Easy & Creative Holiday Decorating Ideas

Most everyone loves to decorate for the holidays.  It gives you a chance to change up your decor and add a new twist during the month of December.  Here are some fun and easy creative ideas to add some pizzazz to your home, especially great for entertaining.

• Create Memorable Place Settings – Attach personalized ornaments to a colorful ribbon, and tie around the napkin at each place setting.  Fill clear glass orbs, available at craft stores, with glittery garland, pine needles, or special trinkets.

• Cast the Perfect Glow – To create soft, flickering light for a mantel or a table in a dark corner, group inexpensive frosted-glass vases of different sizes, add tealights, and enjoy the glow.

• Fill a Wreath with Wishes – Hang an unadorned twig wreath in a spot where guests can’t miss it. Set out red magic markers and small white cards on a table next to it. Post a little sign asking visitors to scribble a greeting or a wish for the upcoming New Year, along with their names, and have them slip the notes into the wreath.

• Personalize Your Stemware – Use leftover ribbon to tie around the stems of your champagne flutes or wine glasses for an extra bit of festivity.   Choosing a different color for every glass will help guests keep track of their drinks.

I hope that you get inspired by some of these ideas. If you try any of them, or come up with some of your own, please drop me a line and let me know what you did and how it turned out.
May your home be filled with joy and love now and throughout the coming year.