Glitter, Sparkle and Shine!

Hello!
It's hard to believe that it's the first day of December, isn't it?! Just 24 more days 'til Christmas.....yikes!!
I hope that you ladies aren't tired of seeing my antique hutch, but I wanted to share with you today how I decked it out for the holidays!

Of course, you know my motto:  You can never have too much glitter!  This rings especially true at the holiday season around our house!

This hutch is one of my very favorite pieces of furniture, and it's usually one of the first areas that I decorate at Christmas.  Let's take a closer peek at what's inside!

Like many of you, I adore mercury glass!  For safety sake, I am using battery operated votives here.  I placed the votives on a little silver tray that was a garage sale find, and tucked in some faux greenery and some tiny little vintage Christmas ornaments.  I would love to find more of these!  I was thrilled to find the ones you see here at an estate sale this summer, for next to nothing!

I really love this cute little tree nestled on the urn, and the silver glittered church is so pretty, don't you think?  I'm not really a red person, so you won't find alot of it at our house at Christmas.  I try and stick mostly with a creamy, green, silver and gold palate.  If it glitters, so much the better!

My mom gave me these pretty glass trees quiet a few years ago.  Not sure if you can tell in this photo, but I have placed them on a little mirror to reflect the candle light of the mercury glass votive tucked in the background.

In this vintage cream urn, I have placed a cluster of decadently beaded grapes. Love!

My vintage silver creamer holds a lovely blue vintage ornament and some greenery.  Love these sweet little birdies!

This bronze lion bank, which belonged to my Dad when he was little, holds a place of honor on my hutch year round.  I like tucking pretty little mirrors here and there to reflect the light.

Cloche love!  When I was unpacking my decorations yesterday, I was so excited to discover this gorgeous glittered cardinal, that I had totally forgotten about!  I bought him last year, I think at Michael's.

See, no such thing as too much glitter!

This urn is another one of my favorite things.  I've filled it with some really pretty glittered green berries and some greenery.

Here's a closer look.

And since everything looks better on a pedestal, I placed this little birdie atop of a glass candlestick.  The ceramic bird actually used to be a different color, but I just had to spray paint him Heirloom White, and add some glitter, too (which isn't showing in the photo).  I didn't want him falling off his perch, so I used a bit of hot glue to attach him and some greenery to the candlestick, which was a thrift store find.  That way, I can easily remove him when I want to, as the glue won't give a permanent bond.

I still want to add some type of garland to the top of my hutch, but I am determined not to buy anything new this Christmas!  I just have way too many decorations as it is!  So that only means one thing:  I must make one!  So now I am off to check out all of your lovely blogs for some ideas and inspirations!  Have a great night!