welcome to my cozy apartment.... here are a few pics of my "how to decorate for christmas with little money"
metal wreath frame: $2 yarn: about $6 with plenty left over felt for flowers: $2.50 and still have enough left over to make 100 more! ornaments: $.99 for a package of 4!
banner: $.99 2 tree ornaments: $.99
beaded garland: $.99 ornaments: $.99 already had cotton balls and string
left: front window display beaded garland: $.99 already had snowflakes and paper for the paper chain right: poinsettias poinsettias: $.99 each - bought 3 milk glass vase: already had
my table centerpiece
top left: package of ornaments: $.99 top right: candlesticks: 2 for $.99 bought 6 bottom left: bird in glass: $2 from marshall's (was supposed to be an ornament, but was broken) bottom right: cotton balls: already had glass jars: already had
right: vintage angel: $1.99
my christmas tree! used all my leftover ornaments, cotton balls, and garland!
ta da! and all of this for less than $30! thank you 99 cent store and goodwill. so worth it, and makes it feel a little more like christmas in this warm weather.
i moved! yep, no more blow up mattress bed. no more sleeping in navi's room. (i do miss her though)
i found a steal of a deal and snatched it up quick. i moved in a few days before i headed out to utah for 2 weeks. i have two roomies, one which i share a room with. my place is adorable, maybe one day i'll post pictures. but the thing i love most is finally having my own space, and being able to decorate for holidays! haven't been able to do this in a few years, and it's been killing me.
i've already started decorating, & i'll put pictures up when i'm finished. but here is a little peek!
spent my night making paper chains, love it.
this is my table centerpiece. i might be a tad obsessed.
i promise to post more soon, once i figure out how to hang things. my cheap tape from the 99 cent store is not holding things up. i may have shattered a few ornaments. oops.
i had five photo shoots in less than two weeks and so by the time christmas rolled around, i needed a break from being behind the camera, and enjoy the holidays. so you must excuse my lack of quality and lack of pictures... (most of these are taken on my iphone or others took them)
saturday i helped my mom set up for a beautiful winter wonderland wedding lets just say my mom is amazing at planning weddings. (more pictures to come soon!)
monday and tuesday were spent shopping. all. day. long. monday night i did get to go up to sundance, which by the way i'm obsessed. i had never been. its beautiful! anywho, i went sledding, in all ways shapes and forms. some included piling 6 people on an old school mattress with skies on the bottom and wiping out several times. good times. tuesday me and my mom went to gateway and i loved this tree they had all lit up.
how fun is that?
wednesday {christmas eve eve} i wrapped presents all morning, had a photo shoot in the afternoon, and then went to grandma winnie's for dinner. it's tradition.
navi had fun trying to do "summersaults"
thursday {christmas eve} was spent cleaning and getting ready for the party. we had the davies over for dinner: a pasta bar, with yummy home made macaroni grill bread!
and then we played games. tanner bought our family the game LCR because we loved so much the first time he introduced it to us! amy won the first round. nate won the second. and i got second place both times. and really did win ;) jk nate! but nate was a dear and gave the money he won to me instead, so i split it with jake who got third place. i won't try and explain the game, because i might confuse you. but its a blast, search it on google and buy one for your and your fam!
me and my favorite baby
we then watched some home movies of our families, had a mini dance party in austin's festive room, and sang christmas songs as we marched down the stairs. wish you could have been there. it was a blast.
after... we opened our christmas jammies! {my favorite part of christmas eve} (stole this from my bro. my dad took pictures, but we all looked nasty so this will do)
then me and the twins built a fort over my bed, and we three squished in my bed. we voted austin to sleep in the middle. worst 8 hours of sleep i've ever had.
christmas was a lot of fun, my grandma came and made sour dough pancakes and bacon for us in the morning. i had fun giving presents i got navi this book for her birthday so i got her this one for christmas
my parents gave me this:
i told them not to get me anything at all. but it will be so nice to carry around with me so i don't have to always haul around my huge & heavy camera.
saturday we went bowling. brought along my new little cam & had a heck of a time. poor little thing came broken, so this is all i could get before she broke down on me.
so thankful for: a little brother who gets so excited about christmas spending an entire day with my mom the little snow storm we got the bestest friends i could ever ask for hanging out with my bro tanner, now he's headed back to kauai. boo. spending 30+ hours straight in my pjs the family who did the 12 days of christmas for us my new gym membership. i can't wait to be in good shape! my amazing job, and such cute clients all the generous gifts that were left on our doorstep and my fabulous parents for giving us a good christmas
