A Christmas Tip

I love tips. I read them first in a magazine. So here is my christmas decorating tip. Use Picks. The little pine brances that come wired with pinecones or berries on them. They cost around a dollar at the craft store and they are usually on sale every week of December. They can turn the things that you have out every day into a christmas scene. You can put them peeking out from behind the manger scene or on the shelves of a bookcase or above the window boxes. Here is an example of what we normally have above our windows. The plates hang there all year long. At Christmas we put some picks underneath. I used 10 for all three windows. Two on the small ones and 6 under the large window. We also added some fruit, but you could put ornaments or christmas balls or glittered birds, or ribbon up with it. It really is easy and can be used year to year. So if the budget is tight, start with 10 picks this year. Look after Christmas and get a few more.