Organizing Christmas Decorations: Part 2

Hi everyone! Hope you all are having a great week so far!  I finally put my tree away on Sunday, so sad to let it go!

As I mentioned before I usually put ornaments in ziploc bags and sort them by color so that way I know exactly what is inside and how much I have... I've been tempted to leave them in their original packages but found they take too much space...

By accident, last year I bought Net-Style lights, at first I didn't like them but when it was time to put them away I loved them, just fold the net and put back in the original boxes!

I put everything that has to do with our Christmas tree in one box: ornaments, lights, tree skirt, etc. So that way, next Christmas I can grab this one box and start decorating our tree...

And I got other boxes for specific items.  One for Decorating-not tree related-items, table runners, etc...

 Another one for Presents: all sorts of tissue paper, ribbon, bags, etc...

 And one for Crafts: punch holes, glue, glitter, felt and everything to make pretty things...

And we are ready to put away in shelves.

'Til next time babies!!

Do you have a system to store your Christmas items?  Share yours with us!!

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela

Organizing Christmas Decorations

Hello everyone! Hope you all had a great start of 2013!!  Now that the holidays are officially over is time to put everything back, meaning put our tree down :(  We usually do that on Jan 6th (King's day), so  I will start putting things away during the weekend!
Here are some great storage solutions I found on the web. I personally like to store most of my ornaments in ziploc bags, gallon and sandwich sizes depending on the size of the decorating item and then place them on a plastic bin.  I'll make sure to show you some pictures next week after I put my tree down!

This boxes from The Container Store are great for more delicate ornaments and love the fact that don't take much space.

Via The Container Store

Via Real Simple

What a great way to repurpose what you already have at home...

Via Martha Stewart

Via Real Simple

A special box for your wreath...

Via The Container Store

Via I Heart Organizing

I definitely need a gift wrapping station. This are great solutions..

Via The Container Store

Definitely this over the door storage is on my list this year!

Via I Heart Organizing

How do you store your ornaments and Christmas decorating items?  Do you put your tree down on a specific day?  Share your storage solutions with us!!

xo,
Marcela

Resolutions

Hello everyone!  Hope you all are enjoying the Holiday Season.  Do you have lots of resolutions for next year?  I found these on Pinterest and loved it!

I wish you all have a beautiful weekend with friends and family.  I want to thank you for taking the time visiting my blog, it really mean a lot to me.  One of my resolutions is to come back next year with lots of content.  Thanks for sharing your love.

xo,

Marcela

Mustache

Hello everyone!  Hope you all are having a nice week so far!  It has been a crazy week for me, with work and holidays approaching faster than ever it's been hard to keep up!  We also have a December birthday at home and for those of you have have a family member turning years during this month will know what I'm talking about, crazy!!  My daughter is turning 10 tomorrow and we had a little gathering for her last Friday.  It was really cute to see the girls play, talk and laugh!  Here are some pictures of her party.

She wanted to have a Mustache theme, I didn't realize it was all over but no time to order on Etsy so I cut out some myself...

I got a mustache stamp and ink and did the napkins, put and adhesive letter on a paper cup to seat the girls and tied the utensils with matching ribbon...

I thought that if I had the girls seated for dinner things would't get too crazy... I'm not sure if it worked :)

The 'table runner' is actually gift wrapping paper from Paper Presentation

We also had a little snack table with cookies, cheese, chips and juice...

I think it turned out really nice and the girls had lots of fun!!

Now let's focus back on Christmas!

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela

Windows of New York

Walking the streets of New York is such a pleasure, specially this time of the year. Here are just some of the beautiful windows I've seen around the city!

Presents...

Trees...

 Colorful City...

 Going country...

 White city...

Let it glow...

Sweet...

I could stare at this windows for hours, so pretty!  Do you enjoy store windows during Christmas?  I can never get enough!

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela

Gift Guide {Under 25}

Hello Everyone!  I hope you all had a great weekend. Is it just me or days seem shorter?  I can't believe Christmas is just around the corner (and I haven't made my gift shopping yet)!  I usually make a list with my friends and family with the gift I would like to get for them and one or two other options just in case I can not find what I first had in mind.

Here is a list with some beautiful gifts.  I certainly would love to get any of these :)

Monogrammed Cheese Board

A metallic tray (it can be monogrammed)


Let's give Love


Gingerbread man mug


A Chilean Wine


Wrapped in this bag

A Holiday Candle

 

Soft gloves


Beautiful Earrings


Monogram Keychain


A clutch


Did you get all your Holiday Gifts yet?

Thanks for reading!

xo,
Marcela

Our tree...

Last Friday I showed you our little naked tree here.  During the excitement of decorating it my (almost) ten-year-old looked at me and said "Mom, is not about the decorations but instead about enjoying the moment while doing it".  I was speechless and could not say a word.  I certainly did enjoy decorating our tree and I hope it looks as nice as the time we spent doing it!

Since I can remember we've had a traditional tree with red, gold ornaments.  This year I wanted to do something a little different and went for a white theme. We used some of our old gold ornaments from last years and added some new ones.

I couldn't resist this red cardinals, aren't they cute?

The white poinsettia flowers I made using this pattern.

I reused little branches and added some red!

Pine in a bowl that I got as a present many years ago add the yummy Christmas scent to our living room

Thanks for reading!

xo,

Marcela