Helping Decorate for Christmas at the Garden Center! ❤️
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00:00 I think my mom and Monica are gonna be working on the window decor.
00:03 They kind of had a vision for what they wanted to do there, and I'm gonna be working on one or two trees, Christmas trees.
00:10 I'm so excited. Look at how beautiful it is today.
00:12 I love it. I'm not sick of the dreary weather yet. I was kind of ready for it. By about January 2nd,
00:19 I'm sick of the cold weather, but right now, I just, oh, I am soaking it in. Oh, we just arrived.
00:26 I don't know if you can see through the windows, but I see Christmas lights.
00:28 Oh, this is gonna make me want to start in at home.
00:31 It's just such a fun, fun thing to do, and the most fun for me is that the kids love it.
00:37 And Erin's gonna bring them down here in a little while, and they will get into the decorating part of it.
00:41 Like, they want to help.
00:43 Better late than never.
00:45 We have just some time for cookies.
00:46 Oh, nice. Oh, back here in the sunroom, you guys. They already have some trees done.
00:51 I think these are one of my favorites this year. They're so pretty.
00:54 They're just, and kind of silver eagles.
00:56 Yeah, beautiful. They're so, like, elegant looking. Yes. And look at the snowflakes on this one. Like, that's what I wanted for me.
01:04 Yeah, I've got to have some of those snowflakes.
01:06 Yes. Is mom upstairs? Yeah. Okay, let's head up.
01:11 Oh, the store. Good morning. Good morning. Almost afternoon. Oh, it feels like. It's good.
01:24 Oh, there's still a ton of stuff up here. Yep. Oh, but there was so much less than yesterday.
01:30 Hey, two and a half tables has your name all over it. Okay, show me what I got.
01:34 So, it starts here. Okay. And it just goes, this is called the Woodland Santa. Okay. Natural Santa.
01:40 Natural Santa. A lot of, like, green velvet stuff. Yeah. And green velvet, like, those are neat. Yeah.
01:48 And these, I just love green. Well, I think it's yours are my favorite color, right? Yeah, for sure.
01:53 And I even like these green. Yeah, those are really neat. Aren't those pretty? Yeah.
01:58 I think we have that smaller size on our, oh, that. Oh, pretty, yeah. That smaller size.
02:04 A little bit of shine. Yeah, a little shine. And then I actually like these, too. Aren't those pretty?
02:11 Those are pretty. And that one. Oh, okay, the green, the trees. The trees. Okay.
02:15 These, look at this. Yeah. These are so cute. Oh, I love that.
02:22 I actually had to buy a set of the silver ones, because I love bottle-barked trees. Yeah, those are so neat.
02:26 So cute. Okay. So, it kind of ends right there, but it's this whole complete table, too.
02:30 Okay, so these two full tables and then the trees. Got it. And the stuff that's on the floor. Oh, excellent.
02:35 Even better. Yeah. These light up, too. Actually, I didn't get batteries. Oh, cool.
02:39 Aren't these just so pretty? Yes. You and I just only bought these last year. I know. We were looking at them at Eta Vola.
02:46 And I think, yeah, when I saw you unpack these, I asked you if they were the only set.
02:51 I know. We should have gotten, like, three or four sets. Look how pretty this is. Yeah, those are really pretty.
02:55 That's super pretty. Okay, well. Yeah. Do you want to show me where I'm working up front?
03:01 Yeah. Okay. Let's go down. So, this is the area. Okay. So, we're going to do this whole thing. Okay.
03:06 And you did this area for fall. Yes. But we've repainted since then. That's perfect for this theme.
03:13 Yeah, we've repainted. Okay, so I've got this space here. Yeah. And this space right here.
03:18 And we repainted that because that was kind of a burnt red. Yeah, that's so peaceful. I like that color.
03:24 And we've got this whole thing as well. Yeah. Excellent. Okay. So, what's the vision for the windows?
03:30 Well, we're going to do kind of a spray, sort of, like, from the corner of the window on top and down low,
03:37 hanging things, including the white Christmas trees. The white cardboard trees, possibly. Yeah.
03:43 Did I help you with those or did Monica? Monica's did. Monica did. Yeah. Yeah. I think that was right before my wedding.
03:49 I think we need to. Yeah. That seems like forever ago now. Yeah. Yeah. I think we'll need to dry brush some of them.
03:55 To kind of spruce them up just a little bit. I hope I can find them. I'll help you with that. Yeah.
04:00 I'll try and run around. We need to find them. We need to find them. Yeah. I know they're downstairs somewhere.
04:04 So that's what we're going to be working on. They're going to be working on the windows. I'll be working on this area.
