Favorite things...personal...photographer Destin, Santa Rosa Beach

These are a few of my favorite things...Every Christmas I pick up some unique items--either before or after Christmas at sales.

This year my favorites are---the battery powered tea lights. No worries about burning down the house!!! I bought these for $1 for a pack of three from Dollar Tree. I thought--dollar store--surely these won't work very well, if at all. But boy was I wrong!!! These state that they will burn for 60 hours, and I believe it!

There were a couple of nights that I forgot to turn off the switch, and they kept on going. After Christmas, I went back and bought some more, and put in storage for next year.



My other find was a pack of "Scent sticks" at Walmart. You hang these on your tree--whether real or artificial--and they have a scent of evergreen. They truly work.  I found them in the Walmart in Destin, when I checked out in the garden scenter.  They were hanging by the register


And my third favorite thing to use this Christmas was the ornament holders I found on sale last year at Target. Didn't see them this year, but keep on the look out in the future. These things are Amazing, and stay on the tree so well!!

Oh, and did I mention....I have bought so much wrapping paper on sale for 75% off in recent years (I didn't have to this year) that I don't have to buy wrapping paper for Christmas for the next three years, at least.  Same with Christmas cards....even though I didn't sent out any this year!!! Got too busy!