Christmas in the middle of February

Shame on me! Up until lunch time today, our place was still adorned with Christmas decorations. I packed the Christmas cards along with the decorations. But before I put away some stuffs, I want to share them with you.

Pretty things do not need to be extravagant and expensive. We got stuffs during Christmas that I totally adore. I took photos of them to share the beauty/idea with you. Or perhaps, I simply want to upload them so I will remember how pretty they are. Good that they aren't edible, if not, they would have probably been eaten up by now. 

Part of Oma's Presents/Deco

 

Part of Fam. S's Presents/Deco

Lovely, aren't they? When I saw them, I was like, why didn't I think of that!?!......:) Btw, they are no longer as fresh as when we got them (which was about two months ago)!

Christmas

People have asked me if our place is decorated in tune with the season. I didn't think of decorating at all. Last year, I made a homemade Advent calendar. For unknown reason, we forgot to open the majority of the 'surprise' notes that I figured, this year I simply don't want to put my energy to waste. 
About 2 weeks ago, I helped out by decorating pots/boots to be sold for the Christmas season. It came to mind that if I help others do it, I should also do something similar at home. The forest is just about the corner. I had twigs/leaves here and a few nuts there. The final result is a combination of Fall and Winter motifs on a glass plate.

Table Decoration

The second Advent is over but we didn't light up our candles. If we light them up or not in the end, it hardly matters. It is a nice feeling to have a simple meal with a beautiful decoration to look at. And that is very much enough for me.