As you may have guessed this post is going to be all about our fancy schmancy Christmas tree. I am a pretty big fan of Christmas, so you better believe we picked out our tree the day after Thanksgiving. And now you know how long it really took me to write this post since Thanksgiving is long gone.
We were pretty jazzed to get our tree, since this is our first Christmas in this house! We couldn’t wait to get festive and how about start with the tree? Amiright? The last two years we have had an artificial tree, but this year we decided to get a little wild and get a real live Christmas tree. We’re living on the edge people! Since it was black Friday we checked out the ads in the paper and we saw that Lowe’s was selling an 8 foot for $40, so of course we headed to Lowe’s. We went with an 8 foot tree because at the lowest point in our living room the ceiling is 9 feet tall. We were figuring we would put the tree in the corner of the room, where the ceiling is lowest, so 8 foot seemed appropriate. Here is our pretty little tree in all packed up in my car…
Isn’t she pretty? We also had to pick up a tree stand and a couple more strands of lights. We always go with white lights, I think we both agree that we like the simple classic look of white Christmas lights.
Then we propped her in her new stand and I cut the netting off…
Look at that pretty little tree! Here is the tree skirt that I made last year…
Last year I was looking for a tree skirt and everything I liked was around $40 and I was not interested in spending that much on a simple piece of fabric to go around the bottom of a tree, so I grabbed some fabric for about $6, cut it into a circle, hemmed the edges and voila… tree skirt.
Next up were the lights…
And then I added a red beaded garland…
Then came the ornaments, my favorite part.
and all lit up again…
While I’m at it I figured I would share some of my favorite ornaments. Because I am sure this is intriguing stuff to you as well!
I guess I’ll start with this little bottle brush yellow lab, of course a yellow lab!
We also have 4 of these Sabres hockey pucks. Gotta represent Buffalo down here in FL!
Cute little bird in the tree also!
Love this peace ornament from my mom back in 2011!
She also got this one for Justin and I a while back, complete with our mugs right on it!
How about we get a little sentimental with Justin’s little baby booties ornament!
And I thought I would also show you some of my favorite homemade ornaments…
I made this guy last year out of a portion of a Christmas tree trunk.
I painted these two a couple years ago. Did you know that I like my pups?
I also made a bunch of these guys a while back out of light bulbs, small branches, paint and some fabric.
And that’s that. I love our first real live Christmas tree. Makes it feel like home. And how about a handsome dog in front of a pretty tree?
Okay one more!
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