Christmas is in the Air…
The winters are here and all of December it’s Christmas in the air and we can feel the joy and delight around us. Arrival of the winters turn on the convivial mood in every household. Christmas and New year are the two major occasions that are widely celebrated around the globe.
This is the time when people decorate their homes to joyfully to embrace Christmas and New year. While each year brings the same Christmas traditions, our Christmas decorations always need a revamp so that it amp up our celebrations. Whether we try keeping it neutral and quaint or tend towards major glitz and glam, we all should be certain that we find our very own something to make our festive spirits pleasingly beautiful. This time of the year, as we go shopping, we get to see every nook and corner is brimming with all things Christmas. We overwhelmed seeing all the options around us but at times it’s very much confusing to find the perfect one for our home .
Few things to keep in mind while selecting decorations for your home.
* Always keep in mind about the size of your home and select accordingly. Selection of oversized or undersized objects would definitely mar the aesthetics of your home.
* Always create a vision board/mood board/rough sketch of exactly what kind of decoration you want .
* Always select decorations harmonizing to your vision board , rather don’t get overboard with something that looks beautiful but doesn’t go with the aesthetics of your home or vision board.
* You also can make a budget for your purchase. Endless options in various price range are available, So browse around before you do the purchase .
* Another crucial point is to keep in mind is the color scheme. Red, green, white are the traditional Christmas colors.
* You also can reuse old decorations with some newly purchased ornaments too.
* Last but not the least, you don’t have to do every possible decoration style. You can very well omit something depending on your personal choice or due to lack of space.
So here I did a table arrangement that you can try for Christmas Eve dinner and also decorated the hutch top with some artifact and customized a wreath. Table decorations were done keeping in mind the festive spirit and took red, white and green as the key elements for this decor and used everything that pairs along with Christmas.
List of product used for the table decorations.
Full plate-6
Half plate-6
Cutlery: spoon, fork, knife, dessert spoon- 4*6=24
Coaster-6
Napkins-6
Wine glass-6
Juice/water glass-6
Glass coaster-6
Candle stand-3
Candles-3
Butterfly stickers-3
Artificial flower ikebana-1
Cheery leaf decoration-2
Santa decoration-1
Glove lights-1
Shaded Green candle stands-3
Orb(snow globe)-1
Santa shoe-1
Silver orb light garlen of 12-1
(Christmas items are bought from Daiso, Homes r us, Homebox, Carrefore, Spinneys)
Variety of wreaths are available in the market. You also can make your own wreath as I personally customized mine.
Items required for the wreath are listed below.
Plain leafy wreath-1
Silver bell lights garlen-1
Artificial Poinsettia flower-3
Small laverder colour ed flower-12
Bush Brunch-5
Ice flake designed star-1
Red Ribbon bow(custom made)-1
Pine cones-6
White Ribbon-1
(Purchases are made from Daiso, Homebox, Carrefore)
List of Buffet Hutch decoration.
Santa-1
Wreath-1
Presents (3sizes)-5
Orb(red and white)-12
A dry flower stick-1
Star shaped Light-1
Big orbs-4
Food plates-6
Artificial Poinsettia flower-2
(Christmas items are bought from Daiso, IKEA Home box, Carrefore, Spinneys)
Christmas is also about spending time with family and friends. Sumptuous food are an integral part of the gathering. So I cooked some, keeping in mind of Christmas. As I didn’t got Turkey instead of it I used a whole chicken roast. Meal was prepared for 6 people approx
Menu for the night.
Wine
Gram cracker and chickpea fried
Vegetable lentil soup
Pretzel and croissants
Lemon & garlic roasted whole chicken
Grilled vegetables
Sumac salad
Cookies and tarts (purchased from nearby bakery.)
Cupcakes (purchased from near by bakery.)
Christmas cake (purchased from nearby bakery.)
