December 16, 2011

Friday Find – December 16 {O Christmas Tree}

So I’ve put up the Christmas tree at our house.  We’ve had this artificial tree for several years now – like probably 10 – and it is beginning to show  it’s age.  I’d love to get a real tree but I’ve been vetoed.  Hubby objects for two reasons –
  1. they are a fire hazard (sighhh) and;
  2. they are messy (you’d think he was the one who vaccuums …).

Try as I might I cannot get him to relent … so an artificial tree it is (after almost 30 years of marriage I’ve learned which battles to pick).  When I bought this tree back in the day, the concept of pre-lit artificial trees was new (and expensive) so I improvised.  I wrapped each branch with lights and waaa-laaa a “pre-lit” Christmas Tree :).

Any-whooooo …. I’ve put this 10 year old self pre-list artificial tree up and … well … I’m not feeling it.  I don’t know what it is, but I just don’t get all warm inside looking at it.  Not in the least.  Maybe it’s time for a change … so I got to thinking about doing a non-traditional Christmas Tree next year and I went hunting for inspiration.  Here’s what I found on Pinterest:
 
Some crafty trees:
 
 
 
 
Source: flickr.com via Donna on Pinterest
 
Some natural trees:
 
 
 
 
Source: ehow.com via Donna on Pinterest
 
 
 

Source: lamaisondannag.blogspot.com via Donna on Pinterest

And some very creative trees:
 

Source: bing.com via Donna on Pinterest

Source: blog.friis-co.dk via Donna on Pinterest

Source: vi.sualize.us via Donna on Pinterest

Source: notmartha.org via Donna on Pinterest

These are such great inspiration for next year!  Which one do you prefer?  And if you have a non-traditional tree in your home, I’d love to hear about it!

Happy “Last Weekend Before Christmas” everyone!!!

4 comments:

  1. love the 3rd one. wonderful selection! happy weekend to you too

    Maria

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  2. It took me a while, but I put up three trees this year. They're all artificial - one is white |(& ore-lit, yay!) and decorated with different coloured balls. The other two are the traditional green non-pre-lit type. One is decorated with snowflakes and purple, blue, white, and silver ornaments, and the other is decorated with all the ornaments from when I was a kid, plus some newer handmade ornaments. Oh, and there's also my two mini trees I bought in Bruges in 2006. And there's the ceramic tree my mom made too - is that too many trees?!

    The Santa's Workshop #2 tree is way over the top, but it's so colourful and fun :-)

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  3. Love the tree made up of books... only sorry that they're getting slightly squished! Very creative and endearing selection!

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