With everyone packing up and heading out for the holidays today, I wanted to keep it simple and share with you a few photos from one of the holiday posts on Habitually Chic that I most loved from last holiday season. I find all of the pretty silver, ivory and green details so fresh and inviting. I love the pine boughs, garlands, and pomanders hung all over the interior and exterior of this home, the home of decorator Michelle Morgan Harrison. This color palette and these slightly modern yet classic holiday decor details are perfect for a somewhat unexpected and yet timeless winter wedding for those of you planning weddings for this time next year. And for those of you looking for the perfect inspiration for decorating your home for the season, certainly you can’t go wrong with these photos as your muse.

{Photos from Connecticut Cottage & Gardens via Habitually Chic.}

This week has been so cold here in Upstate NY, so festive. For me it’s all about drinking lots of holiday spice tea and finding time to hit the gym often enough to offset all of the cookies I can’t seem to stop eating. As the blog world quiets down and the week starts to slow down in preparation for the holiday, I’ve been relishing in a bit of extra time to visit some of my favorite blogs (old and new) and dig through each post word for word. It’s surprising how luxurious it feels to sit with a mug of something tasty in front of my Macbook and soak in all of the holiday beauty. Take, for instance, these pretty spools of ribbon and twine, which I spied on Oh Happy Day. Something about them just makes me smile.

{Photos from Sundance via Oh Happy Day.}

For all of you who, like me, are last minute gift wrappers, I love these pretty gift tags from Laura Macchia that I saw on Freshly Blended. There is definitely still time to craft up a few simple gift tags and find pretty satin ribbons to attach them to packages. (I actually have a date with my Gocco and some cute shipping tags this evening for this exact purpose.)

{Photos by Laura Macchia via Freshly Blended.}

This pretty winter wedding has popped up in a few places now, but I first saw it over at Green Wedding Shoes. The simple decor feels so warm, like the room just hugs you when you walk in the door. I never knew I could fall in love with the simple pairing of moss and candlelight, but indeed I have.

{Photos by Leigh Miller via Green Wedding Shoes.}

And, you know, there is nothing quite like handmade details to make the holidays feel truly like the holidays, at least for me. When we were kids we used to spend hours helping my mother bake cookies, craft ornaments for the tree, bundle up boxes of treats for family, and make homemade jam to give as gifts. So these pretty embroidered fabric squares, later crafted into holiday ornaments, which I stumbled upon at Modish really made me feel inspired to craft something beautiful.

What have you been inspired by this holiday season? I’d love to see some of  your favorites!

{Photo from feltcafe via Modish.}

As a whole, I find Elizabeth Messina immensely inspiring. Every post on her blog, Kiss the Groom, is incredibly thoughtful and poetic in both words and imagery. I loved these cute gingerbread cookie ornaments she shared, the perfect little project for a warm evening at home this week before the holiday is upon us.

{Photos by Elizabeth Messina.}

Good morning, friends! This week for me is going to be all about taking a few moments to slow down, reflect on the year just passed and the one to come, and sharing with you little bits of holiday inspiration I’ve been gleefully stumbling upon in recent weeks. I thought this morning I’d share a few photos taken by Tiina of Sparkling Ink during her recent visit to Villa Harmonie, a Finnish home decor store. Sadly, I know not a word of Finnish, but luckily for me beauty is a language all its own and I know I love all of these little treasures found at Villa Harmonie. From pretty lanterns to little honey jars to vintage spools wrapped with ribbon, all of these things just give me such a feeling of warmth, a feeling of home, which is what the holidays are all about in my world.

{Photos by Tiina Rinkinen for Sparkling Ink.}