Media Center Christmas Make-over

With Christmas "exploding" through out our house. Our very modern Media Center needs to join in on the fun too!

So with the help of my Glitter Gift wrap (remember my last post on the uses of this awesome find?!) and a few decors here is our Media Center's Christmas make-over.


BEFORE:

What it looks like ordinarily

IN PROGRESS:

With some Holiday Knick knacks added

AFTER:

Xmas Ready!

I added Glittered gift wrap on the back of the shelves. My theme this christmas is "Patriotic" - blue, reds, white and silver.

Here below are the shelves in detail..

Added dollar store trees to my Holy Family

Docs invoke the Spirit of the holiday

"Seasons Greetings" ornament was bought from Macy's on Clearance 2-3 years ago.

Frames upgraded

I added some mercury glass balls (from TJ Maxx 2 years ago), 2 gold trees from Crate and barrel (3 years ago), and switched out the frames to glittery sparkly ones (From Kohls on clearance last year) and red ones (from TJ Maxx 3-4 years ago). The wooden "Merry Christmas" was from Party City 3 years ago. Candles from Pottery Barn, a gift to me 3 years ago.

more shelves

Felt trees from Dollar store 2 years ago

Some of my milk glass collection

So as this posting goes. Anyone or ANYTHING can get into the spirit of the Holidays! Hehehehe!!!!

Have a great day!!!

Awesome find for the Christmas Season

Glittered Gift wrap

I know what you're thinking, what's so awesome about some gift wrap??!!!

Well, these gift wraps which happen to be from WALMART,  at $4/piece is a totally awesome find, because you can use this in so many ways without breaking the bank!

It is fully glittered and plain - so it can easily match with so many things in your home. Just pick the coordinating gift wrap color and VIOLA! You can do these suggestions below!

Let me count the ways..

1) You can cut out place mats for the holidays - easy and disposable!
2) Make a table runner
3) Back your shelves with this paper for a festive background
4) Table top cover
5) As a wall accent
6) Make coasters by cutting to size and laminating this
7) As Picture backgrounds
8) Wall art 
9) To wrap gifts- obviously!!!

Enjoy!!!!!!!!

Our Christmas Tree 2011

Finally, I think I pretty much completed our Christmas tree this year. I really love how this one turned out. I was a little skeptical of the colors I chose for this year (heck, last year when I bought the blue ones I thought they would be awesome!), but in the end, it turned out pretty darn nice...

Makes me just smile...

It actually matched my carpet and chairs come to think of it. I love also how my new favorite accents - the Geo Mesh and the Ribbons, added some character to my tree.

If you want to learn how to add mesh to your tree, check out this video on how to do it! It's really easy.

Another view

I mainly used plain jane ornament balls from Walmart and added some accent ornaments like glittered snowflakes and ribbons as shown in my previous post on how each ornament was grouped together.

I then scattered some icicles, bigger snowflakes and other balls around the blank spaces. We also have keepsake ornaments around.  Gives the tree a more personal touch.

Tree Close-up

Again, the only new thing on this tree were the ribbons and mesh. Everything else were already things I had already or bought last year on clearance ( even the lights - although, I would advise you to get new lights for you tree every year, it's so difficult to change lights on a tree if one of the bulbs go off! The only reason I'm using the old ones is again, our absence eventually from this holiday).

 I bought quite a number of items from Gaylord Opryland last year - just couldn't resist, I swear they have THE BEST Ornament Shops ever!!!!! Would love to got there again next year!

Have a happy Holiday !!!!!!

Linking back to Blue & White Bash at the Pink Pagoda, Christmas Tree Link Party & Holiday Home