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Christmas is all about the cozy! Candlelight, comfy fabrics, winter dream tea in big, fat mugs- those are things that fill me with Christmas cheer.

I wanted to use items that I have around the house to create some charming arrangements for our condo that I could later give away to neighbors or use to decorate our church.

Thanks to my wonderful hubby for snapping some pics!

I chose festive, affordable flowers- snow white ranunculus and hydrangea, red carnations and freedom roses, real holly with berries, chartreuse spider mums, and fragrant Christmas greens, arranged loosely in vases.

I found scraps of tweed, burlap, and velvet and sewed little sleeves for my cylindrical vases. Each vase looks like it’s all dressed up in its Christmas best. I love that!

I am sooo not that great at sewing, but managed to craft a little velvet bowtie for one of the vases (which I would later force my dog Pesto to wear) and a pleated collar for another vase.

I bought a tasseled scarf/shawl from Nordstrom the other day, and decided to drape it over our table for a splash of mismatched color. The beaded Pier 1 placemats were a total steal at 99 cents!

My green mason jar candles fit the mood perfectly.

And there you have it, cozy holiday florals! I realize that they take up most of the table, and therefore wouldn’t be practical for a winter wedding unless they were scaled down a lot. But there’s just enough room for Joe and me to enjoy a cup of tea- green tea for him, and winter dream tea for me! I’m hooked on this stuff. I even asked Joe to buy me 10 tins of it for Christmas, because after the holidays Coffee Bean will stop making it.

Now cozy up and enjoy this winter! xoxo