Day 8: Ornaments

As soon as I read the item to photograph today, I realized I had already taken a lovely picture of an ornament. 

In the attempt to give variety, I pictured my ornaments placed somewhere other than the tree. Here they are! My mamma always had beautiful garland on her staircase during Christmas. It has lights, bows, poinsettias, I think some pine cones, the whole shabam. I've always loved how the glow of the lights on the banisters made the house look so... cozy. They give it a magical glow. That's probably where my love for Christmas lights come from. I want my own home to have that cozy, magic, glow. 

So there is my attempt. I couldn't put lights in the garland because there wasn't an outlet on that wall. Instead, I used some of my leftover ornaments that didn't fit on the tree and hung them here. I like it. 

Merry Christmas! Love the season like crazy!

Day 7: Bright

This is the first little glimpse of my decorations! I'll admit, I'm a total sucker for sparkly things. To make it even more awesome, look how they sparkle with the lights! 

I had a hard time not staring at it for hours on end. 

As you can see from this picture, we also got our tree today (by today, I mean the 7th of December). In true Oregonian spirit, we found a real tree. This was actually my husband's only request for Christmas decorations. It's a little small, but hey, we're just two little people who can't afford a huge tree in a little-bitty house. Funny thing was, there were a lot of pricey trees when we were looking. We found this one and realized we were $1 short on cash to buy it. The guy was nice enough to let us have it anyways, in true Christmas spirit. $1 may not seem like a big deal, but like I've said before, it's the small things people often notice. We'll probably buy from that place next year. Maybe bring an extra dollar. 

I love our tree and our bright lights and sparkly ornaments like crazy.  

And may you days be merry and bright...

Day 6: Shopping

This season has a lot to do with shopping, but for some reason, I never really get the Christmas shopping bug that some people seem to have.

This year though, I was feelin' in the spirit and sprung for some decorations (along with my usual groceries). That's about the only bug I caught though. Since finals have started, I've had a hard time thinking about anything else. 

So there's my shopping list for the day. Nothing special. You'll probably get more pictures of the results of my purchases. 

I really like this notepad by the way. My grandma gave it to me for my birthday and I think it's the cutest paper ever. I use it quite often now. :) Sometimes it's the little things that make our lives better.

Gettin' in the Christmas spirit, one picture at a time... and lovin' it like crazy. 

December Photo Challenge!

After a very wonderful thanksgiving with my family, I'm thankful for all of God's blessings in my life. I have a wonderful husband who treats me right. I have a job I actually enjoy. I am getting an education. I have a nice apartment with a kitchen window (this is actually a big deal). I know I am loved, not only by my family, by also loved by my God.

I hope I can keep this attitude throughout the whole year and not lose the spirit in the mad rush of what I call "commercialized christmas". To try to keep the spirit, I'm doing a December photo challenge.

I'm a little behind on posting to my blog, but rest assured, I am taking the pictures! You can follow me on Instagram (@love_like_madi).

I chose this December challenge because I like the idea of capturing December. Hopefully I can also capture the spirit of Christmas too! 

Let the season of Christmas begin!