The Decorating Begins

Now that December is here I begin to decorate for the Holiday season.
I've been working on the fireplace mantle and this year decided to display my collection of snowpeople up there.  I have also put up the Christmas village and will share that in another post.

This is how it looks after the first attempt.Hm-m-m not quite right yet.
 
This is the second attempt. It's getting better.I took out the vase with the coloured ornaments and found another place to display that. It just didn't fit in with the snow theme.  I also removed the carriage clock and moved the birdhouse.  I added some branches from the dogwood bush in a green vase and hung some snowflakes made from plastic canvas on them.  I'll share how to make them in a later post.  I tucked a few doilies under the snow people, just to give it a bit more of a wintery look.   I already did a bit of tweaking since taking the photo.  I'm sure I'll do some more arranging in the upcoming days.
Here is a mosaic of some of the snowpeople I have collected over the years.I don't go overboard with decorating, just the mantle, the Christmas village (photos later), the tree and a few odds and ends here and there. I'm linking to Mosaic Monday today.  I hope you have time to do a blog hop over there and see some other wonderful mosaic photos. 

I'm also  linking in with Blue Monday today with the blue in my birdhouse and snowman scarves and pants..  Stop by and see some other posts that feature the colour blue.

How is your decorating going?