December 14

Yeah I'm a little late, but I also got a $124 parking ticket, so I have a pretty good excuse... I'm actually going to post today's picture in the morning though. $124 lost to a towing company doesn't exactly put you in the best of moods....

Anyways, here's my post for the day, however late it might be. We had this "burlap garland" that I found at Michael's, which is basically just a long skinny strip of burlap.

I'd seen lots of pictures on Pinterest of different Christmas decorations using it, so I wanted to try it for myself, and this is what I came up with.

Rather than sewing it to make it scrunch up, I just wrapped it around a strand of 100 white lights and strung it around our downstairs window.

I'm still not done with this area though, I think I'm going to hang some candy canes, ornaments, or pinecones to finish it up. 

I also love our little Charlie Brown Christmas tree, so I had to include it.

Here's a picture of the full effect of the lighted burlap garland... I think, considering how easy it was to do (and not to mention how cheap!!) that it looks pretty darn good.

Can't wait to see what it looks like with something hanging down in the window though. 

Our basement has just looked like it needed a little love and Christmas spirit recently, so I'm doing my best to fix it up. 

Anyways, always more to do and not a lot of time to do it in.