vintage inspired christmas decor

Life is what happens when you’re busy planning, but I really should have planned getting my Christmas decor out earlier than just the other day. And while I love the pink, blue, and green theme I’ve used for the past few years, when I finally got rolling I was ready for something vintage inspired this year.

Digging through my small storage locker for my small collection of Christmas decorations,  I pulled out some retro pink, green, and silver glass ornaments I’ve had for years and added them to a dozen and a half more in the same colours I found a few weeks ago at a Salvation Army store for 49 cents each, and plopped them (gingerly of course) in a few glass vessels including my Habitat for Humanity ReStore glass cloches. The wintry scene is set with my trusty white feather boa, some clear twinkle lights, silvery branches bought at Muti Inc.’s warehouse sale for $3 and a ceramic vase and candle holder also from Muti for $2 a piece, a $3 mercury glass bird from HomeSense, and a wispy white pine tree picked up at a post-Christmas sale at Tidy’s Flowers a few years ago for a couple of dollars.

It’s surprising it took me this long to get motivated for I attended a mid-summer, Christmas in July Home Depot event where fellow bloggers and I previewed some pretty gorgeous, vintage-inspired Martha Stewart Living Holiday decor collections, with the eye-catching displays curated by interior stylist Janette Ewen.

Of course I naturally gravitated towards the blue-hues, with blue being my favourite colour. But all four collections are beautifully coordinated and vintagely inspiring.

I also gravitated towards the spread of sweet treats and the artful lattes created by Bobbette & Belle. Mmmmm.