A Little Bit of Tree-Less Holiday Cheer

It may not be a marshmallow world in this foggy, drippy Pacific Northwest wonderland, but we've managed to scrounge up enough holiday trimmings to deck our tiny little halls and dress up our apartment in holiday style. Our plans for a one-of-a-kind Crown land tree fell through when we discovered the nearest public forest with a healthy crop of trees was five hours into the mountains. But we decided to make the most of it, and spruced up the rest of the place instead. Here's a mini tour:

I actually put these up right after Halloween... it may have been a bit early, but it's always nice to have a reminder :)

They say "It's almost Christmas!"

A food themed garland mad out of popcorn, wooden cranberries, candy-canes and cookie and candy ornaments for the kitchen window

Our red fiestaware wasn't so great for the Halloween season, but it really hit its prime this Christmas!

Pay no attention to that green grass outside the window

Our cozy living room... we're taking full advantage of the Holiday Fireplace show on channel 14. It creates the illusion of warmth--even making fake crackling sounds! :)

Some borrowed garlands over the bookcase and windows with ornaments from my sister

And a quick makeshift ornament mobile to brighten up the walls. We just painted them a couple weeks ago, so they're still a bit bare!

 

Pinecones from Kelowna!

The bathroom got a little bit of holiday cheer too. I'm tempted to keep this up all year though, so cheerful!

Hope you are all enjoying your Christmas season! Jared and I are counting down the days till we come home for Christmas! And sorry everyone in Michigan, but we're keeping our fingers crossed for lots of snow (but not on our traveling days). :)