Top 5 Thursday: Christmas/Winter Decor Ideas

Hey guys welcome back to another Top 5 Thursday! Sorry I have been kind of MIA this week. I will explain that in tomorrow's post. Today we are going to talk about my Top 5 Christmas/Holiday décor ideas.



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I love this so much! It is so "wintery" instead of "Christmasy" so it is something you could leave up for the whole winter season. It also uses simple trays from Dollar Tree!


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This is so beautiful and so simple. Just several pillar candles on a cake stand surrounded by berries. This is another "wintery" décor idea.


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This is so rustic and gorgeous. I love how they use the wreath to be the 'O' in 'Noel'. And I love the white and greyish coloring.


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What I love about this one is how they incorporated the cheaper Christmas bows and the perfect holiday candies. It is really simple, but has a huge impact!


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I love the idea of adding some holiday décor to your every day décor like this. Just adding the ribbon, small wreaths and letters makes such a big difference to the mirrors.

So there you have it, my top 5 Christmas/Winter décor ideas. As you can probably tell, I am more into the wintery décor so that I can leave it up even longer. I really love the simplistic and rustic looks as well. What are your favorite holiday décor ideas?

 If you want to check out more of my favorite Chrismtas/Winter décor ideas you can check out my Christmas Décor board on Pinterest.

A Bit of Thanksgiving

Hey Guys! I meant to get this post done last week, but with my shoulder injury and then forgetting my camera at the other house, it got put off. Oops!

I was so excited to get a real full Thanksgiving this year! I haven't had a real Thanksgiving since before Boo was born. This year, we got to have two Thanksgiving meals. We had lunch at my grandmother's and then dinner at JP's Mom's house. I really just wanted to share a few of my favorite pictures.

At my grandparent's house we are all really competitive (there are a lot of boys in our family). For some reason my cousin's started competing about who has the better blood pressure. I was still eating so I didn't get pictures of anyone getting their pressure checked except JP. Then my medically trained uncle decided to teach my very not medically trained uncle how to check my grandmother's blood pressure. It was quite amusing.

 

These are just a few random pictures that I took while we were at my grandparent's house. My favorite is of course the one of my son picking his nose. Very classy. :) I love the look on my grandmother's face!

 

 

After my grandparents, we went to Jason's Mom's house. Matthew got to open his birthday gifts from his Grandma. He was so excited and loved everything. Then we ate dinner, which was AMAZING.

 

 

After that, lots of play time. Matthew absolutely loved playing with his Aunt and Uncle on JP's side. He even got to play with JP's Grandma for a bit.  

 

 

And nothing says Thanksgiving quite like horse rides from everyone!

 

It really was one of the best Thanksgivings I have ever had. I am so grateful to my family for letting us spend it with them. And I am even more grateful that I got to spend it with my two favorite guys! How was your Thanksgiving?

 

 

Top Five Thursday: Favorite Winter Nail Polishes

Hey Guys! Welcome to another Top 5 Thursday! This week I am going to tell you my top 5 favorite winter nail polishes! I tried really hard to do a variety of brands but for some reason this one ended up being mostly NYC! I do feel bad though because I think most of these are limited edition polishes. If you are interested in them though, I would do a search on Ebay or Amazon for them because I did find most of them there!

 

The first one is actually a top coat but it is perfect for winter and will make all of your polishes winter polishes. It is the NYC sparkle top coat in Shimmer blast. It is really hard to see in this picture, but this is full of little multi-colored shimmers. It just kind of reminds me of snow. I love this stuff!

 

The next one is Sinful Colors. This is a beautiful purple polish filled with big pieces of silver and multi-colored glitter. It is #930 and it is called I Miss You.

 

This red Nicole by OPI polish is the PERFECT red. It is just a really wonderful true red.  I actually earned this nail polish by eating Kellogg's cereal! You can still earn this nail polish through the Kellogg's deal! This one is called Challenge Red-Y.

 

I absolutely love this pale blue color. It just screams winter to me! This color is really opaque and creamy. This one is another NYC polish and it is called Raindrop.

 

And lastly, another NYC polish! I love this one so much! It is a cream color with gold glitter in it. It isn't overwhelming with the gold glitter either, which I love. This one is called Enchanted.

 

 

There you have it, my top 5 favorites for winter! What are your favorite winter nail polishes?