Do you still have Christmas decorations out? Don’t feel bad! I’m not done putting my “holiday home” away yet either! I wait till after the Epiphany/Three Kings Day/Little Christmas on January 6th anyway, and then this past week has been crazy! I’m hoping by the time you read this, I’ll have it put away, but I’m not promising anything! But I have re-styled the basket for January.
I found this cute cardinal right after Christmas when I went to the dollar store and I knew I was going to use him in the January basket. Then I had an idea to perch him on a branch, and I found a perfect stick for the purpose on the ground while walking the next day! You can see that I painted it with some glitter paint before clipping the cardinal to it. There’s never such a thing as too much glitter, right?
The snowballs came from last January’s basket, and the garland and snowflakes are actually Christmas decorations! My grandmother made the snowflakes for me many years ago, and I’ve had them on my tree every year since then. I recently read that when you see a cardinal, it means that someone in heaven is praying for you. I always knew seeing a cardinal had something to do with people who have passed – and I’ve had some crazy experiences with that – but I didn’t realize it means someone is praying for you. Knowing that made it even more special to use my grandmother’s snowflakes in this basket with the cardinal!
Hope you’re having fun getting your home restyled for January!
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