Elements of Styling Easy Christmas Decor

Hello MRL readers, I’m Stephanie, and  I am so happy Gail has given me the opportunity to share a Silhouette project with you all.  Gail makes beautiful things with her Silhouette machine but hates the process of styling the finished projects to capture a good picture.  I, on the other hand live for that.  Being that I am an interior designer, I love to style anything.  For the last year or so, I have been giving Gail tips when she gets in a jam on how to style her projects. She is usually frantic and all stressed out because she hates that process and I am all giddy with glee because I love that process.  Our “stashes” of what we have are so opposite. I have vases, ribbons, dishes etc. galore, and she has wood, nuts & bolts and lots of power tools.  She is a builder, I am a stylist.  We are a perfect pair.

Today I am going to show you an easy way to style a vignette by adding touches of Christmas using the Silhouette machine.   I bought three plain glass votives and a red charger plate and just dressed them up.  You can get glass votives for under a $1 and pick up a red charger at Michaels for $2.  Being that I am a gold lover {Gail, not so much} I used the gold foil paper from Silhouette. {love,love this stuff!}

I printed out “ho ho ho” {which I purchased from the Silhouette online store} and added some random dots and put them on the glass votives

I added some cute reindeers {also purchased from the online store} and some dots {which tie in the dots on the votive} to the red charger plate

Then I proceed to my “stash” and added the rest of the items to complete the vignette on my table.  {the brass reindeer I found at a consignment shop which was my inspiration for the plate}

I always use a tray to cluster my items, and usually some type of cake stand to add height. Mixing textures and colors that aren’t Christmas {aka using what you have} gives the vignette a collected feel.

I did a little diagram to help you {Gail} understand how I achieved the collected look, but still give it a Christmas feel.

The Silhouette machine is by far my go to when I decorate for holidays or parties.   I love it so much I have since bought 2 more as X-mas gifts for my daughters. Using the discount code from MRL of course! I hope that Gail invites me back to share more projects and tips, because I always love an excuse to use my machine!

Thank you so much Stephanie for a beautiful, easy Christmas Project!   I love the charger and the votive candle holders (even though they are gold).

gail