Welcoming December

I can hardly believe that we are already into our second day of December! It really hit me the other night and I realized how much I still want to do before Christmas. This year, both my husband's and my parents are coming to visit us here, so I want our home to be extra festive seeing as how Christmas day will be spent in our little cottage. It will be cramped, but so cozy and I can't wait!

Anyway, once I realized that December was nearly upon us (this was a couple of days ago) I decided that I had better bring out the Christmas decorations. I'm still working on decorating, but I thought I'd share a few of the photos that are inspiring me this year. I'm going for a more natural themed Christmas, but all of these photos are lovely.

Patrick and I are planning to buy our tree on the weekend and I am so excited. This is our first year having a real tree!  I'll be posting some photos of our decorations soon. Have you already got your decorations up? Are you doing anything new this year with your decorating?

All photos are from Country Living.