Dollar Store Centerpiece

Remember my Five Dollar Fall Centerpiece?

Believe it or not, the white mini-pumpkins were still in pretty good shape, but I decided to update the table for Christmas.

Sticking to my FIVE DOLLAR budget, I ran to the Dollar Tree, and spent FOUR DOLLARS.

Here’s how it looks now.

(please ignore the paperclip)

Remember, my dining room walls are “apple green”, so I stick pretty monochromatic in there, I don’t want to BLIND the people who walk by my dining room, wondering why we never eat in there.

I bought two bags of cinnamon scented pinecones, a sleeve of green ornaments, and the larger green flocked ornament.

I already had the garland.

I even used TRASH. See the silver ribbon? It was leftover from the year I had the bright idea to hang GLASS ornaments from the stairwell railing.

DON’T EVER DO THIS, especially if you have boys…

Just sayin’.

I’m loving the “ornament on a candlestick pedestal” idea.

Are you wondering why I am only taking CLOSE-UPS?

Because the rest of my dining room table looks like THIS:

NOW you know why we never actually EAT in there. Just keepin’ it real.

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