When it was time to take down Christmas decorations
I realized that so many of the things we had used on our
front porch for Christmas could still be fun for the rest of winter.
Our live, evergreen wreath still looked great….
so I just put a burlap bow on it and left it in place.
The little metal plaque that is above the wreath reads:
“By wisdom a house is built. And through understanding it is established.
By knowledge its rooms are filled with
precious and beautiful treasures.”
Proverbs 24:3
Even though this scripture isn’t referring to a literal ‘house’…..
I like having it on our literal house as a reminder, a picture of what it is speaking about.
As I have fun decorating and filling our literal house with lovely things…it reminds me
that I need to be doing to same, even more so, with my spiritual ‘house’.
I loved the branches that we stuck in a large pot of dirt….
so, I just took off the glittered pinecones and left the pots of branches in place.
The skis, sled, and ice skates still work for winter, too!
{We are all still hoping for ‘wintery weather’ around here; but I don’t think we will be having any this year.}
Handsome made this fun, double-sided French cafe sign for me a while back;
and we love using it in different spots.
The front porch is my favorite place to use it.
I drew this New Year’s greeting on it for at least January…..
it can easily be changed for different occasions.
The old, wooden ladder holds vintage grain sacks that are too stained to use
for things like pillows, etc……perfect for outside, though.
And we just put our faux snow balls on the table….
still hoping for real ones!
{That wood peeking into the bottom corner of the picture?? That’s the wood that Handsome
is using to build the new sideboard in the dining room with….woohoo! Yippee!}
It was fun using all these things over again for the new season.
I love taking what you already have and using it with a different twist.
Did you repurpose any of your Christmas decorations for
the winter season?
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Even though we aren’t getting any snow…..
it’s freezing here in Eastern NC!
Staying Warm~
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We also added a couple of new Vintage Flour Sack Tea Towels.
and a French sheep advertisement….
I love sheep. I want some. And chickens.