04:08 And then Vicki, who's a long-time family friend and also was my soccer coach and also my boss at one point in my life,
04:14 she's here helping out today, too. And she's running. Like, she's going upstairs and getting stuff for us and bringing it down
04:19 and then helping with the decorating. So it's just a very festive, fun feel. And we've got Christmas tunes on.
04:24 That's right. The only thing we're missing is eggnog. Oh, I got some at home. I should have brought it. Dang.
04:29 I did get some cookies. Yeah, we got cookies. Nice. All right, guys. So here we go.
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06:26 - All right guys, it has been a full day.
06:49 We got a lot done, but it was also really busy,
06:52 which is a little bit surprising on a late fall day
06:55 where it's pouring rain for most of the day.
06:57 Usually those are a little bit slower,
06:59 but tons of people were coming in.
07:00 It was really fun.
07:01 So I'm just gonna walk you through what we got done today.
07:03 We will do a full tour once all of the poinsettias
07:06 and Christmas cactus have arrived
07:07 and once everything else has been set up.
07:09 It's not a hundred percent done yet.
07:10 So starting with the windows,
07:12 mom got a couple of them completely done.
07:15 This one right here, and it's just simple and effective.
07:18 We made these trees out of cardboard.
07:20 I wanna say it's been like, well, I don't know,
07:22 10 years ago.
07:23 We just store them flat down in the basement
07:25 and they come out every other year or so,
07:28 but they just make for such a simple, clean look.
07:30 And the nice thing about this is that right now
07:32 they look Christmassy because of the ornaments,
07:34 but you can take those out after Christmas
07:36 and then it's just a winter window
07:37 and it will last through January, February.
07:39 Just so nice.
07:40 So this is the other window right here.
07:44 Oh, the glare is just so bad.
07:45 I'm sorry, you guys.
07:46 I will show you from inside.
07:47 I think that might be better.
07:48 So from the inside, you can see the trees
07:50 are also painted on the backside
07:52 so that it looks good from both sides.
07:54 And there's just a simple swag in the corner
07:57 and the ornaments right there,
07:59 which those ornaments, if you plug them in,
08:00 they act, oh no, they go by batteries.
08:02 They will twirl around, add some movement.
08:05 And then here are some of the props still.
08:07 This is kind of where mom ended.
08:09 Okay, so let's take a look through the displays
08:11 that we got done today.
08:12 We'll start with this one right here.
08:13 Monica and I kind of tag teamed these areas,
08:15 which was so nice.
08:17 You know, we used a lot of the green stuff.
08:20 There's like green velvet trees,
08:22 the paper trees right here,
08:24 green Santas, green nutcrackers.
08:26 There's cute snowmen with green wreaths on their heads.
08:29 Just a lot of pretty color.
08:30 And this side right here ended up a little bit more
08:33 on the warm side.
08:34 So on the tree, I used the ornaments that are,
08:37 these are glass, but they're painted to look like wood
08:40 on the top and bottom.
08:41 And they have the mercury glass in between.
08:43 And there's cute little reindeer right here,
08:46 which I forgot to put all the antlers up.
08:48 I didn't realize for a while that you could do that.
08:51 So I need to go back through.
08:52 And I love these.
08:54 These are so neat.
08:55 Those are glass as well.
08:57 And then of course the poinsettia picks right there
09:00 just added a lot of bulk.
09:01 I didn't really want to do any ribbon on this tree.
09:03 I just wanted to, I knew there was gonna be a lot on it.
09:05 So I wanted to kind of simplify a tad.
09:08 And then we filled this thing up.
09:11 There's a lot of fun stuff.
09:12 I'll just start at the top.
09:13 There's some signs.
09:15 These are candle holders with snowflakes.
09:17 These actually have little LED lights in them.
09:19 So they light up.
09:20 More signs, there's stocking holders,
09:24 little birds, little itty bitty snow globes.
09:27 These are so cute.
09:28 Monica and Dana both had to buy one.
09:31 They're really cute.
09:32 There's a little peace sign, pine cone stocking holders,
09:36 felted owls.
09:38 These are little stakes, little decorative stakes.
09:43 And these little houses light up right here.
09:46 As do these.
09:47 These are interesting looking.
09:49 I think that they light up, this part twists around,
09:53 and it blows snow.
09:55 We don't have any batteries for them right now though.
09:57 We weren't able to get them up and running.
09:58 So that's that area.
10:00 And then this spot ended up being a little bit more
10:03 like cool tones and a little bit more
10:05 of a vintage/modern look, I guess.
10:08 I don't know.
10:09 I mean with the bristlecone trees, or bottle brush trees,
10:11 that's what you call them, right?
10:12 And they light up, which is so neat.
10:14 These are so cool.
10:16 These velvet reindeer right there.
