homemade christmas.

honestly, i've had these christmas decorations up for a few weeks now. people think i'm nuts, but i couldn't help myself. i love christmas! and when i've had my fall decor up since september, i'm ready for a change of scenery.

i've been wanting to decorate with cranberries for christmas. it's classic. i did some reading and it looked as though i could use cranberries with no risk of them going bad by the time the christmas season ends. granted, i will have these out for longer than the average person. oh well, we'll see. so i made this.

i picked some sticks (from my sister's landscaping, little does she know) and painted them a gold/champagne color. i used acrylic paint because i thought i would create a streaky look, but i ended up painting all the sticks so i may go for spray paint in the future. i cut out some leaves, added some paint, and assembled the centerpiece. i love it.

the next thing i made was my flag garland. they came out looking like this.

i also "made" a wreath for my front door. money is super tight now, so i didn't go for the yarn wreath like i had planned. all i did was buy a really cheap fake evergreen wreath at a.c.moore (i think it was on sale for $1.49) and wrapped it with some gold berry garland. it's a simple look that was easy and cheap. works for me.

i'm sure there will be more where this came from!