Christmas Decorating ... The Fun Is In The Details

 Having finished all of the major Christmas decorating

here the my house

I have move onto my 

absolute favorite part

The fluffing details!

This year I am loving

layering in some natural finishing details

in my Christmas styling.

I brought in my buckets of 

Norfolk pines

that I am happy to report

have been with me since last Christmas.

As long as these are kept really wet

they have done well.

 I have lined all of my candled urns

with fresh cranberries

and

added Cranberries to my tray of candles.

 In the front courtyard

I planted some new trees in urns

and 

added some plain red ornaments.

I  grouped them all together 

for dramatic impact.

 My front planters are thriving with

kale and lavender.

I am keeping the planters  neutral with just   some white accents

and adding in some red ornaments for impact.

This makes for an easy 

New Years transition.

I simply edit the red

and voila

a thriving January SoCal planter!

 I had a dear friend over for coffee today.

Which made for a perfect opportunity

to put my own spin on some Pinterest inspirations!

I used some recycled jam jars

to do these beautiful floating candle arrangements.

 They are simple and easy

my favorite type!

Any glass or jar will do

Just cut some greens

add water

cranberries

and 

a candle!

I used short votives

but tea lights will work just as well.

 The effect is clean and simple

I think  a large collection of these beauties

will be making it to my Christmas Eve table

as well as 

 being used throughout the entire season.

 My next inspiration was

to  use individual greens branches

in glass bottles.

I chose to use my basket of miniature milk bottles

that I bought at the delightful

Oh Hello Friend

store in Fullerton.
They are also online.
I found them when I did the Unique LA show
Check them out if you get a chance
My favorite product of theirs is
the message masking tape.

 Talk about a simple arrangement!

I just bought an assortment of greens from

the grocery store

cut individual branches down to size

 and 

placed a single branch in each bottle.

 With all of my pretties done

all I had to do was pull out my Xlarge wooden tray

and layer in 

coffee and cookies

and

 settle in 

for a cozy afternoon 

of catching up with a dear friend!

As always dear friends

I wish you love and joy

as you style your life