This is the first year in 44 years that I didn't put up a fresh cut Christmas tree. I truly can't believe I caved in and got this artificial tree. Well this year, my health is not good. Not having a significant other now, I rely on my 3 sons a lot. My son suggested, "Mom, you really should consider an artificial tree", not only to make it easier on them but for safety reasons. Well, I caved in and said yes. He bought it and I could not believe how easy it was to set up. But, it just did not look right to me. I had to go to the drawing board and create my real looking tree by filling in those empty spots.
Well, here is what I did. By the way, I usually decorate my Christmas tree in themes every year; by color, ribbons, bows or different decorations. Here are my pictures of what I bought at Michael's and what I did with this beautiful tree that I am now thrilled with. This year my theme was "poinsettias and gold beaded sprays"
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Beautiful elegant tree, great job!!
Thank you so very much. I fought and fought my husband for 42 years as he bought, stood and fought and cursed at a fresh tree each year. And begged me to get an artificial one and I always said "NO WAY." ha, ha, ha.
Very pretty! You did a great job of decorating it.
Thank you so very much. I fought and fought my husband for 42 years as he bought, stood and fought and cursed at a fresh tree each year. And begged me to get an artificial one and I always said "NO WAY." ha, ha, ha.
I too never liked them. But, after vacuuming up needles and taking the chance of a fire, it was time. For the last 10 years, I have had a fake tree and soon discovered that if I wanted to, I could keep the pretty thing up all year! I just moved it into my bedroom and let the twinkly lights put me to sleep.
For whatever reason we choose to switch, be it safety or sentiment, you will have 44 years of memories that smell like pine and feel like love.
A real Christmas tree is a treat to have in home but for practical purposes and artificial tree can be fun to decorate and you can keep it up longer, you don't have to water it, and you can leave the lights on all night long, if you would prefer to do that. My artificial tree is very small it's 4 feet tall but I use a lot of Garland which is usually the mesh ribbon which I drape around and use wired ribbon to secure it I use large Christmas ornaments to fill in gaps in the tree and it is a very pretty tree and I sit and look at it all day long.
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