Blue Christmas
Christmas has always been one of my favorite holidays. Since childhood, I’ve always loved to listen to Christmas music, bake Christmas goodies with my mom, and decorate our house. When I grew up and had my own home that was in Ohio, I couldn’t wait to follow suit. I quickly collected a lot of beautiful traditional decorations and decked the halls.
But after moving to Florida, I realized that so many things were different here. One thing that I quickly figured out was that the traditional decorations just didn’t work for me here. I went through many different types of decorations just by switching colors up to gold, silver, green, and the combination of the all of these without really changing my main decorations. But, about 6 years ago, I decided to flip the whole decoration scheme on its head and started collecting items to make the holiday BLUE. It was so much fun and made my house look so beautiful. I started sharing these photos on my Instagram account, and got great feedback, so I decided to share some of these ideas with you here on the blog.
I started my Blue Christmas in Naples, Florida where the fireplace was so much fun to do. Adding glass trees, the beautiful blue and green wreath that my sister-in-love gifted me, and the fun stockings that I designed and made with my mom the amazing seamstress of the family. What a warm feeling this space was for us to gather.
I painted my own Christmas decorations to go with my theme, as well as ornaments too.
Right after the new year in 2020, I moved to the Venice, Florida area and the pandemic hit. Everything about that year was hard - I went through a divorce in the middle of a pandemic. Need I say anymore?? I wanted a new start and a new vibe in my home for Christmas in 2020, so I went one step further with my holiday theme and added a midcentury flare to my home and my decorations. I so love the groovy feeling it gave to my space!! It truly felt like me, and helped me to come out of such a hard season. Its amazing how a home and what you fill it with can truly make such a difference on your outlook.
My mom and I put our minds together again to design this colorful, midcentury inspired tree skirt out of felt and colorful fabrics. It was such a fun project. Then I added retro ornaments to my tree to really complete the look.
This next beauty always makes me smile!!
The tree was a gift that was made from the original molds from back in the day. Adding just the blue bulbs really makes it a show stopper and it goes so well in the theme.
This year, after getting married and moving to our new home, David and I have had fun decorating using some of his decorations too. I think this tree that was made by David’s dad is the perfect piece for our new dining area. I love the simplicity that it adds to the space with my painting as a perfect blue backdrop.
This was the last piece that we put up this year to continue the midcentury modern theme for our newly painted home. I love how the white of the house and the black door really highlight this sparkly, retro piece. All I did was wrap tinsel around a grapevine wreath and used a hot glue gun to add the trees and ornaments. It was an easy project that really added a nice feature for all our guests that will be arriving in the next few weeks. Of course, the blue theme is in the wreath, but I also added in some fun midcentury colors to really make it pop.
Thank you so much for letting me share my festive space with you. Making my house a home has always been so important to me. I love to entertain and love on the people in my life. My artsy brain doesn’t just stay in the studio, but continues on into all parts of my life to home and fashion. The last few years have been so hard to move from my home, relocate, and get settled into a new city and house. But there is so much joy in this new home this year!! I am so grateful for so many amazing blessings that have come my way since my move. There is so much hope for the future and a permanent home to plant deep roots into again with my new husband David. I can’t begin to tell you what a blessing that is for us both. No matter where your life may be right now, know that you are so much appreciated by me. Whether this is a year of sorry over loss (oh how I understand that!!), or if this is a year of rejoicing to life finally getting back to a new normal with family and friends (I get that too), I will be celebrating all of you this year. The connections I have made through my art journey have been such a huge blessing, and I am so excited to connect with you all in this new space!! I pray you always find hope, love, acceptance and peace in my world, as well as all things art and lifestyle related!! Here’s to all the new opportunities that are coming ahead in 2022.
From our home to yours, Merry Christmas!! And wishing you a joyous holiday season no matter what you may be celebrating!!