Not all of my inspiration comes from antiques and vintage items. My eye is always scanning the store aisles to see if something catches my eye. I have found a few market items that helped me create some vignettes for my holiday home. I don’t start the lion share of my holiday decorating until this weekend. But these little groupings are helping me get in the mood, along with a backdrop of the usual Christmas music.
Here are four projects that took less than five minutes to create using market items and some vintage.
I hope you find some inspiration.
Always,
Cindy
xoxo
Easy Christmas Holiday Project #1 – Topiary with ornament embellishment.
A lovely Eugenia topiary from Walmart ($11.98) in an antique urn.
Against the worn surface of the urn, small acorn mercury glass ornaments from Targets ($4 for three). Simple rustic twine will do for hanging.
Easy Christmas Holiday Project #2 – Scandinavian Christmas Candles.
Zinc cache pots ($12.99) from Targets Smith and Hawken collection with a scalloped edge design and factory made patina.
For a lower priced alternative zinc pot, click here.
The Scandinavian Christmas table. Simple and elegant.
Lovely cream antique china and mismatched silverware and napkin rings. The market item in this photo is an inexpensive kitchen towel used as a napkin from IKEA for .79 cents.
Easy Christmas Holiday Project #3 – Vintage vase cozy with market item embellishment.
A vintage paper vase cover for a holiday touch with a market item burlap flower embellishment from Michael’s ($2.50)
I found a holiday pick with this burlap flower. I just took the flower off the pick and pushed the stem in one of the holes in the vintage paper vase cozy. It stays in place via pressure fit.
Pretty little table side touch of Christmas with little effort.
You can see the age and simple accordion pattern of the vintage vase cozy.
Easy Christmas Holiday Project #4 – Hemp Twine Tassel with embellishment.
Simple Project #2. Twine Tassel for antique armoire. Done simply by wrapping twine over and over around a piece of cardboard, cut one end and tie off a third of the way down with another piece of twine. Add an embellishment if you choose. Extra thick twine to make a statement, found at Joann’s.
Old houses have many armoires for storage. Simple white adorned with wreaths and a hand-made twine tassel with holiday embellishment.
