Our holiday porch

I�ve always loved my tried and true Christmas decorating for our front porch and yard � it�s simple and elegant. (I told you how I do it back on this post.) But this year I was feeling like it needed a bit more fun�I think it�s because our son is getting older and becoming more and more obsessed with Christmas -- just like Momma. ;)

So I wanted to make it a little more whimsical and colorful this year. I started with the wreath I got on clearance last year at Target. It still needed a little somethin� somethin�, so I just took a plain greenery wreath and smushed them together with wire, like so:

I love how it gives it a bit more dimension (see first photo). Lurve.

For the rest of the porch, I did my regular deal with greenery and lights, but this year I added some bling and color with $5 worth of ribbon and $15 of plastic ornaments. I just wrapped the ribbon around the greenery and then hung the ornaments from the centers of each with floral wire:

Whew hew! Color! Just want I wanted.

I take the floral pots that hold my mums in the fall and keep the soil in there so I can just plop the little trees in. I added some of the plastic ornaments to the bases of the tree just for fun (and color!):

Not sure I�m loving the little bows on top of the trees, but c�mon, they are pretty cute.

I added some ornaments to the wreath over the garage door and the wreaths on the windows, instead of the sad little bows I�ve always had on them:

PK at Room Remix posted about just twisting some ornaments together with floral wire and I don�t know why the heck I hadn�t thought of doing that! I love how they look on the wreaths!

Many of you have asked about the iron pieces hanging in our windows � they were actually gold �snowflakes� I got on clearance at Pier 1 years ago. I spray painted them black and hung them with fishing wire from the drapery rods:

I took down the blinds we never use on these windows and now you can really see them from outside! They don�t look Christmasy most of the year, but they do with a wreath in the window. ;)

I love how the front porch decor looks through the transom window from inside.

This may be how it looks with the door closed:

But this is how it looks when you open it:

Holy Christmas mess Batman!!

I�ll add some daylight pics of the porch tomorrow�the ribbon looks soooo gorg during the day too.

Did I mention I was hoping to have ALL of the Christmas decor up before Monday of next week, so I can sit back and enjoy it all month? I hear you laughing at me. I can do it, I can. Only 13 more bins of stuff to go. ;)