If Santa Claus, reindeer and talking snowmen really aren’t your cup of tea when it comes to decorating in December, there are other holiday alternatives you can use. One of the universal winter decorating themes is snow. Another popular theme this time of the year is the cabin theme.
Both themes will give your windows a look of elegant holiday spirit.
Snowing Windows
Creating snow in your windows that will sparkle for months will take about an hour of your time. First, find the snowflakes that you want to put in your window. They need to either be made out of glass or have sparkles on them if they are not glass, so they can reflect light.
Next, you are going to tie strings of different lengths on the snowflakes in order to hang them from the top of the window frame. You can use clear fishing line, but there are so many different, pretty and sparkly threads that you can find at your local craft store that you may want to look there first.
Once you have tied all the snowflakes that you want to use to their string, hang them evenly apart from each other in the window.
After you hang your snowflakes in the window, you are going to put a string of white lights on the inside of the window frame. The lights need to be done in such a way that the string of lights is not on the glass, but attached to the wood frame.
During the day, the snowflakes will sparkle in the sun, and at night when you turn on the white lights they will continue to sparkle.
A Cabin Window
A cabin theme is anything that reminds you of the woods. The pinecones, wildlife, evergreens, log buildings, snow and specific patterns of material all represent this theme. With a cabin window, you are going to pick and choose which of these elements you like the most.
To start, use a pinecone evergreen bough as your base and attach it in the center of the window, as well as at the two corners of the window. Allow the bough to dip gracefully into the glass area of the window.
Before you hang your bough, you need to wrap the bough in lights, if it did not come pre-lit and you want it to light up. White lights look best in an evergreen bough, but colored lights add a little fun to a cabin theme. LED lights, colored or white, offer the longest life and use the least amount of electricity.
At each corner and the center, attach a red plaid bow. From here you can call it done, or you can add an additional cabin touch by hanging a bird, wildlife or snowflake ornament in the center of where the bough dips in the window.
