Friday, November 14, 2014

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!


It's Christmas time here at Southern Style on Fifth Avenue!  We are starting you off with a sneak peak of three decorated trees in our home from 2014.  We love to share our designs with you to inspire you to create a beautifully decorated theme tree in your home or even office!  Take our ideas and get busy with your own creation!  We would love to see yours!

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First we have a corner tree in the stairwell we did a few years ago.  The Sleigh Bells Ring tree showcases red, white, and light blue jingle bells, light blue glitter ribbon, "Jingle" word ornaments, white glitter ball garland, large candy canes, snowflakes, and some 50's inspired ornaments I gathered through the years!


Also a sneak peek of the railing garland.  Green garland with sheer white glitter snowflake ribbon, white poinsettias, and glitter snowflakes from the Dollar Tree!



This is a small four foot tree we call Candy Apple Lime.  I love the addition of lime to Christmas décor.  I feel in love with this ribbon and wanted to showcase it on a tree.  My Mama loved apples so much and I wanted to include those as well to pay tribute to her!  Red and lime green apple picks from Michaels, I forget where I got the ribbon (sorry!), red berry picks in the topper, and red and lime whirly gigs from Michaels.  It was not too expensive to put this one together!  Maybe you already have  some favorite items at home you can use to decorate your first creation!  Just go for it!


This is an older rendition of Scarlet Elegance.  I love this 9 foot tree in the Bahama Mama room!  I love this grand tree with red poinsettias, poinsettia ribbon, red glitter whips, yes, whips (hehe), red glass ball ornaments, red drop ornaments, and gem snowflakes. 




Stay tuned for current tree photos, tips, ideas, and chatter about our open house! 

More to come!

Enjoy looking for your tree decorations and holiday décor! 

Debra

Sunday, February 16, 2014

And the birds have it!

Winter Birds


A break from house cleaning, crafting, and decorating today.  Some much needed downtime!


What a great time we had bird watching today!  We saw so many cardinals in the back yard.  It was thrilling!  There had to be four families of the beauties coming and going for the seed.  This type of feeder is perfect for cardinals, along with the black oil sunflower seed.  Here you can see the male and female cardinals finally agreed to share the feeder. 




Joyful birds enjoying the snow!

They were moving so fast I could hardly believe it.  I was thankful for my Nikon AF-P Nikkor 70-300mm camera lens as I clicked away. 


Big and sassy daddy!

The male cardinals are of course the most beautiful in our opinion.  This particular one is rather plump!  He perched on the flower holder today and watched as all the ones flutter around and eat!


Waiting for the Blue Jays to come in the morning