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This is going to be a really quick post since I have to fly out on business at 6:00 am. Ouch! Heather if you don't want to be spoiled...look away! Heather is my partner for the Christmas tree topper hosted by Donna. My photos are not the best...sorry. Donna when I get back from my trip, I will send it off to you. 
I hope you like it...
My girls have their own Christmas tree each year in our bonus room (AKA the playroom) and we changed how we decorate it a little this year. Normally, the girls decorate their own tree with decorations they have made for the holidays and ornaments they receive for Christmas. This year, they wanted to spruce up their tree a bit. Shall we say...make it a bit more fancy as my oldest daughter, Olivia said. So here we go....another tour.
Last year I bought all of these vintage snowmen at TJ Maxx and I didn't want to use them and the girls wanted to use them for their tree. We basically just stuck them in the branches. I think they look cute....don't you?
These are not from TJ Maxx...I let the girls borrow my good ones this year.
I made these banners last year and had them on our main Christmas tree but when I opened them up this year, they were a bit damaged. I was bummed they were all stuck together from the heat and the glue over the summer. I had to throw away some of them and these were the ones that made it. The hope banner is still beat up but I didn't have the heart to throw it away.
Here are some of the girls favorite ornaments as well as mine.
These silver glitter ornaments were our projects last year and let me tell you the girls had a great time making them. We made a ton of them in all different shapes.
This is a vintage ornament with millinery flowers glued on the top of the bulb.
Here are Olivia and Lily-Grace showing their tree off to all of you.
I have been off all week and I am going back to work tomrrow so I need to get some rest.
I started to decorate around the house for Christmas. It is so much work to put it all up and then bam! It is time to take it all down. This year, I am going to enjoy it a little longer. So here we go....I'll give you a little holiday tour.
This is a Joyeux Noel banner kit I purchased last year from Pam Garrison. I just love it and I would buy another one in a heart beat if she sold them again.
I made these cones out of vintage sheet music and old earrings and buttons last year. Inside of each cone is a nest (you can't see them very good in the photos).
Don't laugh at me...but these gold wish ornaments are from Wal-Mart. I added tobacco seam binding and a gold star on the top. Not bad for .97 cents uh?
I love this little gold Santa...He is a bit over the top.
Here is another vintage ornament.
The little angel found a home on the tree.
Here is a photo of the entire tree...I don't think the photo looks great. Our tree is 9 1/2 feet tall so it is hard to get it all in. It is really funny to my Mom that we have a fake tree because I grew up driving an hour away to cut one down each year. I love real trees but I also LOVE that our light are already on and I don't have to mess with it.
I made these houses last year and never used them. I wasn't happy how they turned out but this year I like them and they sit under the tree.
This is our mantle in our family room. Normally I add fresh greenery to the mantel with gold berries but this year, I decided to do it a little different. I used my favorite vintage ornaments and tied them with seam binding.
These little guys were suppose to be for my girls but they were too cute and I needed to use them right away. This garland on the banister going up stairs.
This angel was my Grandmas and I remember when I was little trying to play with her.
These two are my favorite snowmen.
I still have more Christmas decorations to show all of you but it will have to wait until next time. My Mom is arriving today from Detroit and I probably will not have time to do much blogging so have a great Thanksgiving.
Last year at Christmas time I made this wreath using these directions from Pam Garrison. I hung the wreath in the entryway and my husband thinks its a bit gaudy...I don't think it is? He doesn't know anything! I know you all will agree with me.
I have always loved vintage ornaments because my Mom's Christmas tree is decorated with vintage ornaments from the 50s. I keep telling her I am hunting high and low trying to find ornaments like hers and she just laughs. I think I love them so much because they remind me of my mom and especially living 1,000 miles away...it is a nice comforting feeling. When I go back to Detroit for the holidays I will take some photos of them hung on her tree. I just adore this little angel (look at her eye lashes and flower in her hair)...don't you too?
My girls are loving anything with Santa, so this little guy is for them.
I love the silver glittery hat on the snowman pick.
I am too tired for anything creative...Sorry. My husband is traveling on business all week and it is only Wednesday and I am so ready for the weekend! I now realize how much stuff my husband does around the house. Today was a bit of a stressful day at work and I picked up my daughter and she gave me this....
It is her first self portrait and I LOVE it! Can you see the resemblance? I just love how your children can pick you right up and make you feel like everything is OK.
I have posted my two Jolie Paquet kits here and you can see the rest of the wonderful kits from the others here. 
The first kit of mine is a vintage Santa banner kit. I am happy to say the majority of the items are vintage. I wanted to keep it as vintage as possible because I love anything old when it comes to Christmas decorations. I forgot to tell you that I already did the sewing on the Santa banner for you. All you have to do is glue it down and no one will be the wiser.
The second kit of mine is a rose scented candle with a French verse, Bonne Annee (Happy New Year). Isn't the little girl adorable? ~Please leave a comment on this post and I will draw a winner on Sunday night for a free kit vintage Santa banner kit.~
I just checked our calendar to review what our family has going on for the next two months and I am a bit overwhelmed! It seems like we have something going on every weekend until Christmas. So, that leads me to my question....How early do you start to decorate for the holidays? Normally I put up the decorations the weekend after Thanksgiving but my Mom is going to visit for Thanksgiving and I know I will be busy with her. Seriously, I have this weekend and one day next weekend to put up our Christmas trees (one for me and one for the girls). That is so early. I know I am completely obsessing over something silly and there are more things in this world to think about...I know!
This is going to be a bit of a hodge podge post..A little bit of everything. I have been a bit busy with the kids schedules (driving them to all of their events) and working on our Joli Paquet event. All of the girls have been creating some wonderful kits and I am very impressed what they have come up with. I already have a few kits that I want to buy.
There is a central Joli Paquet blog that Heather created for us. On Friday, all of the kits links will be up so you just have to go to one place to purchase one. Some will be selling their kits from their blogs and some from etsy shops or websites. I only made 6 kits of each, so my kits are very limited. I would of loved to made more but I just don't have anymore time. I know you all understand!
We are all going to do a kit give a way so keep checking back with me and I will give you more details on that later.
On another note....I went to the thrift store today an look at these sweet little angles I bought all of $1.00. I think I am going to make some sort of craft with my girls for Christmas. My daughters have big plans for these little angels...I am just not sure what their vision is? I'll post their final creation later.
