Before Josh and I were married I had one knick-knack collection. The Willow Creek angels. I still love them but after I was married, instead of having them on a shelf collecting dust, I pull them out once a year and decorate my tree with them. The ones that aren't actually ornaments I hung my own ornament ribbon off their wings and put them up too!
This year, I put up a different type of light just under the star which fades and twinkles at different speeds. They had faded out for this picture and so the top looks dark...
I insert long stem picks with ivory and gold berries into the tree. I used red, ivory, & gold orchad floral stems which I shape and then cascade them down to look like garland...
My favorite thing is to find a great bargin on ornaments. I loved picking up the red present ornaments they had at Ikea last year. So simple but they added a lot by stuffing them into the branches as a filler. Ikea has them there again this year...
The orange/red flowers shown below is a candle ring...
If you are interested in knowing how Christmas trees started as a tradition check out the enrty I wrote last year:If you are looking for a good book to keep your focus on the meaning of Christmas this year, check out:
The books by Ace Collins are just great!
1 comment:
Gorgeous!! I'm so jealous that your tree has no remnants of Star Wars....
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