for my birthday filled with potpourri. I just poured the potpourri into a ziploc bag for the time being and filled the hurricane with red, glitter top ornaments. On the right side, I was going to use to candle sticks that I had got from The Salvation Army this summer. I painted them and got candles for them, went to put them on the shelf and they were too big! Just lovely! So I used them elsewhere and had to come up with a new plan for this side of the shelf. I found these Christmas trees at The Christmas Tree Shop for $1.99 and $2.99. They were silver when I bought them, but I sprayed them with red spray paint and sprinkled them with red glitter. I love the way they turned out!

 In this picture, I have the table centerpiece that I made. The glass jar came from our wedding. I filled it with leftover ornaments from our tree and placed it on a .99 charger.  On the right, we have the candle sticks that I was going to use for the shelves. I sprayed them white and sanded off a few places to give them an old look. I made the Silent Night picture by designing the picture in Cricut Design Studio (thanks to Ana), cutting it out of contact paper, then placing it on a red sheet of cardstock.

 

 This is the living room coffee table. I painted an old frame with the chevron pattern using masking tape. Then I printed out the Merry Christmas clipart (found via Pinterest). The basket came from The Dollar Tree. I painted it white and distressed it. Then used left over balls to fill it. The mercury glass candle holders came from the dollar rack at Michael's last year.

 

 These are the end tables in the living room. On the left, the 25 block numbers came from the dollar bin at Target. I sprayed them red to give them a Christmas feel. The pedestal dish behind them came from Goodwill for $1. Then I used ornaments that I had to fill it. On the right, is a jar that I use in my normal decor. I found some tree branches and sprayed them red, then hung some snowflake ornaments on them.

 Okay, so now onto the master bedroom. I know this is just crazy, but I love to decorate for Christmas! This is why it has taken me 3 weeks to decorate! haha...For the bedroom, I just did a couple of things on the dresser. I sprayed some more tree branches and hung ornaments on them. I filled some apothecary jars with snow and placed ornaments in them. I love the way this turned out!

I finally got the mirror on the wall! So here is our finished dresser!

The last thing I have to show is my snowmen. Like I said in my last post, I have been collecting snowmen since 6th grade. I have ornaments for my tree and figurines that I put in a bookshelf. So here we are...welcome to kinck-knack city! Just kidding...well kinda. They are knick-knacks but I enjoy them every year. I love to get them out because I always forget what I have and it is kinda like Christmas morning every year when I open them. I have received these snowmen as gifts and have bought some myself. I have written on the bottom of every snowman who gave it to me and what year. So that is always fun to look back on too!

 So this concludes my 2nd Christmas post. I promise my next one won't be this long!