Sorry this post is up later than usual this morning. Last night was my last night here in my current place and the last night with all my friends before everyone dispersed for Christmas break. I was also doing some last minute packing last night so all in all I was up super late. Totally worth it though!

I know Christmas is only 3 days away, but I have one last Christmas decorating post for you. This time it’s all about my Christmas wreath and other decorations I had around the house.

The theme this year for my Christmas decorating was use what you have. I didn’t really buy anything and made do with things I already owned. With the move, gotta save some money! So, here’s the wreath that I came up with this year.

This is what my Christmas wreath looked like in years past.

I removed everything from the old one, and started over with the base.

I had some leftover burlap ribbon from my tree so I weaved some in and around the wreath.

I added some pinecones that I had painted and winterized with glitter and then re-used the red berries from the old wreath.

And that’s basically it. Kept it pretty simple.

Here’s another picture of the wreath on the door.

And here’s a close up with some of the red berries.

For other Christmas decorations, I also added some winterized pinecones, cinnamon sticks and red potpourri berries to the glass bowl on our coffee table {for fall I had filled it with just pinecones}.

Here’s a close up of one of the fun glittery pinecones.

I have to admit, my Christmas decorations are actually already all down. I took them down yesterday. Waited as long as I could. I’m going out of town this weekend and when I come back on Sunday, I’ll be loading up a UHaul. So I had to have everything packed up and ready by this morning.

A little depressing to have all the decorations down before Christmas, but had to do it.

My blogging may be a little sparse over the next week or so due to moving. But I’ll be back once I’m a little more settled in my new place.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and if you are traveling this weekend, safe travels!

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Christmas is officially 13 days away. Can you believe it? I feel like this month is flying by!

I showed you our Christmas mantel last week. Thought this week I would show you guys some pictures of our Christmas tree all decorated, since it’s almost Christmas and all.

Our tree matches our mantel theme, very earthy and rustic.

Last year I knew I wanted to change up my Christmas decor. So the day after Christmas I bought up tons of ornaments all marked down. I would say 95% of the ornaments you see I bought last year on December 26.

Here’s a shot of the other side of the tree.

I knew I wanted to go with a more earthy look. I found the burlap ribbon at a store in downtown Franklin. I actually ran out and didn’t have enough so I did have to go out and buy another spool this year.

Some of the ornaments came from shops in downtown Franklin, but a large majority of them came from Target {I love me some Tar-jay}.

I can’t remember where these little birdhouses came from (I think Target), but I just thought they were fun.

This glittery pinecone ball came from Target.

As did this twig snowflake.

I picked up this little wooden sand dollar ornament as a souvenir from my trip to Charleston this summer.

The brown snowflake tree topper came from Target.

As did the pinecone ornaments you see at the bottom of the picture.

I used some leftover burlap fabric for the tree skirt (I actually used the fabric in my little basket filled with pumpkins from my fall mantel).

I really love the new look of my tree this year. Reflects more of my taste and style.

I think I might pick up a few more ornaments this year after Christmas though. Maybe some more white ornaments or shinier ornaments…just so it’s not so brown. I think it feels so brown partially because our walls are brown, so maybe in a different place it will feel different.

I also went with a natural look for my Christmas wrapping too…to match of course.

My mom is an excellent bow maker. I’m talking super fancy bows. No matter how hard I try, I am just not able to produce pretty bows. So instead of attempting to make pretty bows to use with my wrapping {and failing}, I figured I would wrap in my own creative/quirky way that feels more like ‘me.’

I wrapped all my presents in brown Kraft paper that I got at the dollar store (which equals way cheaper than the wrapping paper I’ve bought in the past).

I bought some little ornaments last year after Christmas thinking I could incorporate them into my wrapping this year. I just tied them to some raffia and tied it all into a bow on the presents. Super simple!

I bought the little tags you see on the presents from Minted.com and just customized them with my initial.

On a few of the presents I attached these little snowflake wooden stickers instead of using ornaments.

Love how both my presents and tree turned out. Glad I decided to switch things up this year.

What about you? Do you keep the same theme every year, or switch it up every now and then? Anyone else as crazy as me and knew what your theme was going to be last year on Dec. 26?

Linking up to: Thrifty Decor Chick, Kelly’s Korner, Liz Marie

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