Personal Narrative: Beautiful Pinterest Christmas Decor

With cute titles like ‘Color Splash’, ‘Organizing My Life’, ‘My Container Obsession’ and ‘Craft Club Groupie’ I pinned like crazy. Starting with a few boards, I look for ideas fitting a board until abruptly something new catches my eye and another board is created and then another board and another and well, you get the picture. Maybe you even identify with me on this issue. Convincing myself I need every single one of my boards, I wonder how many I have. Counting to

In the year 2008, I received my first elf for Christmas. Her name was Snowflake and she appeared with my brothers’ elves and my mom’s old childhood elf, Duende. She’s so beautiful with her velvet green dress, red and white striped tights with green velvet elf shoes with tiny bells. Every year after Thanksgiving, my elves would arrive. I have about twelve elves because I take such good care of them that Santa sends me his elves. Our family elves are extremely mischievous and do tricks every day during the Christmas Holidays. It is my favorite time of the year. Every morning as soon as I wake up, I run downstairs to see what mischievous things my elves have done. They are very smarting, witty and extremely creative. Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love Christmas carols, decorating the house with my mom, baking cookies for Santa, the smell of pine from the Christmas tree and opening presents Christmas morning.

It is curious that as children, humans have the ability to observe and remember details of specific situations and instances yet lack the ability to describe them. Truman Capote, as a grown man, took advantage of his vivid memories and composed the short work, "A Christmas Memory." The story begins in late November, a month symbolic of all the years gone by that Capote could remember beginning preparations for Christmas fruitcakes.

The most positive part of my shadowing at Exotic Home Designs was the fact that we started pretty much from scratch with an ugly bare house and turned it into something amazing. I never realized that you could take something so bland and dreary and turn it into a masterpiece. The color schemes matched the house exquisitely and made the overall feel amazing. In my shadowing experience, I am glad to report that there were no disappointments. I did find out though that even though I always knew it is a lot of work I didn't expect it would be as much work as it turned out to be. The thing is though nothing that is as beautiful as art gets done without some sort of hard work. If I had to give advice to future seniors about to experience the same

For the chandelier and candle sticks I chose stand-out items that are still interesting lit or unlit, based on Elsie’s statement of, “A lamp, or a wall fixture, or a chandelier, or a candlestick, must be beautiful in itself—beautiful by sunlight,—if it is really

If you’re redecorating your home naturally you’ll want only the best. Often you’ll find however that the best comes with an expensive price tag attached to it as well. Unfortunately many of us can’t afford to splurge out on the finer things in life, especially if we’re redecorating our homes. That’s when the many discount home décor stores will come to your aid. With these stores you’ll find that sometimes, small miracles can happen and that you’re actually getting those finer things in life at a great discount price.

“Is this a gift?,” the cordial cashier asks my mom at the checkout counter at Target during Christmas season. Around me, I see people bustling in all directions, scrambling to find those perfect presents that, sooner or later, will be forgotten about, buried in the darkest crevices of one’s closet or, perhaps, already on their way to the dumpster. I have oftentimes wondered what instigates people to accumulate objects, which end up barely fulfilling their needs, therefore, initiating the never-ending cycle of consumerism.

Being an athlete, involved in school, and outside of school, creating the Elderly Christmas organization has greatly impacted my life. For years, I have always enjoyed helping people whether it be in learning, sports, or just helping complete tasks. My earliest memory of volunteering was at the nursing home that my grandmother worked for; I served residents ice cream in the parlor. Seeing the impact I had on them and the return influence they had on me brought great joy. As time went on, I talked to various veterans and empowering people; I was incredibly grateful to be in their presence. These people I encountered allowed me to become wiser. This program shows one person can make a large impact on people and I am truly grateful for this experience.

Christmas Eve is a landscape oil painting housed in the George Innes collection at the Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey. This piece, created in 1866, is displayed on a square canvas with unspecified dimensions. The painting is set on a grassy terrain broken in half by a frosty dirt path that leads toward a forest. A black figure is placed at the beginning of this path that is lined with a low stone wall on the right. The sky is dark and cloudy, but clear blue air surrounds the full moon present in the upper middle region of the painting .

The imagery used in “A Christmas Memory” was very detailed and could be thought of very easily. Every use of imagery was used very satisfactorily and caused the book to become very good overall. The story is about two people, supposedly “friends”, go about during the holiday season and obtain the ingredients for 30 fruitcakes. Though, how has imagery in the book caused the mood for the story?

I love interior design. I spend hours marking pages in home decorating magazines, and I log more hours per week on Pinterest than I do on Facebook. You'd think with that level of passion that I would live in a house worthy of being featured on a lifestyle blog. Sadly, I am the sort of person who turns DIY into DI-oh my. I'm addicted to thrift stores. Every time I see a blog post that features a "simple" tutorial to refinish an old dresser or turn a picture frame into an inspiration board, I'm able to convince myself that the most recent battered piece of furniture to catch my eye is a worthwhile investment. That's how I ended up buying one of the ugliest chairs I've ever seen. The price was right and I had so many hopes for that chair.

Over the past years, like many other people, I searched my happiness in material possessions. Like an ordinary 20s something girl, I thrived to shop pretty clothes, shoes, and bags. At the age of 21, I moved to New York City. A big city with a new place made me a good reason to modernize myself with updated brand new materials. I bought shoes, sweaters, pants and many other accessories to fill up my new closet and room. But my happiness did not last long. A few days later, I found more discounted items, deals online for the same items I bought before. An

Researching, shopping, and budgeting were a few of some very challenging moments I had to endure during the budget project. Through buying clothes, an apartment, a car, a bicycle, and other items, I had to stay within the means of a limited budget and provide for a spouse. Fortunately, I was given the job of being a researcher for RTP chemical plant and my spouse made income, which meant that my budget more easily managed. I was given three major sections of goods I bought including housing, food, transportation, and clothing.

Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year. I love seeing the shinny Christmas lights that decorates my street and the sound of fresh fallen snow on the ground. Christmas reminds me of family, the laughter and loved we shared, and the gifts we gave to each other. My house on Christmas became the center of my joy.

I think Christmas has always been one of my favorite holidays. Maybe because of the special atmosphere that you can feel everywhere, in shops, restaurants , pubs and even streets, where you can hear the magical carols, or maybe it's because of its religious background, but what I can tell you for sure is that I can't think of anything more exciting than the image of the entire family preparing the Christmas Tree or fixing the Christmas dishes.