We are teaming up with wedding and event pros to inspire you this holiday season! If you’re just joining us make sure you check out the other posts in the series: Santa Claus is Coming to Town Party with Elf on the Shelf, holiday dessert bar and sweet desserts, Christmas Tradition and Décor, Christmas Tablescape Inspiration and Mama’s Cranberry & Apple Dish, a Christmas tradition in our family!
Today we are sharing the fun tradition of trimming the tree and our Christmas décor this year.
Last year I was all about burlap and the natural look. This year I went back to my favorite color red and used all our ornaments. I added a basket to make the look interesting and vintage.
This was our second year not traveling and continuing the our family tradition of decorating the Christmas tree during Thanksgiving weekend. Both my girls loved it even more than last year!
Since I’m highly allergic to trees, we stick with a faux Christmas tree. This one is 7 1/2 feet tall and has built in lights, which is a time saver.
I love how the color pops against the neutral walls. Even our dog Bailey feels the warmth and coziness that the tree brings to our family room!
This year we added box wood wreaths to our décor. I love how it pulls the room together! A florist can easily cost you $30-$40, but we found ours at Trader Joe’s for $9.99 each and added the red bows.
As my daughter Sofia says “let’s decorate more together”! So naturally, we moved on to the fireplace and hanging the stockings.
I had wanted to get to update our fireplace with unclaimed wood for a mantle piece, but it’s still on the to do list for our new home. Thus, we improvised again this year with nails to hang our stockings from Pottery Barn Kids.
You don’t have to spend a lot of money to decorate your home for Christmas. Use what you already own and add to your collection each year. My favorite two new pieces this year are the Hope marquee light from Target and Merry Christmas gold glitter banner from Hobby Lobby.
I love using vintage finds like the Santa Claus Advent Calendar from HomeGoods. Be creative with your décor and add vignettes to your build in shelves.
I’ve used some of my burlap décor from last year in this years. This burlap wreath was an easy DIY craft that I have used for all seasons by simply switching out the ribbon. Get the details on the DIY wreath here.
When decorating your home remember to pull your design through out your home. I love how the red pops from the Christmas tree, to the box wood wreaths, to my tablescape!
This last image is from our photo shoot with Classic Party Rentals. Come by next week to get the details on this Christmas and holiday tablescape!
Vendor Credits
Design & Styling – Sarah Sofia Productions
Photography – Sarah Sofia Productions
Vintage Santa Advent Calender – Home Goods
Christmas Stockings – Pottery Barn Kids
Hope marque light – Target
Merry Christmas garland – Hobby Lobby
Burlap wreath – Sarah Sofia Productions
Box wood wreath – Sarah Sofia Productions and Trader Joe’s
White lanterns – Ikea
Santa Claus, elf, snowman, & reindeer – Hobby Lobby
Beautiful! I loveeeee Christmas!
Thank you Carissa!
You’ve done a great job! This makes me so excited for Christmas!! Side note: I love the mirror pictures of your tree! 🙂
Thank you so much for your kind words! There’s something about Christmas and all the decorations that makes it so cozy and warm. 🙂
So glad I saw this today! We’re decorating our tree tonight, and I’m in need of some inspiration! I bought some ornaments yesterday because this will be my first Christmas tree of my own. I’ve been without one for a couple years! I love traditional colors so I went with red, green, and gold. So excited to decorate tonight!
Many thanks for your kind words and I’m thrilled I inspired you! Oh, so fun to have your own and start your own tradition!
I love what you did this year. We have the Pottery Barn kids stockings, too. Beautiful tree.
Many thanks for your kind words! Don’t you just love the whimsical feel of PBK stockings?!
Red is so festive for holidays! I love your Xmas decor and it’s so true you don’t have to spend a lot money to decorate. Beautiful job 🙂
What lovely decorations! I love how you strung the stockings up. That’s so creative!
Tiffany, many thanks for your kind words!
Love your Christmas decor!! It’s gorgeous!!
Ricci, thank you!
This post is inspiring! I LOVE the pictures using the mirror to showcase the tree. Thank you for making decorating affordable, and telling us where to find it. Trader Joe’s here I come 🙂
Rachel, thank you and I love to hear I’ve inspired you! My pleasure!
I love your Christmas tree! I still haven’t gotten any of our decorations out yet (we’re leaving for a week smack in the middle of December), so I’m having to live vicariously through all of my blogger friends’ decorations!
Natalie, thank you! I hear ya, it’s hard to get motivated when you won’t be around long to enjoy it.
Very beautiful. We are having a family Christmas decorating party tomorrow.
Mary, thank you! I can’t wait to see what you’ve done!
I love the display on the fireplace!
Amy, thank you!