Wow….I can’t believe 2011 is almost over.  I shut down for a bit over the holidays to spend time with my husband and 2 daughters.  It’s not too often that the girls and I have our #1 man for a solid week….so I decided to just focus on the family!

But I did promise you a peak into my Christmas decor so here is “Christine’s Christmas Rewind”. We had a wonderful holiday with family and friends over on Christmas eve AND day!!   A bit crazy and hectic, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

My darling glamour girls in front of our white Glamour tree in the living room.

Every year I purchase a few new ornaments for my white glamour tree.  This year my husband bought me this gorgeous chandelier with lots of bling from a Christmas Store.  Isn’t it gorgeous!!

Another chandelier ornament I got this year…..and believe it or not, I got this one at Wal-Mart.  I love mixing high and low ornaments on my tree.

My white tree is always a Blue/White & Silver theme with lots of birds and diamond crystal motifs.

I haven’t been into tree toppers for the last few years and instead prefer to add fullness via decorations at the top.

Another new chandelier ornament I picked up this year.

Diamonds are always a girl’s’ best friend!!

The four of us have personalized silver ornaments on the tree each year!

This is my fireplace mantle in the living room….again all glamour with lots of sparkle!

Don’t you love my ice crystals….they look like diamond chips or frozen ice chips on my mantle.

This is my stunning 3-piece mosaic Christmas tree that greets visitors when they walk into the front foyer.  It can look blue or purple depending on the light.

This is my console table in the foyer.  Unfortunately, my purple feather wreath fell off the mirror above so I just set it behind my purple decor boxes.

If you look in the mirror you can see one of my 2’ foot Santa on the staircase landing.

The girls love my miniature purple trees and of course, the purple Diva Deer (as we nicknamed her).  She oversees the family room purple tree!

And here is our purple passion Christmas tree that resides in the family room!!

 

And of course, we all have ornaments that reflect our personalities!   Yup, that fancy shoe is mine! 

A Mickey Mouse keepsake from one of our Disney March Break vacations.

Our eldest is a budding equestrian.

Our youngest is the dancer of the family.

Butterflies, birds and peacock feathers is a common theme with our decor this year.

 

I purchased a few fun ornaments like this chevron one and the polka-dot one below!! (sorry for the blurry shots)

I chose orange and green accents to offset all the purple this year.

 

I used lots of purple wrapping paper to pretty up the bottom of the tree.

 

 

We hosted 15 guests on Christmas eve and had a seafood extravaganza of lobster, crab and jumbo shrimp.   Mmmmmmm, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

My husband is the cook and I set the table….one of my most favourite things to do when we are entertaining.

This year all my guests took home this crystal diamond ornament used as a napkin ring.

Place settings are also a must!

One of my favourite traditions each holiday season is putting a cracker by each place setting.  Everyone wears their silly paper hats and each person has a chance to read out their funny joke to the table.  My holiday crackers are actually purple but they look blue in this picture.

And then this is what we woke up to Christmas morning!l

Hope you too had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends.  Thanks for hanging out while I did a not-so-quick Christmas rewind.

All the best heading into new year’s eve!!

Christine xoxo

 

 

All Photos: Decor by Christine