Christmas Buffets

I don't know about you but my Christmas decorating this year is a bit more casual than previous years. Some years I can't get enough sparkle and others I like the warm cozy feel of more casual decor.   Here are a few pictures of the two buffets in my house decorated for Christmas.  Yes, I have two buffets.  One upstairs and one downstairs. 

This Joy banner is from Mama's Porch.  If you want to see more things from Mama's porch you can see a previous post here.

I just love this little tree I picked up last year after Christmas.

This is the buffet I have upstairs in my living room.  I didn't change it much from my fall decor.

As you can see I am not a chalkboard artist but that goes right along with that casual homey feel I'm going for, right?

Hope all of your are enjoying the season and are not feeling to rushed.

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A Graduation Party And Some Technical Difficulties

I am so happy to finally be doing a post.  I have missed blogging but have had some technical difficulties.  I tried to do this post a month ago and was not able to because I had used all my free picture storage.  I was not aware that I had a limit on picture storage so after cleaning up my Picassa account of duplicate photos I was able to add the pictures in this post.  I then tried to make this post and kept getting error codes every time I tried to login to my blog.  Has anyone else had similar issues?  I hate to purchase additional storage if I am not always going to be able to make posts.

Now on to the fun stuff.  This May my daughter graduated from high school.  I had so much fun getting ready for the open house.

May favorite thing that I made for the party was this banner.

 

I cut the pendants out using my Cricut machine and the graduation cartridge.  I then tore out pages from a paperback and glued them on the back of the pendants.

I just love the little metal clips I used to attached the pendants to the cord.  I found them at Hobby Lobby.

I also cut these numbers out using my Cricut and clipped them to a cord with some black and white photos.

Her school colors were red and white so I did a fun display with candy.  This was a big hit with the kids. 

 I also thought this was a great way to display her gown.

Thanks as always for stopping by and if you are a blogger and have any words of wisdom for me on my recent blogger issues, please leave a comment.  Thanks!

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