Comments on: Ho Ho Home

By: JBC

JBC — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:59:35 +0000

Ooooooh! I love the pipe cleaners! I DO think they are the new tinsel!!!

By: alg

alg — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:19:19 +0000

LOVE the dining room! Great colors & so much personality Merry Christmas to you & yours!

By: kristen

kristen — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:32:14 +0000

last month i scored those ambr cups (in green) at goodwill!!! i am ob-sessed with them. love <3

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:58:59 +0000

LOOOOVE!!! Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing. I heart the pipe cleaner idea, and honestly my tree was missing something this year (I bought all new ornaments last year after Christmas and so I was kind of winging it on what I needed/wanted) and I really really think the curly pipe cleaners would do the trick! Ahhh so excited now!!! Thanks Katie’s mom! You rock!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:18:53 +0000

Our tree this year has similar colors to your mom’s tree. I LOVE the idea of pipe cleaners! I think I’ll have to do that next year. Definitely think your mom is starting a trend.

By: Mary B

Mary B — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:29:53 +0000

Love your starburst mirror! We also used the bigger HangMan cleat ($11 for 200 pound rating) to install a huge 40 pound re-vamped thriftstore mirror over our fireplace & it is holding strong.

By: Stacy M

Stacy M — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:09:20 +0000

I’m seriously digging the whole pipe cleaner thing. YOUR MOM IS A GENIOUS!

By: Destiny

Destiny — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:20:41 +0000

KB:

Your Mom’s house is my all-time favorite Christmas house crashing post I’ve read, in blog land, so far this year. Even though it is absolutely gorg, I know that real people live and are welcome there, and that combined with all of her treasures and creativity makes it the most beautiful in my book!

Pipecleaners — who would have thunk it? I’m a fan!

By: Haley @ thedistractedblogger

Haley @ thedistractedblogger — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:16:12 +0000

I love the pipe cleaners! Very Whoville. Our house was always very festive during Christmas as well, although I think food was a bigger star than the decor. Christmas is a tasty holiday!

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:34:16 +0000

Totally nurture…she was hard core about teaching us everything from biology to dumpster diving
xo – kb

By: Stephanie Elise

Stephanie Elise — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:32:22 +0000

Hey Katie!

Your mom’s pipe cleaners have hit Pinterest, so I suspect she might be right about everyone doing this now, hahaha.
Love the site!! (I’m another Italian Jersey girl, too! and I’m marrying a Georgia Bulldog fanatic. Seriously, UGA all over my house.) and I suspect that Santa is bringing me my new DSLR for Christmas so I’m definitely going to be hunting through your photo posts soon too!
Merry Christmas to you and your adorable family!

By: aliciajuliane

aliciajuliane — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:58:34 +0000

Katie – Target is selling a camera ornament this year, I believe it was about $5 or $6. It’s a little glass ornament.

By: Sarah in Indiana

Sarah in Indiana — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:54:14 +0000

1. You could totally make that gold sparkly tree.
2. The pipe cleaners are a pretty fabulous idea. Fun and versatile–they’d make a great filler on a kids tree. It’s going to be funny to see them everywhere next year. Pinterest will make your mom’s dream come true
3. Thanks for sharing your Mom’s decor. She seems like she must be a fun, creative lady. So is it nature or nurture that you have those qualities, as well?

By: Crystal

Crystal — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:45:50 +0000

Not sure if you guys have a Garden Ridge where you live, but they had adorable hot pink camera ornaments!

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:52:15 +0000

Geez – twins scare the living tar outta me…I can’t imagine the stress of paci-weening with two. You are a stronger woman than me Jenn!
xo – kb