Actually, Mr. B's mother and I did. We got some wreaths and garland from Walmart, added some picks and lights to them and along with some bells in my Christmas stash, we Christmasfied the front railing.
While we were being all creative, Mr. B put lights up on the house. This is our second Christmas in the house but the first year putting up lights and I am thrilled!
Since last year I had seen several versions of a snowman tree and I had a white tree I could no longer use so...the mother-in-law and I created our own version!
I had purchased the large black ornaments for buttons and his top hat after Christmas last year. In casual conversation with my neighbor last winter I told her my plans but how I was unsure what to do about a nose. Being the great neighbor she is, while she was on vacation in AZ a few months later, she found a carrot jumping rope at a dollar store! Have you ever seen or heard of a carrot jump rope? Weird? Yes! Perfect? Yes! Mr. B even used the rope from the jump rope to secure the snowman tree to the railing so he stays upright in our windy weather. A couple of glue sticks were used to get his hat and nose to stick to his Styrofoam head that was also hot glued to the top of the tree. Some thin branches I had saved from pruning some trees are his arms.
His eyes and mouth came from Mr. B's creative bad self. He suggested we use those felt pad for under chair legs. We have a bunch of them and, although they are sticky, I hot glued them on to be sure they stayed. MIL and I then added some ribbon for a scarf and two strands of clear lights so that he is seen in all of his glory at nighttime.
Not wanting to waste anything, we wrapped ribbon and bows onto the straw bales I had used for my Fall porch decor and set them at the foot of the tree.
When we were all done and stepped back to see our handiwork, my mother-in-law and I giggled like schoolgirls! We both love decorating for Christmas so much and doing up the front porch was one for the memory books for sure! Now, onto the inside of the house!
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