holidays — The Pleated Poppy

valentine's decor at the pleated poppy

i am not a big decorator for the smaller holidays (basically anything other than christmas), but it sure doesn’t look like it in these pictures!

i’m don’t love the idea of buying new decorations each year for the holidays, so i make do with what i have and what i can make on my own. so i tend to reuse previous year’s decorations, but with a little bit different styling. call me cheap!

valentine's decor at the pleated poppy

i got these paper flowers from consumer crafts awhile back when i ordered my bandanas for my chevron bandana quilt. and they’re on sale still! the set came with a few other colors that i used for joy’s adoption shower.

the antlers are still up from christmas, and will probably hang out there for awhile.

valentine's decor at the pleated poppy

funny story about this pompom garland: i was in the craft section of walmart and saw yarn in pink, aqua, and red (a good red is hard to find in yarn!), so i grabbed them to make this pompom garland for valentine’s day. um, apparently i am very forgetful because i had already made this garland last year. so now i have yarn to return. because all i do with yarn is make pompoms!

valentine's decor at the pleated poppy

these fun little jars have been recirculating on pinterest again! i loved them so much last year that i just did them again, but with all aqua jars this time. here’s a link to where i got the idea from originally.

valentine's decor at the pleated poppy

i grabbed a few of my pretty vintage books to set the jars at different heights and add a bit more color.

valentine's decor at the pleated poppy

i made this fabric wrapped wire word at craft weekend. everyone else was so creative with lots of colors and different fabrics, but i was boring with just one.

valentine's decor at the pleated poppy

once i actually got out my small bag holding all our valentine’s decor (after i already bought the yarn), i realized that when i added my new valentines bunting (sold out in the shop – sorry! i’ll make more next year) that i now had 5 garlands just for valentine’s day! ri.dic.u.lous. i only wanted one garland on my mantle this year, so i used the others around the house elsewhere, like here over our front porch windows.

valentine's decor at the pleated poppy

i love the look of 2 garlands swagged, so i used a fabric bunting and also the paper one i sewed up last year.

valentine's decor at the pleated poppy

remember my glitter heart shirt i cut up and remade? i couldn’t throw away the cute glittery heart, so i just stuck it to the wall under my button monogram.

valentine's decor at the pleated poppy

i did buy these cute little mail boxes for the kids while at target on a date with gracie. at a buck a piece, i couldn’t resist! i told the kids it was for writing love notes to each other… trying to encourage sibling love ;)

valentine's decor at the pleated poppy

lily got right to work writing cards to her siblings! (my plan is working!)

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christmas house tour at the pleated poppy

although i’ve had my house decorated since right after thanksgiving, i am just now getting to posting pictures!

when the busyness finally lessened, the rain came and shoo’d away the sun, so getting decent light for taking pictures was tricky. so on the brightest gloomy day i got as many pictures as i can. of course, as i’m typing, the sun is shining brightly and would be perfect light. of course.

christmas house tour at the pleated poppy

while i changed up so much of my decorations this year, this little rudolph is in its same home as last year. i just love it! i bought it last year at the queen bee market from misfit menagerie. i am dying to get this little doe for the rest of the year.

this feather wreath is also an oldy but goody. i’ve had it since i used to decorate for christmas in all white and silver (12 years +). its just a feather boa wrapped around a grapevine wreath.

and speaking of wreaths, here’s my wreath that i made a couple years ago that was featured on the chew. if you do attempt to make this, i HIGHLY recommend you follow my directions rather than theirs as mine is much less time consuming. their’s is really cute, but much more difficult.

i love what i had done the last few years for decorations, but i was ready for a change. i’m not a huge fan of buying tons of christmas decorations each year, so i haven’t for a couple years. so with wanting to do something different, i had to get creative with what i already had – which was actually really fun!

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i also wanted to tone things down a bit. past years have gotten very colorful (nothing wrong with that), and decorations everywhere, so i went a little bit more mild and just not everywhere with the decorates.

my tree usually has the kids ornaments (my mom gets them each a snowflake, reindeer or star each year), ball ornaments, and also tiny picture frames with pics of friends and family.

this year i opted to only use the ball ornaments and went for a kind of ombre/rainbow look, and i am so happy with how it turned out! the only bummer: when people come over and ask the kids if they had fun decorating the tree, i have to duck my head in shame since i did it when they were out of the house! in my defense, they didn’t seem to care too much and have a tiny tree in the playroom that they decorate themselves.

i love how well grace’s version of michelangelo’s horse fits into our everyday decor. with a little wreath slipped over it’s head, it works perfectly for christmas, too!

yep, our tree is fake. i gave in years ago since sean is allergic to the real deal. poor guy would get sinus infections every christmas!

the ornaments are a mix of yarn wrapped balls, glittered balls, glass and plastic balls. most of the ornaments were from target, but a few fancy ones were bought years ago from crate & barrel (pre-kids).

the pillow was a recent find at the stitch market, and the blanket over the ottoman was one of silas’s hand knit baby blankets.

i love the nativity scene by willow tree. i know there’s more to the set, but i kind of love it just like this. this year i added the stars. its a little much, but still fun.

i have a little start punch and then sewed the punched stars with my sewing machine – so easy! then i just randomly cut the strands of stars and taped them to the top of the shelf.

i am so happy with my mantle this year! i bought the stockings when sean and i had our first christmas. they were from kmart and were so inexpensive, i just grabbed a bunch! every year i say i’m going to add some ribbons with names on them, but never do…

the wreaths are a new addition here. they are usually hanging over our back windows with different decorations on them. i stripped them down and just added a bunch of tiny pompoms i made with my pompom maker and extra yarn i had on hand.

i’ve been doing the trees for awhile now and am so tempted to just keep adding to them! maybe one year i’ll make enough to go all the way across the mantle… this year i elevated a few of them on silver footed dishes and mint julep cups.

my favorite addition this year are the antlers i bought from ruby rose. i bought a wooden plaque at michael’s and painted it coral and gold with some deco art paints. then i added some cut glass crystal strands i had from back in my flea market days. the “joy” banner was a gift from a friend ad the ornaments were a random addition to fill space. i don’t love them, but i don’t know what else to put there. maybe a big star… i can’t do a wreath since i already have one on either side.

this is quite possibly the prettiest ornament ever. it belongs to one of the kids, but i had to steal it to put it on display. its just too pretty not to!