Just now posting my Christmas decorations. Between holidays, family and parties, busy, busy, busy.

I use to put up all my decorations from wall to floor to outdoors. Then I slowly lost interest in digging it all out of storage. Since I have my 2 year old grandson often and my 10 and 4 year old grandson and granddaughter occasionally, I decided to do it for them. Christmas is magical for small ones and a sweet thing to watch. The lights, the sparkle, the all out wonder of the Christmas decorations.

I bought a new pre lit 7 foot pine Christmas tree at the end of the season last year. I was eager to put it up to see if I liked it as well as I remembered. The ease of assembly is fantastic. No lights to wrap around. No testing the bulbs. Just 4 parts and plug in. Just as easy and pretty as I remembered.

Then comes the door hanger. I had been making my own from Spring to Summer to Fall. Now it was time to try Christmas. I had an idea what I wanted but knew I was missing some key pieces. I found an old fashioned metal and wood sled at an antique and flea market in the West Bottoms of Missouri. Fantastic place to get ideas and pickup items you can’t find elsewhere.

I found a bugle decoration and ribbon on the clearance aisle at Hobby Lobby. I strung some lights and garland on the sled. It still needed something. I took a piece of paneling, cut it to size and painted it white. I then went over it with red paint in stripes and then painted a area for writing with black chalkboard paint. Wrote “Happy Holidays” with white chalk and my door hanger was ready. Only problem I had was getting it to stay on the door. It was heavy and awkward. Finally, I had to admit defeat and place it on the stoop. It still looked great!