advent decor/ Adventsdeko

Here are some pretty alternatives to the classic red-green-gold advent decorations. I found them on Dawanda (German etsy-like webshop). Click on the pic to get directly to the shop. For non-advent celebraters: see my post for further explanation.

Ein paar schöne Ideen als Alternative zur klassischen rot-grün-gold Adventsdeko. Zum Nachmachen oder Kaufen. Klickt auf das Bild und ihr landet direkt bei den entsprechenden Dawanda-Shops.

My favorite are these black flower-pots. Thanks blaubeerhaus for the inspiration.

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Am besten gefallen mir diese schwarzen Blumentöpfe. Danke Blaubeerhaus für die Anregung.

mariasimoneidejhs

Advent, Advent...

The Advent calendars are hanging and my daughters were thrilled. It was hard to keep the little one from opening all of the little pouches today. Probably I'll have to hang it up a little higher.

And here is my version of the Advent candles. I made the numbers with silver wire and added some glass beads.

Have a great first December week.

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Advent mood

I have to share with you this very cute idea. In Germany we have the custom of an "Adventskranz" (Advent wreath) with four candles. We light one more candle every Advent (the 4 Sundays before Christmas day). This is a very cute and simple alternative, isn't it?

Happy Thanksgiving!

seen at Shabby Homestyles

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some winterly decorating

This morning I found a quiet moment to decorate our house a little festive. I will do more decorating next week. My daughter has her 7th birthday party here on Sunday with 14 girls and I don't want to have to many delicate treasures out in the open for that happening. 

I am soo jealous because in Germany it is snowing. I really miss the change of the seasons here in California sometimes. At least we are supposed to get some rain tomorrow - actually much needed rain.

Here you can see what I did. Oh and you can now access my flickr site from here. See the badge on the right. Not to forget my etsy store. 

I just love our white ceiling panels. When we rented this house two years ago we had them all painted white. Very unusual for a renter to invest that much in a house, I know. But we are German and in Germany it is very common to renovate your rental. Do you want to know how it looked, when we signed the lease? See below.

We went from this:

to this:

Aaaah - quiet a relieve, don't you think?

I also painted the curtain rods, the tile around the fire place and the brick below. Also I took the ugly amber colored lampshades off the chandelier. I wanted to replace the whole thing but we don't have room to store it. It's gigantic and very heavy.

That's how it looks today:

It is growing on me and I am surprised about how many compliments I have received for it already.

Now back to the sewing table...

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