Studio 27 - By Jennifer Adams: November 2023

This year I added a holiday village to my front room and lighted it using a strand of Christmas lights. Here is how you can do the same:

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Here is how the village looked without lights - ok but not festive enough.

I found these buildings at the thrift store for $5 each! One is a Dickens and the rest are from K-Mart, all stamped with dates from the 90s. They each had their own cord and light bulb, but I removed them for a couple of reasons; one- I don't like having a ton of cords to mess with and two- I don't like using older electrical equipment. I have several vintage milk glass lamps that I replaced the electrical cords on, but I decided to go the simple route with the village and used Christmas lights.

Using tulle, I cut it into strips and tied it around each light. It gives a softer and fluffier look, as well as helps to hide the green of the wires. You could use lights that come with white strands, but I'm dedicated to using what I have on hand so here we are 😄

You might remember me talking about the same lighting method in this dining room post from a couple of weeks ago, where I used it for another village.

And speaking of that village, I ended up moving it to the front room as well! Here is how they look, with the new village behind the couch and the old one under the tree.

I wound the light strand in between the houses and made sure to poke some of the lights into their electrical openings. That way the windows light up as well as the snow cover. The star in the sky above is a happy accident - it's actually the lamp post in our front yard showing through the window!

Here are close-ups of the new village:

The trees and batting (used for the snow) are from garage sales while the figures are Dollar Tree.

And that's my front room village.

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I hope you enjoyed this holiday decor post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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The holiday tree in my breakfast room is my absolute favorite because it's candy themed, along with the rest of the room! Check it out:

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Breakfast Cabinet:

On the cabinet surface is my collection of gingerbread fake bakes.

(Behind the glass doors is my breakfast food, you can see that here)

The large cupcakes are from Dezicakes and the mini I made myself. I also made the cake pops - you can find my cupcake tutorial here and my cake pop tutorial here.

The gingerbread house was a Michael's find and the pink trees are from Dollar Tree. The gingerbread cookies are Walmart ornaments that I removed the hangers from.

Moving along to the right you can see a giant gingerbread that I found at a yard sale. The gingerbread man tray is from Walmart and the milkshake I made like this. The larger gingerbread house was and Ebay purchase. You can find my gingerbread man printable here and my gingerbread house printable here.

To the right a bit further is a cake stand with more Dezicakes cupcakes and Walmart Ornaments. The dark gingerbread men cookies are from Ebay a long time ago. The gingerbread cake I made by stacking foam rounds (painted in acrylic) and adding lightweight spackle for the icing.

Now on to the tree:

Under this tree is a whole lot of sweet treat themed fun!

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Tree Close-Ups:

The tree itself is packed with ornaments from Dollar Tree, Walmart, yard sales, thrifting, gifts, Hobby Lobby, Michaels or those that I made myself.

I do have this tutorial for the chocolate cupcake ornaments.

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Under The Tree Left:

The gingerbread birdhouse I found at a thrift store and repainted, I'll share that soon. The gingerbread pan is a Wilton cookie pan that I spray painted in brown and embellished with puffy paint. You can see how I made the giant peppermints here and the ice cream towers here. The giant cocoa is made the same way as the milkshake I linked earlier. The candy and sprinkle orbs I'll link in a minute.

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Under The Tree Middle:

The jar of lollipops are made with clay and you can see how I did it here. I also have these posts for the gumdrop trees / orbs, the sprinkle trees/ orbs and the icing trees.

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Under The Tree Right:

The best part about the right side of the tree is my large gingerbread house. Recycled from an old dollhouse, you can see how I did that here.

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Dresser Top:

The dresser top is covered with candy themed items. The cupcakes I made as in the earlier link. The gumdrops are clay that I painted with acrylic and sprinkled with glitter and the gumdrop printable can be found here. The tree cakes are also clay, cut with a cookie cutter then painted. The faux gummy bears are made with hot glue, like this.

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Cake Pan Restyle:

From the window is a Christmas tree cake pan that I thrifted then painted. This Halloween post will show you how.

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Buffet Top:

The buffet to is an assortment of cupcakes, cookies and candies. The cookies are salt dough, made like this and the candies here are made with plaster. This popsicle post will show you all about the plaster process

And that's my candy land themed breakfast room!

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Interested in more fake bake crafts?

Check our these posts:

Faux Cupcakes

Faux Cupcakes: Candy Series