Christmas Tour of Homes 2008!

I've really been looking forward to this! I love decorating our home all throughout the year but Christmas is my absolute favorite time. The garland, the ornaments, the lights, the candy, the music...I love it all.

I'm participating in two tours today, one through BooMama's Christmas Tour of Homes and the other through Hooked on Houses Christmas Tour. Tomorrow, the 16th, I will be partying with everyone over at Kimba's Holiday Open House! Head on over to these blogs and share your Christmas decor, as well!

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Welcome to our home...come on in!


I put our monogram or name on everything I can. :)


Front porch


Grab a candy cane on your way in!


This is one of my faves over my front door...It's A Wonderful Life


This is hanging over my back door


This is right inside the front door...a tree and sleigh to hold car keys, etc.


A few of my favorite ornaments...

I love this one...He is the true Reason for the Season!


Can't live in Arkansas and not be a Hog Fan! The other side of this ornament has our Family Name. I always put it beside this picture ornament of us at a Hogs Game.


I'm addicted to coffee, so I had to pick up this coffee cup topiary!


These are solid wood and hand painted...they are so heavy! They are a special reminder of our trip to Cancun which was awesome...definitely going back!


This is my chandelier ornament that I picked up at a little boutique in NLR. I wish now that I had bought more. It's so girly.


My Christmas tree...no theme, just a mixture of things that I love.


My mantel...I love my bottle brush trees.


A rub-on between the mantel & Christmas tree...it says Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year!


I have a few things around my house that say Believe but I'm not talking about Santa. :)


I change out the throw on this chair with each season and add a seasonal pillow...this one says, Jingle Bells.


This candy dish was my Great-Grandmothers...I fill it with ribbon candy.


My buffet...I do something different on this every year. This year, garland, trees, Christmas pics and a bowl of candy canes.


This is also on my buffet...my friend Jules introduced me to this book, years ago. It's the only thing about Santa that I have in my house but it's too adorable not to have. It's about a dog named, Olive that helped guide Santa's sleigh with her keen sense of smell. Thus the name of the book, "Olive, the other Reindeer." :)


Dining room table...a little more casual this year with our gingerbread house and candy canes. I bought this Tag runner at TJ Maxx for $10.00...I love that place!


I always do a fresh wreath on our front door and over this mirror in our dining room. I found this "Tis the Season" ornament at TJ as well, thought it would look cute in the middle of my wreath!


Garland over my dining room window. I hang our Christmas cards throughout this garland...it looks so pretty once it's filled with cards and it makes it easy to see all of them.


My Believe star, hanging at the top of the garland.


Kitchen table...I found this tablecloth this year at Kmart (Martha Stewart). Martha says wash it by hand, which I laughed at when I read the tag. I've already thrown it into the washer & dryer twice. Who hand washes a tablecloth!?


Garland over the window in my kitchen area. The little red sign in the middle of the wreath says, "Soon it will be Christmas Day."


I'm getting nervous with all that I still have to do and Christmas will be here in 10 days!!


Would you like a little snow in your hot cocoa?


Kitchen mat by the stove


Christmas towels...for the Southern Belle in all of us.


Christmas wreath on countertop


I bought this with every intent to hang ornaments from it but ended up making it a coffee mug holder...it works.


I love my nativity...my S-I-L bought me this for my birthday last year. And now you see what I'm talking about when I say, BELIEVE. :)


Not much going on in the guest bath...a tray with a tree, Christmas guest towels and some peppermint hand lotion (to go w/the peppermint hand soap!)


JOY over the toilet. LOL I don't know why I put this here.


Well, are you exhausted!?? I know that was a lot of pics...sorry! I just had to show you everything! :) I hope you enjoyed this Christmas tour of my home.

Merry Christmas, Y'all!

Jill