Our neighbours put up their Christmas lights this weekend. Normally when people start decorating in a month that doesn’t start with ‘D’ I get a little eye-rolly, but for some reason this year I’m totally into it.
Which is a good thing, because Christmas is EVERYWHERE.
Have you noticed? I mean, I know it starts earlier and earlier every year (and yes I realize I contributed to that when I posted about the Coke Christmas ads and new Christmas traditions) but this year the early Christmas spirit really does seem to have taken hold already. Ah well, I’m no longer employed. I can get into it.
Speaking of getting into things, I got an iPhone a couple of weeks ago. (Stick with me – this is related.) I’m totally eating my words from years ago when they first came out and my husband and I looked at one in an Apple store and I told him I didn’t get why people think they’re so cool. This phone is SO cool. But you all know that…
One benefit to the iPhone is that I can browse things like Instragram and Pinterest when I’m killing time. I’ve been looking at a lot more stuff on Pinterest and finding all kinds of cool stuff, including home decor ideas to play with when we move into our new house (next week – whee!) (also: husband, consider yourself warned) and some holiday inspiration.
I’m not terribly crafty, so a lot of the stuff I like is simple or just fun. One thing I really want to do this year is find another way to display Christmas cards. This idea is in the lead so far:
Image courtesy marthastewart.com
I like it, and I think I could even pull it off without it looking too cheesy. We don’t have a banister like this in our new house so I’ll have to find somewhere else to hang it, but I think it could work.
If I get really ambitious, I might even try to do photo Christmas cards this year. This one’s great:
So, being unemployed and all, that’s my big ambition right now: Do Christmas up right. (After packing and moving several hundred miles, that is.)
How about you – what do you for Christmas cards? Any other ideas on how to display them? Just don’t make it too complicated – I’m not Martha Stewart, you know.
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Disclaimer: I was compensated for this post but the Christmas card garland idea is mine, all mine! And Martha Stewart’s, of course.
