Candyland Christmas

The Nesting Place is having a Holiday Garland Show and Tell today! Check out Nester's garland here. It's gorgeous! Click on each link on the Show and Tell page to see some really fun and creative garlands and holiday decorations!
My garland is pretty lame, but I do plan to hit up the after Christmas clearance for stuff to add to it next year. I have added more decorations, though! I had a lot of fun at Hobby Lobby and Micheal's. My favorite find was the above glass jars. They are 50% off at Hobby Lobby this week. I put the leftover gumdrops in one and bought a package of candy canes at Target for the other jar. I don't know if you can tell, but the candy canes are red, green and white; just like my ribbon!
Once my daughter started walking, we've been putting the stockings on the banister and not on the fireplace. I have some cute stocking holders, but the thought of them falling on her scares me. So, on the banister they will stay :)
I plan to add something more to this cabinet. I put the peppermint snowman on it for now, but I'd really like to find a glass cake pedestal to display my daughter's gingerbread house. I think that would be so cute! Oh and I have to share how I made this "garland". Really, it's 2 branches from our fake Christmas tree. We don't put the bottom 2 rows on our tree, because it would be too wide. So, I grabbed 2 branches and put them end to end and secured it with cable ties, then added the lights and ribbon.
This is a view from the family room into the kitchen. Please excuse my daughter's toys all over the floor and the coat drying on the back of my kitchen chair. All I need is a tree skirt! I can't find one I like anywhere.

Also, it rained yesterday, so I couldn't go out and spray paint the pot for my gumdrop topiary. I have all of the gumdrops on, I just need to paint the pot and seal the whole thing. Maybe I'll make it out today. It's COLD, but not raining!

Thanks for stopping by. Stay tuned for the gumdrop topiary...