It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas...Design on a Dime Style

I love getting our Christmas decorations out each year. I love all of them because there are so many good memories and sentiment attached to them. Most of our tree ornaments were my mom's and brother Andy's. Marsha has made the cutest decorations for all of us and I love putting those out. But this year when I decorated I was feeling like we needed a few items to pull it all together. So after watching some HGTV shows and brainstorming I came up with a few ideas. I spent $50 and I think I did okay. Maybe not Pinterest board worthy, but I was happy. 

The base of this wreath is the one Marsha used for our wedding reception and gave to us. I've used it as a base for many different wreaths and this year I decided to use it for Christmas. I spent $4.00 total to put it together. Most of the decorations used in it came from Goodwill. 

The base of this is a piece of ironwork that hangs on our wall in our family room. The colors are blues, greens and yellows and not very Christmas like so I decided to cover it with Poinsettias. If I had it to do all over again there are a few things I would change, but overall, I think it's kind of cute. 

In the past I have hung up our NOEL stocking hangers and stockings on our mantle and that was about it. This year I decided to take it up a notch and buy some garland. I found this pre-lit garland at Tai Pan for $9.97. And then used the rest of my Goodwill floral selection to spruce up the tall basket things on either side of the mantle.

The tree isn't anything different than any other year, but I just love our tree. We found it at Lowe's one year at a day after Christmas sale for 75% off and I am so glad that we bought it. It is starting to show some wear and tear, but I still love it.

This isn't anything fancy, but it is simple and I kind of like it. I bought the vase for $5.00 and filled it with ornaments, and now I have a Christmas centerpiece. 

I also bought a couple of wreaths to hang on our outside lights on the garage. I forgot to take pictures of those. Anyway, most of my money was spent on the poinsettia arrangement, and everything else I got for super cheap. So, there you have it. I am obviously a little bit proud of my decorations or I wouldn't be blogging about them!  :) What can I say? I love Christmas and I love decorating so I get a little excited about this stuff.