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One of my favorite rooms to decorate during Christmas is my dining room. I try to do something new in here every year. This year, I teamed up with Hobby Lobby to help change things up a bit. There's no question that I'm a big Hobby Lobby fan, you would know if you read through my posts :) As I was wondering through the aisles (which takes hours by the way), I decided to go with a non-traditional theme. So, I ditched the reds and golds and opted for greenery, wood, and nature...albeit, faux nature in some cases...to bring this look together.

Here's my haul. You should have seen me walking out of there with all the bags! :)

But, it came together perfectly! In the video posted at the bottom, you can see my process in decorating everything. 

TABLESCAPE
I found this amazing lantern on display at my local Hobby Lobby store and fell in love it. I bought it a few weeks ago and had it sitting on my table with too many ideas on what to do with it. 

 I knew I wanted something climbing up it, so when I found these pine tree and pine cone stems I knew they were perfect for my idea.

 I bent the end part of the stems, placed the none decorated part underneath the lantern,  and 'climbed' them up two of the sides. 

When I decorate my tablescape, I like to use the tiered approach by starting high in the middle and gradually getting smaller towards the ends. I accomplished this with these candlesticks, also from Hobby Lobby. They are in two heights, two on each side of the lantern. 

 To add some filler, I used some more faux green stems and pine cones coming from underneath the lantern towards the candlesticks.

I've started to collect bread boards recently, so when I found this one I knew it belonged on the tablescape. 

 I bought a bag of potpourri that was full of these beautiful pine cones, cinnamon sticks, and wood slices. I placed them along the table runner and the bread board.

 For the inside of the lantern, I put already burnt candles. I liked the already burnt look because it showed a little age and rustic-ness.

 PLACE SETTINGS

 I like to keep it pretty simple as far as place settings go. We are a really casual family so they rarely come out if at all. So, when they do, I don't want make a fuss with them. 

 I used my normal chargers, round plates, and alternating bowls for the main pieces. 

 I then placed these cute greyish blue ticking napkins in between the dishes.

 And topped off each bowl with a place card holder. I made the name tags out of frayed ribbon and glued some card stock on the back to give it more stiffness. 

 I love that the napkins match the ticking table runner. It gives it a wonderfully cohesive look.

 Even though I have a lot of greenery in here and it sometimes feels like a botanical garden, I love the look. It's like bringing nature inside and looks super organic.

OTHER DECORATING IDEAS
I like to switch out my pillows for every season, and found these perfect plaid pillow covers at Hobby Lobby also. They are kind of like a soft sweater material. I put one on each chair at the end of the table.

Dried lavender used to hang on my gallery wall behind the table, but since I didn't feel that quite fit the look I was going for, I changed them out for hanging pine cones instead.

 I simple took some jute, knotted it on one end, tied the loose end into a bow and then glued the bow onto the stem of the pine cone. I finished it off with a faux evergreen stem. 

 I'm still loving the faux beams I have in here. I think I love them so much that one day soon I'll be making them a little chunkier and more substantial. 

Below is a video that gives some more ideas and tips on how I decorated my dining room! 

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I say this every year, and I'm sure everyone else does also, but where did this year go?! Can you believe Christmas is only two months away? I feel like July was yesterday. As much as I miss and love Summer, I do love the coziness and warmth that Christmas time brings. 

I've been using the same Christmas wreaths in my house for a couple of years now, so I was excited to partner with Hobby Lobby to create a new one. I have been loving the trend I've been seeing all over Instagram lately using embroidery hoops as decor. They are so simple and elegant when used as a decor, so I decided to jump on the bandwagon and make a Christmas wreath using one. 

Supplies needed:

Embroidery hoop: Any size you wish, they come in lots of different sizes. I used an 18" for the wreath I'm sharing today. You'll see the smaller ones used later in my home with the same idea. 

4 Pine Stems

Pine Cone Stems

Gold Corkscrew Christmas garland

"Let It Snow" plaque 

Hot glue

 Step 1: Take your embroidery hoop and secure it tight. I decided to keep mine natural, but if you wish to paint or stain it, this would be the time to do so.

 Step 2: Using imaginary lines, separate the hoop into four quadrants. You'll want the top of the pine stems to fall below the mid-line, and equidistant from the middle vertical line. Slightly curve the stems, and hot glue into place.

 Step 3: On the last two stems, cut the majority of the wiring off. You can just bend it back and forth a couple of times, and it should do the trick. If not, use some wire cutters.

 Step 4: Add one of these cut stems on top of a stem you already glued. You'll want to glue it closer to the center vertical line, so it's overlapping, but not completely on top of the already glued one.

 Step 5: Do the same thing with the last stem, placing it on right side. You'll notice I have about a two inch gap between my sprays.

 Step 6: In this gap is where you'll add your pine cone stems. I used the stems that have a little frosted snow on top of them, and a bundle of wood. Hot glue these into place.

 Step 7: To make the piece fuller, I added additional pine cones to the sides, hot gluing in place.

 Step 8: Take the gold garland, and roughly measure the distance between the end of where the pine stems start and then where they end. You'll have this garland hiding behind the stems, so don't go any higher on either side. Hot glue the garland on the underside of the embroidery hoop, just right behind the pine stems. Make sure to glue the "backbone" of the garland, and not the little sprays coming off of it.

 Step 9: Slightly open the hoop on the top, slide some jute into the gap, and around the claw on the back of the "let it snow" wood plaque. Knot the jute. Tighten the hoop back up.

 My favorite part of this whole wreath is the gold corkscrew garland flowing down. Reminds me of snow or icicles. It gives this otherwise simple woodland wreath some elegance also.

 This gets me super excited for Christmas, and can't wait to use the other embroider hoop wreaths above my living room mantel this year! Since the embroidery hoops are so simple, it's easy to add more than one above a mantel without it looking too busy.

I linked to a few of these items in the supply list, but you can find all of them at your local Hobby Lobby! Be sure to bring your 40% coupon with you :)  Happy Holidays!

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