Taking the House by Storm

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Saturday, December 15, 2007

Perfect For Stuffing


I'm sitting here, about 8 hours before our holiday party's to begin (provided the 'white death' doesn't prevent all of our guests from venturing out tonight) looking for stocking ideas. Not sure why; I have tons of other stuff that I actually need to get done in the next 8 hours.

But as I was trying to find a clever way to display our Christmas cards before our guests arrive (still haven't, so if you have any ideas, I'm open to them), I stumbled upon a cute stocking idea on marthastewart.com.

Our little darling is on the brink of celebrating his first Christmas, and he has no stocking. My mom knitted my immediate family's and I was hoping she'd do the same initially for my loving husband, and now for our bundle of joy, but apparently, she only has half the instructions.

Suffice it to say, I found this cute idea. Unfortunately, it is extremely unlikely I'll have the time to get on it before St. Nick jumps down our chimney, but I wanted to pass it along in case you did. Happy crafting!

3 Comments:

  • At 1:09 PM, Blogger divaqueen said…

    I am SO lame with the Christmas decorations this year. If we had kids I'm sure I would drag up the huge tree & go all out, but with our "child" we have now I haven't had the time or the energy. I did manage to find our tiny fiberoptic Christmas tree & some small decorations. Two of them are ornaments that we received at previous ornament parties! (a Rudolph/Hermie & Elvis) I haven't even started my Christmas cards & probably won't get them sent by Christmas...if at all! At least our Christmas cactus bloomed this year & looks beautiful! It hasn't bloomed in about 3 years! We'll definitely be there this evening if it doesn't get too icy!

     
  • At 1:13 PM, Blogger divaqueen said…

    Oh yeah, the whole point of replying to this post was about displaying Christmas cards. (It doesn't take much these days to throw me off track!) I have a little card holder I hang on a door. Katheryn just tapes her cards around the archways between the rooms in her house. I don't know if you would want to do that as the tape could possibly take off paint when you take them down. A simple & decorative solution, but maybe not so practical.

     
  • At 6:06 PM, Blogger Cara said…

    Here's what I do with our cards. I string up some lights above our inside entry and then clip the cards to the strand. Your could probably do it on your kitchen entry or dining room entry.

    I want new stockings for my family, too. I was thinking about waiting to buy them at PotteryBarnKids.com after the holidays were over. But, I like Martha's ideas, too.

     

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