Feels like Home Christmas Tour

Christmas time is here....

After having 2 Christmas's here in Iowa, I feel we are most settled in our home this year.  We've always been in the middle of a big project that was pulling me from Christmas decorating. The 1st two Christmas in this house I'm trying to figure out what works and what doesn't, decorating this year it felt like a home I knew!  So the other day I got out my camera and had so much fun taking some pictures of our living room.  So here's my official Creative Little House tour....

People say the best pictures are with living things in them,  Katie girl was just perfect this afternoon.....

 Speaking of living things, I love  plants during cold months of winter...I try and bring in the outdoors as much as I can.

 I adore this vintage postcard . The perfect Christmas to me is a good old fashion Christmas, where they make gifts for each other, have a simple tree, lots of snow, a fire, peppermint sticks, lots of love and Jesus. Just like Laura Ingalls Wilder had.  The simplicity of this postcard reminds me of that.....

 I don't really know what I'm doing when I put my bookshelves together, I shuffle, add and take away. This one ended up having Kansas City theme.   KC is where Scotty and I met and married.  I have great memories of the Plaza Lights, so my plaza plate has to go up every year.

I love a real tree!!  Love the smell, the life it brings and not having to store a huge tree.  We cut lots off our tree and I used the branches around the house as garland.

 Over all when I decorate for Christmas I love a touch of red. It's classic!  I made some red plaid ornaments a couple years ago and  I thought I would  balance the masculine plaid with a feminine leopard print this year.

 I ended up painting some dried gourds I had and turning them into over sized ball ornaments..

 I also made these fun spoons ornaments..  Christmas music and stories inspired these....

 A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices!  Thought the leg lamp was fitting for the "thrill" part. And no I did not plan that!

 My favorite carol.....

Special shelf for our babies......

 Speaking of babies, this one has been sick for a week, he's recovering now and this is the best way to do it.....

I hoped you enjoyed my little tour. I love seeing people's homes this time a year....No matter how simple or complex the decor is, the little girl inside me thinks it's magical.
I hope to show you a few more things that I've made and a couple more rooms.....
Blessings,
Julie