My Basic Pinterest Christmas

Yes it’s early November. Yes I love Christmas. Yes I am really excited, have been listening to Xmas music and watching John lewis adverts. And what?

My excuse is that I only have 6 weeks of Christmas at uni so we need to make the most of it. Also, I said that I would be more organised at uni this year and this is definitely organised.

I’ve been using Pinterest for the past 3 years but to tell you the truth I only ever go on it to admire all the Christmas pictures and get ideas for presents. I have never really noticed you can explore SO many blogs, food recipes and loads of unusual things which are so cute.

Pinterest is so basic it hurts. I hate basic. But at Christmas it is excusable and I think you should use it and look at how adorable my boards are. (I only have 3. A cute Christmas one, a shitty summer one and a food one that has things I’ll never make but really like the look of.)

I have raided ESK and Poundland and this week I’m going to get creative!

Here are the ideas I have to decorate our house stupidly cheap. I’m not too sure how they will turn out but I’ll put a post about that in a week or so!

The easy creations:

These little loo roll reindeer are adorbs. Everyone has toilet roll, everyone can get twigs. Done.

Fill your empty bottles with whatver this is. Or paint them. And stick bits on. Less than £2 for paints and accessories. 

Cut out little tree's. Use a stencil if needs must. Add a bit of string. Bob's your uncle. Fanny's your aunt.

A little harder:

So these look a bit nicer and more complicated. However, who say's you need to sew.  Find little pots or jars, fill them with cotton wool as snow. Cut out Tree's from card and attach a stick. (we are using hair sliders as they can then be un-stuck(?) and used in your fro. 

The Classy Affair:

Who needs to buy a tree to get a tree? Use wrapping paper, card, old baubles or the cheapest decorations you can find. Stick them up as above and you have it. THIS IS THE DREAM.

This one can be classed as easy. However, a bit more time and money on nice card can turn a bit of string and paper into a nice festive garland. Different card and patterns, letters to stick on (or white card?) and a few pegs (£1 online) can add some holiday cuteness to your wall.

THE BEST THING EVER:

Ok, so rustic is my fave when it comes to Christmas. It's traditional, low key and just makes me happy. 

ITS JUST SO SWEET. I will make it. It will look good. I will cry when I cant make it and it doesn't look good. 

I also get to decorate my house properly when I go home. The tree, the garland, the sofa’s. Everything. I’m trying to get my mum to buy a new Christmas tree this year because we have said it every year and our one is so skinny and drunk it upsets me.

I'm going to decorate the table and make it look pretty.

Sadly, my mum has to work on Christmas morning this year which will be so weird. It has never happened. She will either have to go into work pissed and keep the Christmas Eve party tradition going, or maybe it will be the year to create new traditions? I don’t know. But I have high expectations. Not for presents. Not for it to be crazy. Just for nice food, nice films and hot chocolate. Quality time with my Momma and Nana as well as everyone else. I’m sure it will be good if we make it!

There will probably be a few posts about Christmas, I’m not gonna lie. It’s amazing. And if you are a scrooge, get over yourself and buy the cheesiest jumper possible.