Wednesday, December 17, 2008



Full view of the Tuscan Tree, looking towards the dining room. On the right is the curio cabinet, which I empty out every year and use for the Dicken's Village - at least until I get too many village pieces to fit into the cabinet.


This is looking into the living room from the dining room. On the left is part of the Tuscan Tree, and beyond that, in the corner, is the "Red and Gold" tree. This is the 3rd year for both of these trees, and I'm sure I'll be doing them again.

The Woodland Tree. Last year this tree was the Snowman Tree, but I didn't like it, so changed it this year to a Woodland Tree. It's very simple, with just a few Woodland Type ornaments and a bunch of pinecones. Around the bottom is a "Woodland Santa", a "Woodland Snowman", and a Reindeer sitting in a rocking chair - singing "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer".

I belong to a Red Hat Group, so had to do a "Red Hat Tree". Another 2 ft. tree decorated in red and purple, with a small "Red Hat" as the topper. Around the bottom of the tree I used a purple boa that I found at a craft store.

Upside Down Tree. This little 2 ft. tree is more of a conversation piece than anything else. It's got a Santa head on top, and the ornaments are "Crystal". I had to make some of the smaller ones around the bottom because I couldn't find any that were small enough.

Travel Tree: The topper for this tree is a styrofoam ball decoupaged with a torn map. The ornaments are state ornaments that we collected on our travels, along with postcards and keychains. Around the bottom of the tree are 4 stuffed animals - they go with us in the camper when we travel. Just like some of those RV's you see driving down the road with all the stuffed animals across the dashboard.


For some reason, this tree just doesn't want to photograph well this year. The topper is a large white peacock surrounded by silver ting tings, silver picks, and a large blue bow. It's all done in white, silver and blue on a 7 1/2 ft. full size tree.