Deck the halls

I'm still a good few weeks off from decking the halls however I did have to start early on my Christmas decoration planning this year due to the momentous decision to re theme. The past few years I've had a mix of gold and silver decorations however I've grown a little tired of these now and have decided to start again. Who knew it would be so expensive? Christmas decorations are really dear.

My colour scheme for 2009 is green, white and red. Quite traditional really. I've enjoyed shopping for decorations and I'm not sure I'm quite done yet but I thought I'd share some of my favourite buys with you all. For baubles, hands down, it has to be B&Q. They had the most wonderful array of coloured baubles - honestly, if you can't find it there, you're not going to. They also had various sizes of baubles and co-ordinating tinsel. I bought two shades of green baubles and a set of white baubles. We already have red so I decided I could reuse those.



My next tip is Gisela Graham. You can find Gisela Graham decorations on various websites, garden centres, independant shops etc however I still find the best source is good old Ebay. Gisela Graham brings out a new collection each season so you will never get the same things two years running. She does a good mix of traditional, modern and quirky. Some of my purchases this year are shown below.

I've also picked up some other nice baubles and decorations at Marks and Spencers

and John Lewis.

I also picked up some gorgeous wooden Christmas decorations from a designer called Julia Thompson at the Country Living Christmas Fair. She had a wonderful stand full of traditional wooden painted decorations, all very reasonably priced. Alas, she doesn't have a retail website at the moment but do keep an eye out for her.

and finally I picked up this perfect matching Christmas crackers in Laura Ashley. I waited until the Mega Weekend where they do 25% off everything in store - it's my new rule now, I never buy from Laura Ashley, these Mega Weekends come around every month or two so it's worth hanging off for a while.

I've got my eye on a few other Gisela Graham pieces that I need to track down and I'll post back about those when I finally get my hands on them!

love & kisses
Mrs M x