Christmas

                                     Merry Christmas!

It's starting to look a lot like Christmas! I just couldn't wait for Christmas this year. The day after Thanksgiving I started on decorating the house. I had been on Pinterest looking at a lot of ideas for inspiration. Here are the ideas I found and my own version of them.

 I started with my porch. I created the wood sign by painting the letters J-O-Y with red paint on a piece of barn wood. The wreath was from Lowes. I purchased it at the end of the Christmas season last year when it was on sale.

I love this sign! The idea came from hometalk.com

My porch with the sign and wreath

Here is my version of the JOY sign

We also decorated the top of our barn. We made a large circle wreath with barb wire and I found a large metal star to hang with it.  We wrapped the barb wire with Christmas lights. I love how it looks at night.

We don't have a mantle to decorate so I have been trying to come up with an alternative. I found a door at an antique store and tried to create the picture below. I also wanted to try a galvanized tun instead of a tree skirt.

I love this door from unskinnyboppy.com

Here is the little door I found. I also used a galvanized tub to hold our tree. 

I had a few branched left from our tree and I wanted to put them to use. I create a little swag to hang on our chicken pen door. It was so simple and took a few minutes.

First you need three branches from your tree, scissors, floral wire, ribbon, and a few plastic ornaments.

Next lay out the three branches and wrap them with wire. Attach the ornaments and tie a ribbon to cover the wire. 

I love using Pinterest for ideas and inspiration!

Merry Christmas!

~Chelsea