decking the halls

I'm a big believer that you can't start anything Christmas related until after you've stuffed yourself with that Thanksgiving turkey. So the other night-after I stuffed myself (again) with some leftovers-Dan and I (meaning Dan) set up the Christmas tree!

We decided to go with a fake Christmas tree this year. Now, I do love the smell of a real Christmas tree and going to pick it out, BUT, after remembering what an absolute pain it was so set up a real one last year, we went to Target and picked one out. And a candle.

I decided to go with some simple, yet festive decorations for this year. Much less messy than garland :)

Love these silver tree trunks from Target.

A little spray paint turns things into a festive piece!

One of my favorite things this year is this glittery reindeer! The tutorial can be found here. My very talented mother actually free handed the reindeer. I'd say it turned out pretty great!

Fa la la la la!