O' Christmas Tree 2010

Oh...Christmas Tree...How I Love Thee

 

from your tippy top

to your bottom

and everything in between

I went crazy with the icicles and faux snow.
I put clumps of faux snow on each branch.
Lots of drippy, droopy icicles.
And this year...I decided to add the little houses....I'm loving this so much....I need more houses!
Oh.....Ebay!!!!

The base of this tree is a large garden urn bought at Lowe's or Home Depot.
I painted it a creamy white and shabby chic'd it.
It's filled with glass floral pebbles to hold the tree in place.
To keep the tree from moving or tilting at all,
I bought a toilet cleaner brush holder at Walmart the other night.
You just need something long and cylindrical.
A piece of pvc pipe would work nicely or part of a mailing tube.
But I was at Walmart at 2am and I walked the store till I found
a plastic tube that would work.
The toilet brush holder is really just a long plastic cup.
You just have to make sure that your tree stem will fit within the diameter.
You put the cup in the middle of the garden urn and fill all around with glass pebbles.
In the past I've use white landscaping rock too...but the glass pebbles are so much cleaner
and easier to work with.
After your cup is stabilized, put the stem of your tree in and also fill in around it within
the cup with more glass pebbles.
Then I cover the top with cotton batting to resemble snow and sprinkle the sparkling faux snow on top.

The ornaments on this tree all vintage and are mostly Shiny Brite made in the USA dating
from the 1930's through 1950's.
The tarnished glitter snowflakes came from Target last year.
I love them and so hoped they'd have them again this year.
But no.

Did you notice Target's stuff was not very good this year?
Each year I can't wait to see what they will have and it was so disappointing this season.
I always add something to my decor from Target and there was nothing I wanted.

Everything was plastic.

I guess its the economy...but come on...Walmart had better stuff than Target this year.
And I am not exaggerating. Walmart's stuff was very pretty.

The only problem with this tree is that I used a bunch of my ornaments last year to make a wreath.
I thought I'd buy more throughout the year to replace them.

I forgot all about this plan.
So I feel like this tree is a little on the skimpy side...ornament wise....
but that gives me something to work on for next year.

Hey, I'll probably work on it this year...
One of my favorite things to do, once the tree is up
is to add things to it as I find them.
Do you do this?
Especially after Christmas. That week after, I buy stuff on sale and add it to my decor
to enjoy right up till Jan. 1st.

So that wreath...that I used up so many of my ornaments on?
I don't even have a place to hang it.
Right now its hanging behind the tree.
But that is not a good spot.
I hope to hang it soon in the dining room.
Yes....still working towards the dining room furniture being done in time for a Christmas reveal.
And I'll show the rest of the living room soon,
the breakfast nook, kitchen and maybe I'll get some other spots decorated too.

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