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November 30th, 2009 I can’t afford my own Christmas decorations for the apartment and at my parent’s house I have no say in the decorating, but I still have been dreaming of what I would do if I had my own place and the money to decorate however I want. I love all shades of blue and would love to fill a whole house wit them. However, I like other colors as well so one time I could really use blues to cover my entire house would be during the Christmas season.
Growing up in Minnesota, I am used to blankets of snow on the ground and bright blue skies during the winter. I love traditional Christmas colors, but lately I have been really attracted to blues in Christmas decorating, especially when used with white. Here are some photos of inspiration that would set off my blue decorating if I were able to do some major Christmas decorating.
Green Trees:
House and Home
Coastal Living
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November 27th, 2009
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November 25th, 2009 
Source – Food Network
ODE TO STUFFING
The turkey is roasting. My toes, they are toasting. By the fire I wait For you to appear. With my nostrils held high, I sigh a big sigh While the chatter of family Draws near.
Small talk surrounds me. They talk so profoundly. Yet my hunger pains Drown out their songs. I’m sorry, I swear But your talk can’t compare With the love I’ve been Hiding so long.
It’s ready! I cheer! I see you, my dear As we line up to eat you and Your brothers. I trip little Sally And elbow darling Allie To get to you before Any others.
Your heat rises and rises. The whole family surmises. What the
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November 25th, 2009 I felt that my room needed something else to make it feel more “complete.” I wanted to do something crafty that I could hang on my walls which are still a little bare that would bring color and happiness into the room. I decided to make a banner to hang above my window. I was inspired by Kate’s thankful banner and Meg’s peace banner. I had first wanted my banner to say “Imagine” because it is something I’m doing all the time and it is a variation of “dream.” I decided it would be too long, however so I chose “smile.” The word smile makes me happy and I thought it would help to remind me to not get overly stressed out from school.
I gathered my supplies and I got to work. I used glitter, tacky glue, white ribbon, a sponge to spread the glue with, scissors, five sheets of thick scrapbook paper (not the flimsy kind), scissors, and a large sheet of tagboard. I picked out colors that would work both in my room at my apartment but also at my room at home. I try to make sure I can reuse everything during the summer when I am
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November 24th, 2009 After deciding to completely revamp my bulletin board, I quickly got started planning what I would do with it. I drew up a sketch, headed to a craft store, and got to work!
I started with some dark brown burlap, a spool of thick white ribbon, a spool of thin white ribbon, and some white thumb tacks to match the ribbon. That was basically all I needed to create a one-of-a-kind corkboard.
I started by drying the burlap to get any wrinkles out of it. Then I covered the entire board with the burlap and tacked it to the back. You could use staples, too, but I already had plenty of tacks. Then I took the thin ribbon and tacked one end to the back and stretched it diagonally across the board and pinned it to the back on the the opposite side.
I then switched directions and weaved the ribbon under and over the previously laid ribbon. Note, this picture has an error, the ribbons going horizontally should be weaved in
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The decorations were simple but sweet. My parent’s house is already filled with really warm and happy fall colors, so a little Thanksgiving decorating goes a long way.
Delicious pinwheels that will now be a staple for every Thanksgiving for years to come.
This isn’t even a Thanksgiving decoration, but I love how elegant this wine bottle turned candle holder is.
See? The decorations already fit in with Thanksgiving.
