I am so excited to share this fun idea with all of you. In fact this idea comes from my wonderful, beautiful mother-in-law, that I call mom. Since I started dating my husband, his mother always had what she called a HOLIDAY SHELF. Now she kept hers in the main bathroom of her house. I am not sure why there lol, but at least EVERYONE saw it time and time again. It made going to the bathroom fun just to see what she had on her shelf. It wasn't a huge shelf but she would decorate it for EVERY HOLIDAY!!!! When it wasn't a holiday she would decorate it with seasonal items.
I loved looking at this shelf time and time again. It had little nick- nacks on it and sometimes lights and garland of some sort. Since that time I decided to do that in my own home and I have for 26 of our married years. I love decorating it and love having the children help me decorate it. I love the looks on their faces as they walk in the door. I put mine up by the door in the hall so they would never miss it as they walked in.
My daughter who just got married decided that she wanted one in her home and so she now has one. I told her that you don't have to decorate it all at once by going out and buying tons of things. The object is to ADD to it every year with something new and simple. Maybe its a holiday gift that someone has given you or you buy a little something each year and then you keep the items all together as your shelf decorations each year. Since we have relocated I have now combined my holiday shelf with my holiday plate shelf and I am totally loving it.
I have enclosed a picture of my new shelf and I hope you enjoy it. I hope you will put one up in your own home to share with others. I promise that your neighbors and friends and family will make it a fun tradition in their own lives.
In fact why don't you head on up to GRANDMAS ATTIC to find what things you can add to your New Holiday Shelf!!!!!!! xoxoxoxoxoxox
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