Here Are a Few of My Favorite Things

I just had to share one more holiday post with you for the year. Here are a few of my favorite things.

It had to be done!

I was so close to putting Christmas and the holiday season to bed for the year, but I just couldn’t do it until I shared some of my favorite holiday things with you first.

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Vintage Home Decor

If you know anything about me, you certainly know that I am a vintage nut. Give me anything vintage. Especially these vintage books, gifted to me by Jamie of Books By Color Jays World. Aren’t they beautiful??? I have been looking everywhere for vintage books, and now I have some. They are perfect for the vintage cottage style that I so love!

I love my newest purchase…these bottle brush trees. Bottlebrush trees are an obsession really. And have them all over the house.

This is one of my favorite spots in my home. And I don’t share it very often, it’s my office and outside those windows are the best water views in the house.

There are so many of my favorite things all bundled up here in one special space.

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Twinkle Lights

Twinkle lights are one of my favorite things. Not just during the holidays, but all year round. I keep my garden and greenhouse bistro lights up 365 days a year.

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Holiday Candles

I had my Antique Candle Co. candles lit throughout the holidays, making my home smell like gingerbread, a Christmas tree farm, apple cider, pecan pie, pumpkin spice, peppermint and so much more!

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Dried Orange Slices

Everyone was doing it this year! I couldn’t believe how many dried orange slices there were. On Pinterest, Instagram, and blogs, they were everywhere.

So I dried some orange slices of my own. I put them on the Christmas trees.

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Don’t they look great hanging from the garland? You can see more views in this Christmas bedroom blog post.

And I added them to my magnolia wreath. This wreath is one of my favorite things too!

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My pups are some of my very favorite things! Jax is my 5-year-old black terrier/Havanese mix. At least we think he is, we really don’t know for sure. Lucy is our 14-year-old mini dachshund. And we have a new member of the family…

Meet Ollie! This little sweetheart was brought home on Christmas Eve, our Havanese puppy. He plays hard and sleeps hard. His hobbies are chewing, sleeping, and going potty. That’s about it right now.

It took Jax 5 days to finally accept Ollie and they are now playmates. There was some serious jealousy. Lucy tolerates both her brothers, but really only loves her mama. She basically sleeps in her many beds around the house all day. And she loves treats. She doesn’t do anything for them, but she’s cute, so there’s that.

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Small Christmas Trees

When you have a small house, small Christmas trees are usually some of your favorite things. Some are decorated, some have twinkle lights, some are just “naked”.

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My Decked Out Greenhouse

We don’t have much of a front porch, so I decorate both sides of the greenhouse for the holidays.

There are those bistro lights, another favorite thing.

Our neighbor gave her vintage bike to us last summer. I really didn’t do too much to decorate it for Christmas this year, but hope to do her up right next year.

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A Christmas Tablescape

And last but not least, this whimsical tablescape was one of my favorite things for Christmas.

The dishware and platters are perfect for my home. I fell in love with the color palette. Mini and bottle brush trees were added to the table for the centerpiece.

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Thank you so much for sharing the holiday season with me and visiting my blog. I’m already thinking of the fun things I can do for next year.

Any ideas? Let me know in the comments. See you next year!

Until next time,

Happy New Year!

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