My Shabby Chateau: christmas decor

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Thanks so much for stopping by! I believe that everyone can have a beautiful home without spending a fortune! One of my favorite things to do is find creative ways to re-purpose things I already have on hand, or have picked up at yard sales and thrift stores. Join me as I share with you some of my favorite ideas for crafting and decorating, as well as travel adventures, and fun things that I pick up on my treasure hunts! Much of my work is influenced by my love all things French, nature, and of course shabby chic! I have gotten so many creative ideas from you very talented bloggers out there, and I hope that I can be an inspiration to you as well!

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Glittery French Christmas

Bonjour Mes Amis!

I guess you could say that my theme for this year's Christmas decorating is

"Glittery French"!

While I originally was planning to decorate simply for Christmas, I somehow found myself knee deep in holiday decor! I kept spotting so many wonderful ideas and projects on everyone's blogs, as well as Pinterest, that I just couldn't help myself:)

So today I am sharing with your our Christmas tree, that is decorated with all things silvery, creamy, glittery, and Frenchy,

Many of the ornaments I have made, and many were gifts given to me by special friends.

I actually laid down on the floor to get this shot! The triangle of lights you see above the tree is actually the icicle lights that hubby put outside, outlining our roof!

I made over a dozen of these glittered pincones. I had nearly forgotten that we'd collected them this past winter, when we were in Georgia. They are really big!

I coated the tips, both top and undersides, in fine silver glitter by Martha Stewart. A fun project, but boy was it messy, not to mention a bit labor intensive!

I screwed eye hooks in the base of each pinecone so that I could thread a sheer ribbon thru for hanging.

Lots of glittery goodness!

German glass glitter angel

Large tussie mussie that I made several years ago, and a pretty vintage inspired angel tag ornament.

Oooh, la, la!

Parisian postcard ornaments that I made several years ago.

I snapped all of these shots during the day. I have some night time views coming up.

Ok, I snapped these shots tonight.

Faux mercury glass ornament that I just made today. It is actually a clear plastic ornament, which I spray painted silver on the inside. First I poured a few drops of water inside the ornament, and sprinkled some fine silver glitter inside. Then swirled it and the paint all around. A vintage image of the Madonna and child was decoupaged to the front, and I just had to add a bit more glitter!