We are in the thick of decorating our farmhouse for Christmas.  Serious stuff!  The amount of decorations we have, and display for the season — well, to say it in a refined way, we have an ample amount.  But we love it.  I love it.  Decorating in general gives me such satisfaction, but decorating for Christmas gives me a feeling of warmth.

But today, I woke up feeling a little pensive.  I’m surrounded by green and red bins, and I wanted to work on and design something that reflected my mood.  I wanted to bring a little wistfulness to a dark corner in our living room.

So I went out in our back yard;  headed over to the pile of sticks, and brought in a couple branches.  I have this big mercury glass vase that I wanted to use.  I found two bricks and wrapped them in aluminum foil to put in the bottom of the vase for leverage. I put the branches in the vase and added some silver mercury ornaments to hide the bricks.   I wrapped the bottom of the branches with some bling-y garland, and started hanging mercury glass ornaments on the branches.  Then I hung some glass icicles.  And it was starting to look exactly how I had hoped.  Wistful, and a little romantic too.

But I wanted more.  I wanted more light.  More shine.  More flicker.  Bring on the candles.  So I did.  15 of them.  I also found some glass crystals in my stash too.

And among all the bins and all the other fantastic decorations we have, I found and do find a little solace in this corner.  It’s beautiful and it’s quiet.  And to me, it speaks volumes.