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Nostalgic or Vintage Christmas decor is going to be one of the hottest decor trends of the upcoming season. I have seen it pop up everywhere and everyone raves about it, but what is it and how to decorate?!

Well if we think about nostalgia it is always something from the past and it is the same here. So if you have a grandma who still has her Christmas decor from 30 or 40 years ago down in her basement or in the attic you are heading into the right direction. Everyone else like me has to browse the internet to find some treasures on etsy or hope to make a gorgeous find at a fleamarket or an estate sale. The third option would be to go online and buy some new but old looking pieces. This will most likely be all of us. 

There are millions of pieces to choose from so I am going to break down what´s really counting as nostalgic and what not. There haven´t been nude or beige or brown or minimalistic tree decor. A tree has to be so full with ornaments, tinsel and colorful lights that no branch is free. The more the merrier!!!

A great example for some nostalgic Christmas decor is the movie Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase. My number one Christmas movie and the perfect source to gather some inspiration. The Christmas tree is full of different and colorful ornaments and popcorn garlands. They have a wooden pyramid in the living room and the reindeer mugs for the eggnog. You can also find needlepoint stockings and Santa mugs.

Decor Items I have found to be fitting for the theme

Letter Boxes

Santa figurines

Colorful bright ornaments (especially turquoise and pink)

Bottle brush trees

Tinsel trees

Christmas themed ceramic jars

Nutcracker

Christmas village set-ups

Vintage Christmas trees

Multicolored lights or bulbs

Santa mugs

Christmas train

Colorful beaded garlands (I remember my grandma had tons of these hanging on her tree) or popcorn garlands

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My last baby turned 1 last week!! I am still in disbelief she is not a baby anymore but a toddler. Since she is this close to Halloween it definitely had to have a similar theme. I have found so many cute pink things so I went with lots of ghosts and the Spooky One birthday theme.

This might have been my favorite birthday theme yet, but I guess I say that after every party !!! The three main stores I have gotten my decorations has been amazon, TK Maxx and Temu. If you just write spooky one birthday party into the search bar there will pop up hundreds of very cute things. Since I have gotten so much blush pumpkins I went with a black, blush and white color theme with some pops of orange but a purple color theme would have super cute as well.

Spooky One Birthday Party Decoration

The Decor

The Coffee Table

I just love a theme on a table no matter if it is lunch, dinner or coffee. The table runner and the sequin table cloth matched the birthday theme perfectly. I had pumpkin and ghost decor that looked great toghether and the napkins tied everything together.

The Cake

Now let´s talk about this masterpiece. To be honest I thought this was his best work yet (but I think I am saying this everytime) with all the little details like the ghosts, pumpkins and the most adorable ghosts with eyelashes and glitter blush cheeks.

The flavor has been nougat – vanilla and it was do die for. So moist and delicious but not too sweet at all.

Now on to the cupcakes – stunning as they come. All the little details are so magnificent I still can´t believe we ate them all. The flavor of the buttercream was cassis and the the cake itself tasted like a piece of dark chocolate. Maybe flavors the grown-ups appreciate a little bit more than the kids. 

The little witch hats and the bat / ghost sprinkles rounded up the whole Spooky One theme.

The First Birthday Specials

It was the first time I have completed the monthly photoshoot. I have 12 pictures including a newborn pic. It took me 3 kids and my panic that I will never get the chance to do this that kept me going and I was super happy I did. It´s just the cutest thing so see how she has changed a little every month. 

I also had a little smash cake and the high chair decorations but she refused to touch the cake. She looked at us unwilling to believe that we would allow her to just dive into the cake with her bare hands.