So, it may or may not surprise you that I blog-stalk like crazy. I love to click and click on other peoples' favorites, and especially in the design-blog world. There are TONS of talented and interesting designers of all varieties that have blogs with great ideas. One such blog is thisyounghouse.com which is written by a young couple who remodeled an old house (sound familiar?) and who offer design consultations online. I LOVE LOVE LOVE their Christmas tree. It has all silver and white ornaments, with silver bows tied to the branches. The tree skirt is really just 2 Ikea sheep skin rugs, and it looks comfy and snowy. I love that white ornament with a chandelier on it. Thisyounghouse also made some ornaments themselves, and I think I am going to copy them. Keep in mind, we don't have a Christmas tree yet, and probably about 6 mismatched ornaments, but these are supposed to be easy and cheap to make. The above ornament uses craft glue spread with a q-tip and sprinkled with sparkly white glitter.

This one is my favorite, with a white feather stuffed into a clear ornament. All the supples were purchased at Michaels. Apparently it was $2.49 for a six pack of clear ornaments (with tops that easily come off and on), then just buy feathers, craft glue, and sparkly white glitter. They tied thin white ribbon to create a loop to hang the ornaments on the tree. WAY cuter than the wire hanger thingies.

Doesn't it look fun? Knowing me and my clumsy fingers, mine won't look like this, but what if my tree had homemade ornaments like these and some silver ribbons tied here and there. I'll keep you posted.