Garden Pic Wednesday: Christmas Decor

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 Instead of outside today, I'm going to show you my inside Christmas decorations.

For the glow of Christmas lights, I have this wreath I bought and decorated some years ago with M&M lights and decorations. 



I still like to put out my "Penguin Village," I call it. 
I arrange white batting as "drifts of snow" and arrange my penguin ornaments in the folds.




I arranged a couple Penguins with this Holiday card as well.



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