10:18 There's velvet trees, velvet Santa.
10:21 And there's all kinds of different trees in here.
10:24 There's velvet nutcrackers as well,
10:26 toward the bottom there.
10:28 And here are the ice skates.
10:29 Aren't those cute?
10:31 And then you can see the type of ornaments on this tree.
10:34 There's some dark green ones,
10:36 both in this size and in a smaller size.
10:38 Gray with the pearls.
10:40 There's some more natural leaves.
10:42 Some that have birds on them.
10:45 Here's one that you can see the birds a little bit better.
10:47 There's a tree on that one.
10:49 And these totally look like they're knitted sweaters,
10:51 but they're not.
10:52 They're like porcelain.
10:53 And then I love the color of these ornaments right here.
10:56 A little bit lighter and they've got snowflakes on them.
10:59 Coming around the backside.
11:01 We were just trying to fit stuff in everywhere.
11:04 There are more stocking holders
11:05 in with the air plants there.
11:07 And then, these are really cool.
11:09 They're not tree toppers, but they look like it.
11:11 But those are glass.
11:14 Aren't those neat?
11:15 And these right here, I forgot to mention up front,
11:17 they light up.
11:18 So there's lights that twirl around them.
11:20 There's a nice tall one right up there.
11:22 Some candle holders and some seasonal pictures.
11:25 And then with the leftover ornaments,
11:27 we have this metal ornament tree right here.
11:31 So we brought that up,
11:32 but I do have it taped to within an inch of its life
11:34 to this table so that nothing can happen to it.
11:37 I know on camera here, it doesn't look super effective
11:40 because there's no weight behind it,
11:42 but in real life, it actually looks really pretty,
11:44 especially with the extra,
11:45 like this sparkly ornaments right here.
11:47 There's button ornaments.
11:49 And then there's a bunch of gifty kind of things,
11:50 lotions and soaps.
11:52 There's all the nature's willow stuff
11:54 right up here, front and center.
11:56 But it was nice to have a little spot
11:57 to put some of the overflow ornaments.
11:59 There's some more of the felted reindeer right there.
12:02 So fun.
12:04 All right, back in here is the last spot we worked on
12:06 and we only had 30 minutes to do what we got done back here
12:09 before we had to wrap it up.
12:10 But we did place this nativity right here.
12:14 Have a neat one on one piece.
12:17 And then moving around the backside,
12:19 we just kind of arranged the stuff that was here.
12:22 A lot of the saints and angels and things
12:23 were kind of just in a pile on the floor down here.
12:26 So we arranged them.
12:27 Monica had already finished the tree,
12:29 so that was really nice and it looks really pretty.
12:32 We brought out, oh, that's no good.
12:36 We brought out some nativities that are not staying upright.
12:40 These tables are hard because the floor slants this way.
12:43 So naturally everything wants to fall off.
12:46 So anyway, we'll have to secure those somehow.
12:48 But I love that nativity.
12:50 Brought out some churches there, kind of rustic looking.
12:53 And then there's another nativity
12:55 that kind of skews more like powdery blue.
12:57 Here is a pile of stuff we did not get to.
12:59 Few other little statues.
13:01 And then we did bring out some wall hangings.
13:03 This fence section has been really nice
13:05 because wall space is very limited in here.
13:08 So it's nice to have somewhere
13:09 to pop those things up easily.
13:11 I love this dark blue.
13:14 Like so royal looking.
13:16 Pillow covers, there's a whole bunch.
13:18 I'm like, ooh, maybe I need some of those at home.
13:20 And these little angel ornaments that light up.
13:22 And you guys, that is gonna be it for today.
13:23 I apologize if the video was a little bit of a mess
13:27 because I was trying to move cameras around
13:28 and get them out of the way of people.
13:30 And I was trying not to be too much of a nuisance.
13:32 And that can be difficult sometimes,
13:34 especially when you're also trying to focus
13:36 on making a display and making it nice
13:38 and utilizing all the pieces and all of that.
13:40 So I hope it was enjoyable to watch.
13:42 Again, we will be back here to do a full tour
13:45 where I will go slow and we will look at every single area.
13:48 There are so many more.
13:49 I know that there's like a couple more trees
13:51 that they need to still even put up.
13:54 And there's a whole bunch of more display,
13:55 like things laying on the ground
13:57 that need to be put up in trees.
13:58 So I think in the next few days it'll be done.
14:00 And then once all those plants get here,
14:02 I think they're gonna be here on the 15th.
14:04 So I'm guessing that it'll be right around there
14:06 where we can come down here and do that full tour.
14:08 So anyway, thank you so much for watching this video.
14:10 I hope you enjoyed it and we will see you in the next one.