#32 happy new year

let's welcome 2013
with a bang!!!

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#31 merry christmas

12 days of christmas

day 12

my family and i wish you all 

a very merry christmas

♥

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#30 home for christmas 2012

12 days of christmas

day 11

the house  is all ready for christmas
and i can say,
i had so much fun crafting and decorating 
around the house this year
thank you for staying with me

❛it's the most wonderful time of the year❜

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#29 made with you in mind

12 days of christmas

day 10

lucky families & friends will get them for christmas

❄

made them myself
with you in mind

can't tell what's inside till the 25th

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#28 deck the shelves

12 days of christmas

day 9

you can tell, i'm obsessed with mantle shelves

a bare wall bothers me
hanging a shelf is just, for me, the solution

➥ №¹... in the living room

red and silver decor, the nutcracker

and stockings

➦№² ... in the kitchen

love the mason jars, cookie cutters & gingerbread

vintage paper straws, cupcake liners, rolling pins

aside from serving their purpose, 

they are also decorative and christmas-sy

➦№³ ... in the bedroom

(see blog post #18)

➦№⁴... in the den

word signs

➦№⁵ ... guest room

adding some greens

➦№⁶ ...(yes) in the bathroom, too

as simple as tying a red ribbon on plain candles

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#27 homemade sweets

12 days of christmas 

day 8

homemade yema

it is a filipino sweet treat

made from egg, milk, cheese and cashew.

kids not only love the taste 

but also love taking part with preparation

the mixing, the rolling and the eating.

this is a traditional giveaway 

for our families and friends

during christmas

YUMMY!

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#26 wreaths

12 days of christmas

day 7

 wreath 
{fresh or handmade}
has always been 
a part of my home decorations

every season,

and this christmas, they can be found 
in almost every part of our house

... entry room
  faux berries

... guest room

pinwheels on round styrofoam,

and ornament balls stringed on wire

... master's bedroom

ribbon wrapped around a styrofoam

and decoupaged monogram

... dining room

cookie cutters

... den

fresh wreath and christmas sign

... kitchen

fresh wreath

❄

it's the simplest home accent 

but gives most impact in a room.

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#25 polka dot packages tied up with strings

12 days of christmas

day 6

polka dot gift wrap, baker's twine & 

hand-stamped tags and labels

i love wrapping presents

❛ these are a few of my favorite things .. .❜

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#24 the 20 stars of the little christmas tree

these little stars will brighten this little christmas tree

✩✧✩✧✩

this is a re-post of the little christmas tree photo

of the day 4 of the 12 days of christmas 

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# 23 multi-cultural holiday decoration

12 days of christmas

day 5

at my work in a hospital (yes, i decorate there too)
we regularly decorate our unit for every season and events, 
from 9/11 memorial to breast cancer awareness month.

but working in a very diverse city of new york,
it has always been a challenge to decorate for the holidays,
having to put in mind the different faith and culture,

christmas (christian)
hanukkah (jewish)
 kwanzaa (african-american)

our staff collected caps from the medication vials we used

(maybe hundreds of them daily)

i spray painted them to the colors i needed 

to form a menorah for hanukkah, a kinara for kwanzaa

and to make a frame ornaments for our christmas tree

i'm truly happy how we were able to make use of these

little things into useful art

really a unique idea.

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#22 little christmas tree

12 days of christmas

day 4

this is the christmas tree my boys have in their room.

the ornaments are collections of 

their favorite games, toys and tv shows through the years.

 thomas the tank engine, spongebob, phineas & ferb, 

nascar, ny yankees, ny giants, monster jam, baseball

club penguin, video games, super mario, angry bird
lego and painting

my kids and i tried to be creative in putting this together

• i screwed in a small hook on the thomas the train toy (wood)

• my son attached a string and lots of tape 

on a club penguin figurine

• we cut out an image from a toy box and attached it on a bauble,
when i accidentally dropped and broke dale jr's ornament

i'm still on the hunt for 

blue's clues and bob the builder ornaments.

 how about ornaments of their favorite book?

wish me luck.

next: multi-cultural holiday decoration

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