Living on Cloud Nine: Fireplace Mantle decor

Next Monday, I am part of a 2016 Christmas Home Tour Blog Hop but I thought for Show and Tell Tuesday with Momfessionals, I'd link up my decor from 2015.

I know a lot of people wait till the day after Thanksgiving to do their Christmas decorating. However, I love it so much that I need it in my house as long as possible so the halls have been decked! We do have a tradition of getting our tree the day after Thanksgiving so that will be my last bit. The house currently has 10 lighted trees and the next step will be wrapping what gifts I do have (not many yet) to have some pretty packages under the tree when we bring it home. Last weekend my boys and husband were huge help to me in getting outside decorated and some higher-ups spots in our house. I do respect that not all are ready for Holiday decor this early so we wait to turn the outside lights on until that day after Thanksgiving.
So Friday, the switch gets flipped!!

I literally could make about 3 posts from all the holiday decorating in our house but I'll just highlight my favorites.

Target and TJ Maxx have the BEST Holiday Pillows

The mantle is one of my favorite areas to decorate. I usually snip fresh sprigs from the bottom of the tree so in the next week or two I'll put up the stockings but this year I added the double tiered banner and I really like it for now. I'll pull that down and perhaps string from a set of windows once the stockings get hung.

In this picture from last's year's tree you can see the stockings are hung by PEACE letters and are brown and red

The ledge is a focal point and wow does it ever help to have sons who can get up there and hanging those giant balls. I added the set of owls lasy year and just love them.

This old truck picture just makes me smile. It and the swag were 50% at Michael's a couple weeks ago and I just love how this little nook turned out.

I have many so these woodland type pencil trees that I simply dangled some ribbon streamers and made bows for the tops. My awesomely automated husband put them on timers that we have apps for on our phones to turn them on and off!!

This lovely arrangement sits on top our wine console. I don't burn these candles but after 6 years in the arrangement, when you walk by, you still get a light sniff of vanilla.

The front door is such a focal point of a house so I love doing it up classically. Two topiary Christmas tress are a must and I added the mesh to the lighted garland last year and we stored it in a big tub all put together and this year just pulled it out, hung and did a little tweaking.

Love how this turned out!!

Thanks to my guys for making mama happy and thanks to mother nature that we got a Sunday with a balmy 65 degrees. Had we waited til this past weekend, the high was 35 and it snowed 6 inches!!!