Shannon Berrey Design Blog

Merry Berrey Christmas!!

Saturday, December 24, 2011

From our home to yours--I hope that your journey through the holidays and into the new year will be blessed with joy and peace.

'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!' Luke 2-14

If you still have some Christmas gifts to wrap, then you are going to like todays post! I am sharing some beautiful gift tags that I have found that were created by several very generous artists/bloggers. And the best part, they are giving them to us--free! Just click on the link to download the pdf file.

EatDrinkChic

Studio of Mae via Gifted

Maquette via Gifted

mer mag via Gifted

Donesticfluff via Gifted

Julia Rothman via Design Sponge

Claire Dalgliesh via Gifted

Jill Mean of One Charming Party via Gifted

My Sweet Savannah stocking holder

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

I love these stocking holders that Melanie made for her family.

Melanie's explanation:

'I covered a wood frame with scrap booking paper and added their initials and the year they were born to the center of each one.

{courtesy of wedding chicks}

I attached the frames to a chunk of distressed white wood with "L" brackets on the back.

A old piece of window hardware holds the stockings.'

And a view of her beautiful tree that she decorated completely from The Dollar Store!! {thanks to a new very curious puppy!} Melanie shares the rest of her unbelievably festive home on her blog My Sweet Savannah. Click over only if you have a lot of extra time on your hand--you will end up staying a while.

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Our party was great last night! I was so tired that I sat on the couch after the last guest left and apparently fell asleep. When I woke up, close to midnight, I looked towards the kitchen to what I knew would be a long time of cleaning, putting away leftovers and christmas dishes, taking out the trash, etc. But, apparently my hubby {aka elf} did. it. all. While I slept. Every single bit was spotless. The best present ever.

Creative Christmas tree options

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Many folks don't have the space to display a traditional christmas tree. But, that doesn't mean that a wonderful 'tree' can't be enjoyed. Check out these non-traditional trees made by some extremely creative folks.

{apartmenttherapy}

{beyondthepicketfence}

If you are really under the gun, say you are having a party and somehow the whole christmas tree thing got over looked....then here is the perfect solution. Stick your kids in the corner, light them up, hand them some ornaments and threaten that if they move, santa ain't a coming.