I made a wreath for my living room mirror by pulling a wire coat hanger into a circle and wiring on branches that I cut off the bottom of my Christmas tree. A free wreath...you can't beat that! The ribbon I used to hang it from was a garage sale find last summer. Once the wreath gets too dried out I'll replace it with an artificial one.
My paperwhites are growing like crazy. I took the photo below last weekend and they are a lot bigger than this now. I can hardly wait until they start blooming! I'm going to plant some more soon because I love to have them blooming after Christmas when all the Christmas decorations have been packed up and put away. That's the time of year I start dreaming about Spring!
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LOVE the wreath!! It looks perfect over the mirror :)! Very clever with the free design, too!!
So pretty Cindy! I love your assortment of plates around the mirror.
Deb
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Hi Cindy. Love your wreath and its beautiful ribbon! I plant paperwhites every year and love them. You're right ~ they grow so quickly! I can't wait to see more photos of your stunning Christmas decor! ~Arleen
You are one extremely talented woman! Your home is so beautiful and your fine picture taking shows it off so well. Take for example this picture of your wreath on the mirror. You can see your beautiful decorated Christmas tree reflected in the mirror which enhances the photo even more. My hubby took out our tripod and set it up for me so I can start to TRY to take pictures of our Christmas decorations. My draft blog is still a DRAFT but maybe one of these days I can get it ready to publish. Now if I could just take some decent photos to post....
Teacup Lady (Sandy)
Love it! It looks sooo pretty!
~Liz
Cindy, This a beautiful christmas photo with your tree in the background. You should update your RMS photos with this one. You got a 5 rating from me. Terrific job. Tina
Cindy,
Love the reflection of the tree in the mirror. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at your house!!
Sandyt
In tough times that this, your decorating for "next to nothing" is so inspiring! Thank you!
Hi Cindy! Such a pretty picture especially with the reflection in the mirror! Great idea with the coat hanger and freebie greens! Have a great day! Jeannette
Great idea on the wreath. Looks very pretty with that beautiful ribbon.
Natasha
So cool that it reflects your tree. Renee
That looks so pretty and I love the reflection in the mirror! You brought back memories of when my son was little and I went to the tree farm and asked them if I could have all the branches they had cut off and I wired all of them together to make garland , my son sat next to me on my front porch just watching me,ahhhh memories, then I draped them over all my windows, the house smelled so good!! Love the paperwhites also, so pretty!
Hugs~Kelly
Your decor is so beautiful. Ane your photography skills are great! Luv seeing the tree in the mirror. The wreath is lovely. You get a two for one...seeing the tree and the wreath togther!!! CHEERS! MIchele
Just beautiful!!
Everything looks so beautiful in your home, Cindy! Love the free wreath!! I'm with you... I start dreaming of spring in January!... Donna @ An Enchanted Cottage
Love it all Cindy and your right can't beat the price..Loved your dish tree also...thanks again for sharing all you do..hugs and smiles Gloria
i love your cozy, romantic home so much. i just cant get enough of it. please go around and take a picture of every sq. inch so i can see.. pretty please. :o)
Can I come celebrate with you? Just gorgeous!!!! Where did you get the cupcake ornament?
What a fabulous idea! It looks so pretty, too. Everything is so elegant and inviting. You do such a great job! Thanks for sharing your pics.
God bless you ~ Julie
I love wreaths over mirrors. I think it adds so much dimension.
cindy,
you are so creative. i love the wreath and i can't wait to see the paper whites grow into full bloom!
Absolutely perfect!
Oh, and I have that same urn. Now I'll have to go get some paperwhite bulbs!
xoxo,
Mary
Hi Cindy,
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the dining room tree. It is the cutest, most clever thing I have ever seen. I do not celebrate Xmas, but if I did..... I cannot believe how awesome your tree is. It should be in a magazine. It is just really the cutest thing I've ever seen. And the base! The base! Oh my goodness! It's just too much! I love the plates and cups and silverware enough that I have to figure out how to hang more things like that in and around my house permanently.
I love that you put some of your new turkey plates on the wall!
Karin
ooooohh i am curious now to see what a paperwhite looks like...
THAT WREATH IS AWESOME.I'M GOING TO TRY AND COPY YOU,YEAH,RIGHT.GOOD LUCK ANN.HAHA...ANN
Cindy, Your pictures need to be on the cover of a magazine! So beautiful!
Hus,Lee Laurie
Hiya Cindy...more loveliness at your cottage...I'm still running over to RMS hoping to get the numbers up so you'll be front & center where you belong! ;-) Bo
Beautiful natural decorations for the holiday season. All the better when you can claim you are doing your bit for recycling.
