Christmas Cards & Decor 2014
Merry Christmas from the Rowlands!
Sending Christmas Cards might just be my favorite Christmas tradition. I love getting them in the mail from our family and friends and I love looking back at our past Christmas cards and seeing how much we’ve changed over the last few years. Ours this year includes our sweet little Violet. It also includes my hand-lettering again! See last year’s card, here.
Here are all the Christmas cards since we’ve been married! 2012, 2013, and 2014! All washi taped to our French doors along with the other cards we’ve been receiving. We’ve gotten several more since I took this picture and now almost the entire door is covered up.
Our tree looks pretty similar to last year, with just silver, gold, and white ornaments. I love using the beads we’ve caught at Mardi Gras parades here in New Orleans on our tree.
My favorite part of our simple Christmas decor is the sparkly, white, metal snowflakes we hang from the curtain rods in here. The closest thing to real snow we see here in New Orleans!
This year I also added some homemade Crochet Snowflakes to our tree.
I also finally bought a tree skirt as well! (The last few year’s I’ve just bunched up a quilt under the tree.) I bought this metallic gold fabric one while shopping with my sister and mother-in-law the day after Thanksgiving.
We also have a sweet little wooden nativity scene out this year. It was a Christmas gift last year from my mother-in-law.
Love my Lindsay Letters print of one of my favorite Christmas songs.
Of course, the most difficult part of this Christmas has been keeping this little kitty out of the tree! I’ve hung lemon slices along the bottom of the tree and we daily spray it down with orange citrus spray which helps, but she still gets in there. I didn’t put breakable ornaments on the tree this year, so I’m less worried about the tree and more worried about her unwrapping all the gifts. Eating paper is her favorite. So far, most of the gifts have a few bite marks and a few straightened bows, but only one gift has had the paper ripped off. Hopefully it stays that way!
Past Christmas Posts:
Merry Christmas 2010! (the Christmas we got engaged) and Christmas Eve that year
Christmas Shortbread Cookies (from before I was Gluten-free)
Christmas Decorating (our first year in this apartment)
Our First Rowland Family Christmas Card
Our Second Rowland Family Christmas Card
Last Year’s Christmas Decor
Scenes from Last Christmas
Christmas Memories, Heartache, and Peace