Christmas Tree, 2013

Good Saturday evening! I hope you are staying warm, we are getting MORE snow. Actually I think it has turned to rain or freezing rain now. Our Christmas home tour was last evening and it was GREAT! I guess we had 50 or more people through, and everyone seemed to love it. So, I wanted to share my tree. This is the only spot in this house that the tree will fit and it is HARD to get a good shot of the whole thing. In person you can stand and see the whole thing but the camera won't capture it all.

I love, LOVE red and gold and that is the main color combination I use in my decorating.

Most of the men asked who decorates the tree and were surprised that I do it. They asked if I climbed a ladder to do the top.....well, YEAH!! I am only 5 feet so have to use a 10 foot step ladder. The topper is created with 2 large bows that are added first then the red and gold sticks and berries are added. TIP: I leave the topper done when I take the tree down, then only have to kinda FLUFF it next year. The tree is 3 pieces so this works well.

This is my view when I sit at the table to eat.

Love these star ornaments.

Some BIG ornaments for large spaces. And you can see some of the red and gold branches I use too.

another tip is to tuck some ornaments INTO the tree to fill in and add interest. The Santa in the sleigh was a gift to my in-laws one year, it was made in Poland.

I also use large stems of red or gold branches, stuck into the tree branches.

I got this nativity many years ago and it sits under the tree every year. Joe made the creche, he designed it from the creche hs parents had when he was a child. Carved the star and lit it too. I love it. The figurines are all made of clay. I have another Hummel nativity that I will show you later.