Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Oh...I Just Couldn't Wait!

I promised my family no decorating for Christmas until AFTER Thanksgiving.  I ALMOST made it, but I did the front porch which is strictly my decorating domain!

 I still love that this crate isn't "perfect" but "real".  I took out the little pumpkins and put in some non-breakable vintage treasure.
 

And hung my skates on the chair.
 





 
 


I think this is gonna need a bit more, but I can't get the boxes down I need so I have to wait!





 
This is gonna get greenery inside as soon as we get the tree!


This is all I thrifted this week...an old Fruitcake tin from Texas for 50 cents
and...some Tom and Jerry's mugs I've never seen
 

And I did a little Ball jar craft too.
 
Have a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy getting ready for Christmas!
links:
Jann Olson's Daily Cup
 
Sir Thrift's Alot
 

5 comments:

Erica of Golden Egg Vintage said...

It looks just great! I may have to steal your idea of putting the vintage corsage on the skates. Super Cute!
Happy Thanksgiving-
Erica :)

ThrifterSisters said...

I told myself the same thing about having to wait until after Thanksgiving to start but I broke my own rule too! I got an idea in my head about how I wanted to decorate my dining area window so I went ahead and did it yesterday! It makes me laugh that my table is set for Thanksgiving right next to a window decorated for Christmas!

I always love what you do with your porch. I so wish I could decorate mine buy I have a few sneaky dogs who would have a hay day with my vintage treasures.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, Stacey!

~Erica

Anonymous said...

Oh I don't blame you! I couldn't wait either! ♥

Jill said...

I like your jar craft - that's an easy one, I've seen it on Pinterest!

I need to get a few things out, the thought of going thru the bins is daunting though!! But, I'll do it!!

Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson said...

You know I am loving this! Guess who else snuck and started decorating her front porch before Thanksgiving? Yup, that would be me. I pulled out my plaids also. Your bag will be cute filled with greens. I found an old plaid golf bag at an estate sale last Sat. for $5. Had to have it just to fill with greens on the porch also. I'm sure someone somewhere is golfing, right? lol! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann