OK, this will be my first decor post on this blog. I haven't done any photography lately since all my time has been eaten up by decorating for Christmas. As soon as that's done I'll have to start working on gifts. I'm a little behind, but it'll work out. It always does.
This is my first fancy tree. I've always wanted to have a themed tree, but then Christmas would come and I'd just decide to put up what I had. I feel a little bit bad about not using all my sentimental ornaments, but only a little. I'm happy with my tree. And it's a new fake tree that I got at the end of Christmas last year for $20! Hooray for clearance!! Oh, and it was pre-lit. Awesomeness! So now I have two trees (the other one was my parent's old one and is kind of falling apart...)
So, on to my tree. I decided to go for a shabby-chic look with glitter. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out, all in all. (I didn't get a photo of the full tree...I didn't feel like dragging out my tri-pod tonight. I will post another shot later of the whole thing).
I made a lot of the ornaments on tree, including the topper.
It's just a styrofoam star that I found at Hobby Lobby. I beveled the edges, which turned out to be quite messy and hard to clean up (stupid static electricity). I then just covered it in pages from an old dictionary and good ol' Modge Podge. I tried for the top pieces of paper to choose relevant words. I then just tied it to the tree with twine. I really love the way it looks.
I also made ornaments out of sheet music. I just bought a package of ornaments from Wal-Mart (for $2.50...so not too bad) and covered them with photo copies of sheet music I used back in high school (I played the oboe). I covered the hangers with twine using a hot glue gun.
I also covered some ornaments with Martha Stewart's glitter. I wanted to add some color to the tree (it was looking a bit white) and a little bit of glitz. Again, hot glue and twine adorn the top of the bulbs.
I also made some fabric rosettes from some old linen someone gave me. I glued them to clothespins I aged with Tim Holtz's distressing ink (I love that stuff).
I also aged some silver ornaments. I covered them in metallic paint to dull the shine a bit. I let it dry just a smidgen and wiped it down. I then used that wonderful distressing ink again to give it a bit more age and I was done. It's an easy craft and quite effective.
Well that's my tree in a nutshell. I post a full tree image later. I'm still making some glittered chipboard letter banners for it and I may do a couple of more glittered ornaments, too. Oh, my garland for the tree is just some lace I picked up from Jeffrey Allens. I love how it looks on the tree.
OK, I'm also linking to my first ever linky party!! Woohoo! I at least got on board for the final link party of the Holiday Home series. Visit
Thrifty Decor Chick to see other Christmas trees on the blogosphere!
