Baby It's Cold Outside: A Snowy Winter Vignette

As much as I love decorating for Christmas and having a beautiful tree in the living room, I also love taking all the decorations down and "redecorating" the whole house. Each space always seems so much bigger, and putting up the everyday decor is like a breath of fresh air.

I have never been one of those people that rush to take down the Christmas stuff and rush to put up the Valentine's Day decor. Not that there is anything wrong with that, of course. I just always try to embrace a snowy January inside the house, as well as outside. 

This January, I had quite a few new items to add as well as some of my oldies but goodies.

As I mentioned before, this vignette is the perfect blend of old and new, but I didn't have to spend a dime to create it. I had all of these things, or bought them recently to decorate with in other areas of the house.

The Old: white tulle lights, falling snowflake garland, snowflake vase filler, and "baby it's cold outside" printable.

The New: bird cage, light and dark blue fabric balls, navy vase, light blue lantern.

I made the tulle lights a few years back for our Christmas vignette and love them! I like to keep them out in January too so there is more of a snowy look. Last year, I made the Falling Snowflake Garland to hang on the mirror and was pretty impressed with how it turned out. I found the "baby it's cold outside" printable at Over The Big Moon. It has been my go to winter printable for a few years now. The snowflake vase filler is from pier1, as well as the plate.

The silver glitter bird cage came from a friend. I let her borrow some of my wedding centerpieces for her wedding, and she gave me one of her other centerpieces in return. I filled it with some of my fall inspired fabric balls. The navy blue vase was a recent score from TJMaxx's clearance section. I got the light blue lantern during out last trip to Ikea, filled it with some sparkle from our wedding, and added that snowflake candle ornament from yankee candle.

I think the accessorized blue lantern is my favorite part, but I really love the way it all turned out.

How about you? Do you jump right into the Valentine's decor or do you tend to hold off until February comes along?


Happy HUMP Day!

DIY Falling Snowflakes Garland

I mentioned in my previous post on how to decorate your home after Christmas that I made Falling Snowflakes Garland to finish my Winter Vignette. I made mine about 2 feet long to hang over my mirror, but it would also look great 5-6 feet long covering a whole wall.

in order to make this, you'll need:

wooden dowel, fishing line, paper snowflakes, white fluff balls, hot glue gun, large needle

I punched out a bunch of snowflakes using white and light gray card stock. Then, I randomly placed snowflakes and fluff balls on the fishing line. I hot glued the fishing line in between two paper snowflakes. To attach the fluff ball, I used a large needle to string them on and used a small amount of hot glue to keep the balls in place. Making sure each was of varying heights, I then ties each string onto the wooden dowel for hanging. 

To hang the falling snowflakes garland onto my mirror, I simply placed the dowel between the frame and the wall. 

These would also be great to make year round! 

Red and blue stars for Fourth of July

Easter Eggs

Falling Leaves

Pumpkins

Flowers

The list goes on and on!

Post-Christmas Decorations

Anyone else find your home incredibly bare after taking down all your Christmas decorations?

This year, I put everything away and wondered to myself, "Why is my home so plain?" I then decided to decorate for winter. Snowflakes, sparkle, and printables were a must! 

Here's a few quick ways to add a little seasonal decor to your home after taking down the Christmas decorations:

Reuse Ornaments

I kept out one of our silver snowflake ornaments and put it in a bubble bowl with some sparkly diamond confetti (leftover from the wedding)

Use Snowflake Vase Fillers

I bought these vase filler stones and snowflakes a few years back from Pier 1 Imports. I love throwing them on a plate with a candle or in a vase for some winter-themed decor.

Find a Cute Printable (or two, or three)

I love this printable from Blog. It is the perfect filler after Christmas time. And it keeps my humming "Baby, It's Cold Outside" long after the radio stations stop playing it.

Leave Out the Tulle Lights

I used these tulle lights for my Christmas Vignette, but why not leave them out for the month of January as well? It gives a nice snowy effect  to our buffet.

Make Falling Snowflakes Garland

I whipped up these cute falling snowflakes this afternoon to add the final touches on my Winter Vignette. Blog post coming soon!

Well, I hope I have inspired you to winterize your home a bit! I love the simplicity of my January decor after a house full of Christmas, and hey my house looks soooo much bigger now that the tree is put away. 

And Before we know it, we'll be getting out the Valentine's Decorations!

Winter Vignette

After taking down all the Christmas decor, the buffet was looking bare. I went with a winter theme, and planned to add to it throughout the month. Well, we decided to take on the task of painting the kitchen, living room, and hallway instead (more on that later), so unfortunately the vignette decor was not a priority this month.

I had all of this stuff lying around the house, with the exception of the printable.

I made the fancy tulle lights for my Christmas vignette and decided they would also look great for winter, creating the illusion of snow. I bought the snowflake gems from Pier1 last year. Love them!

I also picked up this candle at TJ Maxx. I have no idea what scent it is, but it is my absolute favorite. I don't even have to light the candle to smell the fresh snowy goodness throughout the house. I have discovered that it smells very similar to Yankee Candle's Frosty Air. 

I found the baby, it's cold outside printable at Over The Big Moon. The hurricane vases were wedding centerpieces, I find every possible excuse to reuse them! I threw some snowflake candle charms (also from Yankee Candle) on them and filled them with white gems. 

I actually ended up really liking the simplicity of this vignette, but I will be excited to stop singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside" randomly throughout the house.

Does anyone else decorate for winter before digging out the Valentine's decorations, or is it just me?

Happy Snow Day! (for Michigan anyways...)