Hello! Welcome to our new home this Christmas.  It's been a while since I last posted, and we've updated a lot of areas you may not have seen yet.
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We have so looked forward to our new little cottage at Christmas time.  Jon kept talking about how fun this house would be during the holidays, and it has been very exciting to look forward to!
With everything that has gone on in 2016, I didn't really think too much about how I would decorate this year- I couldn't even remember what all I had, or what I would want, even though I made a list of some things last year.(...when we were in our old house, but in escrow on this one)
Now that I've had a chance to put some things out, I know a little better what I would already like for next year!
One thing that I've really missed in this house is not having a mantel.  And we have TWO fireplaces!! Not one mantel!!It's already in the works for this one here, but in the meantime, I got creative and used a garland and some command hooks for a mantel this year.  I like it, and it works for us now.

I bought the weathered wood deer head this year at Monticello Antiques Christmas Show.Everything else I've used before in our Christmas decor.

I added more paper white bulbs to our decor this year.  With our new big property, it's been fun to see all the pretty green moss and be able to use it in fun ways.

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