New Year Decorations

Jack was still on a "Christmas High" after we put away the Christmas decorations. (I take everything down the day after Christmas.) And even though he didn't have clear idea of what New Year's Eve, Happy New Year, etc... actually meant, he still ran around shouting "Happy New Year!!!" (really loud). So I decided we needed festive New Year decorations. I went by the Dollar Tree and they had a few gold and silver decorations that I thought would be a good jumping off spot. I was a little burned out on red and green. And I knew I wanted to use live cedar and pine, so I put John on that. I mean, he was already out in the woods hunting so why not put him to work?

I used my mercury glass vases on the table with silver snow flakes, pine, cedar and pine cones. John made a haul down at the farm. I had enough cedar and pine to start my own forest.

I wish my mercury glass showed up a little better in these pictures because I love it. They will be on my table for months to come.

This is our buffet. I found the gold/silver hats, garland and horns at the Dollar Tree. It's such a fun place to pick up inexpensive pieces to mix with things I already have.

I filled my jars with silver present packing tinsel. I'm not sure of the proper name, but you know what I'm talking about. It's like thicker, shorter tinsel. Then I hung gold snow flakes from the top of each one.

I believe these candle holders were left over from my sister's wedding many moons ago, but they are perfect! The tiles are gold, silver and copper. And I hung a gold snow flake from each lamp.

I placed a few silver and gold horns throughout the garland... and there you have it! John and Jack continue to think my decorations are festive and that's why I do it. Now I've got to start getting my Valentine decorations down from the attic. I have a lot of ideas so I better get going.