Last few little bits of Christmas glitz

As promised, I had a few more projects up my sleeve for fitting my home for the holidays.
 Here's the final touches:

My mom got this huge mirror from my grandma a few years ago, and it just didn't find a home in my parents' house. I mentioned that I was struggling to find the right decor for my mantel, and my mom and I thought this mirror just might work. I think it's fabulous! The garland of knitted trees was a bargain at Target, and I crocheted a single chain with some ivory sparkly yarn to string the mini-wreaths to finish it off. I ended up adding a couple under-used scarves which I forgot to take photos of. As we get Christmas cards, we're stringing them along the mantle hung from yarn with clothespins. It's pretty cute!

This is the doll I made into a little bride for my cousin's shower earlier this year. I found some fun fabric scraps in my mom's bins and Christmas-fied her! Everything's held on with pins so I can disassemble and make it new again!

Finally, this super project doesn't grace the walls at my house, but I helped my mom make this for her office at work. It came out spectacular! My mom was inspired by something similar on Pinterest, but I love our version even more! We started with a black canvas from Hobby Lobby, and added layers of chalk drawings, tissue pom-pons, garlands of flags that we stenciled NOEL onto, and a few ornaments. I LOVE it! 

Christmas Decorating nearly complete

I wanted to share some photos of my Christmas decorations, and hopefully warm your spirit on this blustery cold day! I am calling the front porch done, though I initially had other plans to bling it up a little more. The inside still has boxes everywhere (of not yet placed Christmas decor), so I'll have a few more pictures soon once I get everything arranged.

Enjoy!

This is the view from the porch. I just love the rug you can see through the door that says "Owl be Home for Christmas!" 

I made this tree by flipping a tomato cage upside down and wrapping lights around it and setting it on a now-fallow planter. I added a blingy garland of gold stars so it doesn't look quite so sad during the day when the lights are off. It really makes the porch feel complete.

The tree, and as noted, the boxes. I used to have two trees and I haven't figured out quite what to do with all the extra ornaments.

I was the most excited about decorating this window. It's just inside the front door, and is over 4 feet tall and a couple feet deep, so I had lots of opportunity. I like that it's a mix special handmade decorations (the snowman near the middle was made by my Grandma) and purchased finds. Our Christmas Cactus is about to bloom, so I left it in the middle. I also whipped up the lighted wreath last year using doilies. You wrap a string of lights around a wire wreath form, then cut small slits in the center of small paper doilies and poke the lights through. It was NOT as easy as it looked, but the effect is worth it.