Welcome! I have been working on decorating Pinecone Cottage for the holiday season.  I am using it as a place to craft Christmas wreaths and ornaments.  So it’s been a regular Santa’s Workshop.  It is also a wonderful place to stash my gifts.  My family does not think to look here to see what I have bought for them.  Come on in and see all of the touches I have made in my garden shed.

This is my first Christmas where I have brought in a tree and added festive decorations.  The tree came from our recreational property in the Blue Mountains.  It was actually just the tip top of a large fir tree that we had to take down.  Because of this it is a little spindly and Charlie Brown like.  It makes me smile.

I made this homemade book page garland for my tree.  It was so simple to make using an old paperback book.  I used decorative edged scissors and cut the pages lengthwise.  Then I used a glue stick to glue the strips.  This was easy and inexpensive.  Just as an aside, I would never use a vintage book for my book page crafts.  Usually, I grab junky paperback books at yardsales, thrift stores or even the Dollar Store.

There is a second garland on the tree that I made as well.  I crafted this garland from twine and some wood shaved pinecone shapes that I purchased last year.  These wood shaved cutouts are paper thin and finely detailed.  I just hot glued the stems to the twine.

Here are a few other Christmas vignettes that I created in Pinecone Cottage.

I was so excited to find the metal garden stakes that I plan on using in my herb garden this year!

I want to wish each of you a very Merry Christmas!  Thank you so much for visiting my little garden shed.  I hope that you will have a blessed holiday and enjoy the time spent with your family and friends.