In addition to using Santa motifs, Julia loves to decorate for the holidays with vintage costume jewelry. Its glimmer adds so much joy and glamour to any scene. Here, three gifts topped with vintage pins sit shimmering beneath a Styrofoam
Even an ordinary armchair can look blinged out for the holidays with jewel-bedecked gifts on top. Instead of putting her 2024 Christmas gifts under the classic pine tree where they might get lost, Julia thought their gilded baubles and wrapping
Prepare to be dazzled by the shimmering beauty of these zoomed-in views of Julia’s 2024 Christmas gifts! Julia chose subtly colored yet richly textured papers as the backdrop for the vintage pins on top. The paper lends plenty of interest
This view of one of Julia’s 2024 Christmas gifts shows how the interplay of understated patterns, colors, and textures can result in an over-the-top design. Even without the classic bold red-and-green palette, this holiday gift truly shines.
Having established Santa as the dominant theme for her Christmas 2024 table, Julia then embellished with a layering of patterns – primarily stripes, latticework, and florals in the place mats, napkins, and glassware. The repetition of Santa’s cheerful face across
For Christmas 2024, Julia served cookies not only for dessert, but also in the centerpiece! Well, to be more precise, she used a vintage cookie tin as her focal point. Unexpected decorating twists always lend excitement to a tablescape, so
Nothing reinforces a theme better than repetition. Take it from Julia, who infused St. Nick into so many facets of her 2024 Santa-themed Christmas party. Look closely, and you’ll even see a small Santa in the ornament that Julia’s life-size
Santa even wends his way into the place cards on Julia’s 2024 Christmas table. Fashioned from vintage gift tags, colorful jingle bells, and snippets of ribbon, these place cards are elevated to keepsake status.
Yes, that’s exactly how Julia prefers her Christmas decorations! Setting a centerpiece afresh every holiday season (versus pulling it out of a box) might be more time-consuming, but it sends an important signal to guests about how special they are.
In this closer view of Julia’s Christmas 2023 place setting, you’ll see her poinsettia theme carried through quite purposefully with large doses of personalization to make every guest feel seen and special. The personalization starts with a hand-stamped initial on
That’s right! Why not go all-out with your Valentine’s Day cookie decorating?! With Julia’s January 2023 Kitchen Club releases, it’s especially easy to impress with stunning 3-D heart box cookies in not one, but two styles. Her Parisian Rose Heart
Yes, please promise yourself that you’ll make some of Julia’s 3-D heart boxes in her Kitchen Club Collection. You won’t regret the decision! The box walls are simple stacks of 2-D heart cookies, which means these projects are a lot
Here’s another stunner made with Julia’s Parisian Rose Heart Box kit, part of her Kitchen Club Collection! In this case, Julia was able to seamlessly superimpose the Eiffel Tower on the background of cabbage roses by using the novel masking
Let’s zoom in on Julia’s Paris-themed heart box cookie so you can better appreciate its romantic City-of-Love styling! Made with her Parisian Rose Heart Box kit in her Kitchen Club Collection, this box sports swallows darting about the Eiffel Tower.
Julia is a firm believer that 3-D cookie projects should look just as good on the inside as they do on the outside. And this heart box, made with Julia’s Parisian Rose Heart Box kit in her Kitchen Club Collection,
This admonition applies not just to life in general, but also to decorated 3-D cookies! A 3-D cookie is only as beautiful as its weakest angle, so be sure to decorate all views with equal love and care. In the
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