All Opinions herein are mine and mine alone. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias. Make sure you check out my Kmart Holiday Shop Google+ story to see my holiday shopping experience at Kmart!įollow #KmartHoliday, and #CBias to see what the other bloggers who did their outdoor holiday shopping at Kmart came up with! I was able to complete this project for less than $100! I will definitely be doing my holiday shopping at Kmart next year as well, for both outdoor AND indoor decor. The spiral tree really brightened up the area where our driveway meets our pathway – I really do love this. I also made some little ties out of the ribbon to put on the redwood tree (and an up-close shot of the snow!): I think this is such a beautiful way to welcome our guests: ![]() I cut a few branches from the redwood tree and placed them on our fence where our front gate is, then I put some of the red ribbon I purchased in and sprayed with a little snow. These colorful ornaments certainly brighten up our tree, and when I added the “snow in a can” to the branches, I felt like I was in a whole different region – not sunny California!Īnd finally a view of all of the ornaments on the tree: Since I am only 5’2 and our redwood tree is about 35 feet tall, I was only able to decorate the lower branches. Now my favorite part of decorating was putting the huge shatterproof ornaments on our redwood tree. If you are interested in not only garden decorations, but in garden tools too, you should check this source about snowblowers and compact hedge trimmers. I simply adore these darling little snowmen pathway lights! I had a bit of trouble getting them installed, as they didn’t want to stay on the stakes, but I finally got them all to stand upright. I attached one on either side of our gazebo entrance: Remember the bows I should you? Here is an up-close picture to show you how they look. I first hung this beautiful arrangement on our front door: Below are a few pictures to show you what I came up with. We don’t have any traditions now that my children are older, but we do love being today during the holidays – whether we are cooking together, eating, or talking and laughing. Seeing houses all lit up and festive during the holidays brings that feeling of excitement for both children and adults. When I decorate the house, it brings back fond memories of my childhood, and I also do it for my own children and the other kids in the neighborhood. The holidays to me mean home, comfort and family. I also promised that I would show you my home once it was all decorated! Read more about it here.I recently posted about how I went shopping for outdoor holiday decorations (excluding lights) at Kmart. The full story of Kmart and the company itself is actually pretty interesting. A few Kmart stores can still be found in California, Florida, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. As of today, exactly 60 years from the opening of the first ground-up full-size store in Garden City, there are only a handful of stores left in the world. Of that number, 2.323 of the discount stores and Super Kmart locations were located in the United States.Īfter a collapse, rebranding, merger, and a couple of bankruptcies, Kmart is all but extinct. In that year, Kmart had a total of 2,486 stores around the world. Kresge Company.Īfter the first stores opened in 1962, the company continued to grow and saw its highest number of stores in 1994. The company grew and was eventually incorporated into the S.S. Kresge, opened his first-ever five-and-dime store in Tennessee. ![]() The founder of the company that would eventually become Kmart, S. ![]() Even though the first Kmart opened in 1962, the company itself has roots going all the way back to 1897.
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