Last Halloween, I mostly only decorated Asher’s room. If you’ll recall, I scored our mantel on marketplace just in time for Hanukkah last year.
So if we’re being technical, this was the mantel’s very first spooky season so I had a very valid excuse for getting excited. If I’m being totalllyyy honest, though, Asher and I were picking up prescriptions at Target while David was in the hospital. I swear I only was going to grab one thing, the garland, and the next thing I knew my cart was full.😬 A little decorating magic ensued…
I needed to do some organizing and more shopping and returning as I figured out our Halloween spooky garden party aesthetic, and then had to do some crafting and customizing myself. None of the bigger freaky floral arrangements that were in store worked in our space, so I made the perfect ones myself.
So happy with the way this all turned out… Cheers to all the fall festivities up ahead!
Last year, I decorated our bar cart for Hanukkah, with fresh pine and glittery star garlands. I like a bar cart for a Hanukkah setup because it gives you space for presents below and open air for a menorah up top, and am doing something similar to this again this year.
I’m always good for a rant about representation, and specifically how sparse and limited the stock of Hanukkah products can be. It’s doesn’t help that I’m picky about aesthetics on top of the fewish options, not gonna lie. But I’ve gotten good at finding the cute stuff out of the piles of kitsch, so I wanted to share some of my fave Hanukkah finds this year.
Target has really stepped their game up over the last several years, and I love to see it. We’ve had this opalhouse hanukkiah for several years, and it’s such good quality. The dollar spot was full of good finds this year- these Hanukkah themed paint-with-water pages, adorable tea towels, and silicone mats to catch wax were all from there. I’m such a fan of the fabric menorah wall hanging– it’s in Asher’s room and I’m looking forward to helping him add a candle each night, and pulling it out again each year. I’ll do the same with these babublebar earrings for myself. I didn’t love most of the themed clothes on the market this year, but thought this shirt from the little girls’ section was cute, and so cheap- an XL fits me fine. I grabbed these precious olive & june hanukkah nail stickers at target, but then ordered a backup set from them directly. And how sweet is this little felt garland?
Hanukkah books are also a big part of our seasonal fun. Lots of our stash of Jewish culture books were gifted by PJ library, but I’ve linked a bunch of our favorites here.
If you’re gearing up for Hanukkah, I hope it’s filled with wonder and light.
love, Ravayna
I’m astonished about the date on this blog post. As I said over on Instagram, I’ve done a lot of things but NEVER HAVE I EVER✨ decorated for the holidays this early. We’re don’t even celebrate Christmas, so normally I decorate for Hanukkah after Thanksgiving at the beginning of December.
But it’s been a long year, and once I scored this mantel for a song on FB marketplace last week, I couldn’t help myself from wanting to bring all the cozy vibes with twinkly lights and winter whites.
Since we are still sheltering at home, and will be for the foreseeable future, we’ve been working hard on making our home space as enjoyable and functional as possible. We started this dining area project before the lockdown began, and I’m so excited to share it with you guys, finally.
All of the details are in the video above but I wanted to go ahead and put some notes and links here for reference.