Cindy~ ~
Your house in lovely! I'm having trouble getting into the spirit of decorating this year. We are in a new house and I can't seem to decide where to start. I just today pulled out all my boxes and it is a bit overwhelming.
Any ideas?
CINDY,I TOLD NIKKI ALSO THAT YOU TWO WERE THE QUEENS OF BLOGVILLE.SHE SAID,WELL," WHERE'S MY TIARA."SO,I HAVE ONE FOR YOU AND ONE FOR HER.IF YOU'LL COME GET IT PLEASE.YOURS IS BIGGER,BUT I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE THEM LOOK DIFFERENT.
Very pretty!!
Cindy, where did you get the mirror that you hung your wreath on. I absolutely love it. It would look perfect in my entrywat. I enjoy your blog a great deal. Keep it up.
I love the little urn your paperwhites are in. I just started a narcissus a few days ago for the first time. Looking forward to something green and blooming during the winter!
I love the look of the wreath over the mirror. Looks so French.
Lori
Don't you just love this time of year! It's looking so pretty at your house. I may have to try the wreath thing, I have a bunch of branches I got at the tree place for free & I'm not using all of it. Yours is adorable!
Your homemade wreath is lovely~
Perfect on the mirror!
WOW!!! Cindy.. magazine worthy..
hugs ~lynne~
Just beautiful!
Marvelous idea. Your tree looks beautiful. I agree with the decorating. Parts of my house just DO NOT GO with christmas colors and it's hard to work around it.
Your home is beautiful! Looking at your lovely Christmas decoration inspires me to decorate my home. Thank you so much for sharing!! Esther
That is a terrific wreath and I love the photograph as it captured your lovely tree.
Great wreath Cindy! It looks wonderful hanging on that mirror too!
Now that's thrifty....it looks beautiful.
Hugs,
LeAnn:)
What an idea for a wreath! See, I told you, you should write a book! You just come up with the most creative and doable things!
be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Cindy, that wreath looks beautiful on your mirror!
The reflection picture is dreamy. You did a nicjob making the wreath.
And those bulbs look cute and makes me want to grow some too.
Wendy
GREAT idea!
I'll have to give it a try.
That's funny about living in CA. After Christmas, the cold parts of the country get ready for winter and we start looking forward to spring.
~elaine~
Dear Miss Cindy,
I so enjoy your one of a kind ornaments. I have been given ornaments for years before I was even 20 years old from several family members. I never have to use store bought ornaments... because I have so many original ornaments. I also have many "antique" Christmas ornaments. I will take a picutre of it once I get it out for our decorating, but I have an ornament that was on my maternal Grandfather and Grandmother's first Christmas tree from 1918. It's some kind of pear ornament. It's the coolest piece of my history ever. I think it's great.
You have done a great job on your decorating. I can understand the idea of not wanting red in your decorating. I tend to use many tones of greens and burgundy colors. I'm not a big fan of bright Christmas Red. The only natural red that gets in the house is lights, or berries on my holly twigs.
Thank you for sharing so much of yourself with all of us. I so much appreciate it. It's wonderful.
Hugs,
PS
Everything looks so pretty Cindy.
Your ornaments pictures are beautiful.
Happy Holidays from my OneShabbyOldHouse to your Romantic Home.
Becky
So many special touches throughout your home. Your eye can never grow tired of admiring your lovely home and all it's personal touches. The wreath is just wonderful.
Gorgeous, Cindy!
I'm off to decorate, too ;))!
Monica.
Oh my goodness! Everything looks SO beautiful. Merry Christmas!
mary
sooo gorgeous!! love it all!! I hope you have a super wonderful day!! hugs!! Britt :-)
What a super idea! That wreath is just lovely. And the flowers! Wish I could have them too.
Hope you have a nice weekend.
Love Elzie
Hi Cindy :)
I had the best time catching up with you! Your ornaments are beautiful and both trees are stunning. I love this time of year and I can tell you do too :)
I really enjoyed the article over at lookiloos. It was very well done. Oh and the picture of your two kids is absolutely perfect and what a great idea to capture them in the playground.
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving :)
hugs,
rue
Looks great Cindy. And I can't get over how fast those paperwhites are growing, wow !
I was wondering if you could take a picture of your couch that is under your mirror and plates.
Cindy, did you know that if you add a tad of gin or vodka to your paperwhites, they won't get so tall and leggy.?
Lilly
Anon: Thanks! Yes, I heard that about paperwhites but I think that's if you are growing them in water and pebbles. I planted mine in soil this year.
great wreath and I love free!!!
ooooh cindy I love the wreath and the mirror and the reflection, so Christmassy and simple, mmmmm I am inspired!
Sarah
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