Winter Wonderland For My Banister

The first thing I always decorate for Christmas is

my banister on the entry staircase.  I love the 

mood it sets

 as you enter the front door and I think that is

why I decorate it first.  

There has been some transformation on the Christmas

decor here also this year.  Again I moved from

jewel tones to more of an

  icy winter wonderland theme.  

This has been the decor on the banister for may

years now with 

pinks and purples and golds.

Last year I saw some garland that was just icy crystals,

no greenery and I decided I wanted that for my

banister.

  

I waited until the after Christmas sales

as it was pricey and was able to find just enough to

go up and around.

What was really fun was opening the bags this year.

I had forgotten how beautiful the garland was

but I had also forgotten that I had purchased

a few other fun ornaments in silver and those

were all half off too.  It was like opening a 

Christmas present early.

These silvery gold pieces were a forgotten surprise.  I already

had the beaded wide ribbon that I had purchased years ago.

These beautiful silver flowers with a silver drop in the center

were another forgotten surprise

along with the icy fairy and the silvery gold bells and the

bottle brush pine cones.  You can imagine how fun it

was not remembering all of these treasures.  

The large balls were ones that I had hung from my entry

chandelier in the past.

She was probably the biggest surprise.  

Everything had been at least 50 percent off.

I love these crystallized crowns that

were part of the surprise package.  I really

should have remembered more than just the garland!!

I have had this tall silver floral floor vase for years and

was fortunate that it fit perfectly into the curve of the

stair.

I filled it with battery operated twigs and surrounded

them with these fabric flowers that I have used before.

It is a large curving staircase so it is hard to get a

picture of it all.  This is from above looking down.

It turned out so well.  I love the change.  

I also hung crystals from the entry chandelier.  I had

these on the living room chandelier in the past.

Here it sparkles at night.  

The Christmas lights at night just fill the house with magic.

I will be bringing this to share at

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