It goes without saying, I think, that I love how wonderful and bright all these Christmas details are.
All images via Cox & Cox and link to the items in the photos.
Tag: christmas decorations
MONDAY’S PRETTY THINGS :: Christmas Stars
And the Scandinavian/Nordic Christmas series has officially arrived to the blog! Enjoy these pretty, pretty stars. Which one is your favorite? I love the hanging-cookie Advent calendar.
Paper Star DIY via Design and Form
Star Cookies via liebesbotschaft
Folded Paper Star DIY via mariefriis
Star Cookie Advent Calendar via liebesbotschaft
Wooden Star DIY via Cecilies Lykke
Star via Ann-Magritt Moen
MONDAY’S PRETTY THINGS :: Red, White and Christmas
A day late, yes, but here are the images I’ve found inspiring this week. Just 12 days until Christmas now!
Candy cane striped deer antler in red, white and silver via Maya Jade Creations on Etsy
Traditional faroese sweater, in 100% organic fairtrade alpaca. Handknitted in Denmark by Mormor, via Orfeo
Distressed wooden sign with Zephaniah 3:17 typography via Aimee Weaver
Jul Kalendar (Advent Calendar) via Beates Verden
Sparkle gold ballet flats on white wooden floor via Moa Og Kaffekoppen
Wire Stars in Window via the French blog Le Dans La
Red Dala Horse bunting strung up on mantle via All Sorts
Swedish weaving via Kstyleshonan on Ravelry
CHRISTMAS :: Gussy Sews Inspiration Workshop :: Christmas Decor, Scandinavian Style
I didn’t get enough white Christmas yesterday with Monday’s Pretty Things :: Scandinavian Christmas, so I thought I’d link up with the Gussy Sews Inspiration Workshop (which isn’t until Thursday. I scheduled this post a day early. Oops!).
Scandinavian Christmas tree – photo by Sofi Sykfont for the Swedish magazine Lantliv
Scandinavian interior – photo by Roy Alsén, styling by Anne-Charlotte Andersson and Anna Kvarnström, for the Swedish magazine Livet På Landet
Exterior of Danish home at Christmastime – photo via the Swedish magazine Sköna Hem
Mother and son on wintery Christmas porch in Denmark – photo via the Swedish magazine Sköna Hem
Someday, I think I’d like to have a tree decorated with all white and silver ornaments, and maybe some cranberries. Ahh, dreamy. Right now, though, we have something a little more beautiful than that. ;-) Despite endless reprimands, the toddler-baby removes a rather high percentage of our Christmas tree ornaments on a daily basis, and strands of lights keep burning out. The decor theme, more and more, is looking like dark, blank patches. But when I look at Aveline’s dancing, happy eyes staring up at the tree, the tree is as perfect to me as any in a magazine shoot. Oh, I love her!
MONDAY’S PRETTY THINGS :: Scandinavian Christmas
UPDATE: Open call for guest posts for a brand-new Scandinavian Christmas blog series!
I think what I really like about this is the birch branch and the natural light from the window behind the garland. The colors in this photo made me think of Scandinavian design and Scandinavian Christmases — white, white, white with some natural elements and burst of bright color here and there.
Felt Ball Cascade Kit via the ACME Party Box Company
Frederikke Heiberg, a Danish photographer, captured Christmastime in a gorgeous seaside home in Rågeleje, Denmark. The following three photos were published in the Swedish magazine Lantliv. Aren’t they lovely?
Kjerstis Lykke, a Norwegian photographer and blogger, has a gorgeously simple and elegant home. When I see photos like this, I want to seriously clean and dejunk with a giant garbage bag in hand.
As the owner of a tree which is wholly undecorated everywhere within the baby-toddler’s reach, I loved her rationale behind the minimalistic decorating —
Fir was in place yesterday, and it is not overloaded with lots of Christmas decorations. I have boxes of boxes with pretty beads in the poor man’s silver in the freezing attic, but with a 2 year old who cruise around in your living room on his bike, so they better in the cold;)? (Poorly translated by Google Translate; alas, I do not know Norwegian.)
Off to bemoan clutter and with a renewed resolve to dejunk,
Gina
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