Snow-covered Pohickery

We didn't get a ton of snow this weekend, but I was excited enough to want to go out and take pictures.

The wind had blown away a lot of the snow on the branches and fields, but we still got some pretty pictures. Pohickery is so beautiful in the winter. There are so many inspiring things to photograph and just enjoy.

I told Lucas that the above picture is my tribute to him because he has a ton of pictures of these bird houses all around the Pohickery property. The ones with the heart shaped entrances are my favorites.

I insisted that we get a picture of us together just before we went back inside. I wanted to document our first snowy Christmas together. Okay, so it didn't snow until the day after Christmas, but I'm still counting it.

Christmas Decor

Yesterday I peeked out the window and got majorly giddy when I saw that it was snowing. I threw my boots and coat on as quickly as I could, ran into the in-laws' house to grab Scrappy, and went out to enjoy the lovely winter weather.

I saw a picture a year ago on Country Living.com of fake branches over top of a bed with little stars dangling down. I loved it and thought I'd like to try replicating a smaller version, but in the living room over the couch. I recently started thinking about it again but in terms of Christmas decorations. I've been wanting to make it more Christmasy in here without having to buy pre-made decorations. So I got crafty.

While out on our walk, Scrap and I picked out some nice sized branches. I arranged them under the shelf above our couch and hot glued them together. Using styrofoam balls, I made little yarn balls by wrapping them in red and green yarn, then hung them at different lengths from the branches.

I think after Christmas I may replace the yarn balls with hanging stars. Or maybe a mix of the two. And I might add more branches as well. For right now, I don't even want to think about taking down Christmas decorations. I just want to enjoy them for as long as I possibly can.