Unique Christmas tree on a budget

red, turquoise, yellow and white  Christmas tree

This christmas I decided to do something completely different (for me) with my tree!

I seem to be in a bit of a yellow phase as I have added it to several rooms as an accent. 

It is not a traditional Christmas colour so to make it part of my decor took a bit of DIY.

Gold balls were purchased at my local thrift store. Most of the red glass balls came from the 

same thrift store. The wooden snowflakes and stars are from Michaels. 

I put The Martha Stewart fine yellow glitter on the stars using spray adhesive.

Easy cheap diy christmas ornaments

The yellow colours look a little off in the pics ( it must be the lighting). I spray painted all the
 ornaments in a large shallow box lined with foil. Cut up cardboard rolls were used for support.

Yellow christmas ornaments

Peace Christmas ornament

Turquoise has been one of my colours for a few years, consequently I had a lot 

ornaments in that colour. I found the peace ornaments on sale last year.

Joy christmas ornament

 Inexpensive gold Joy ornaments from Target were spray painted and glittered yellow.

Love christmas ornament

Red glitter card stock was the base for the word love. I made a pattern the size I wanted and 

cut out the words by hand with very small scissors. (pattern to follow)

Hope christmas ornament

In the same way the word hope is cut out of white card stock,

sprayed with adhesive and covered in white glitter. 

The patterns:

turquoise, red and yellow christmas gift boxes

A good tip is to wrap some boxes (the lids and bottoms separately) in colours to match your tree.
When christmas comes you can  pop some last minute gifts into them and presto: all wrapped!

Unique and colorful  christmas tree

Turn on the lights!

 I plan to share more of my Christmas decor ideas in my next post.

Enjoy your decorating!

Is it Christmas again?

As I begin preparing for Christmas I realized that I hadn't shared my decor from last year 

      so I decided to do it now. I hope it will inspire you in your Christmas decorating.

Red, white and turquoise Christmas tree

                             One of my favourite things is decorating my table. I wanted to use 

                                                as many of my vintage dishes as I could.

Vintage Red, Pink and Turquoise table for Christmas

Vintage christmas table

My china is Wedgwood "Chester"  

 The pink and aqua serving dishes are vintage Pyrex.

Pyrex for Christmas

       

                The glassware is vintage in pink and turquoise.

Christmas table favors and place  cards

I made small boxes and place card tags with 2 truffles in each for table favors.
They coordinate with my centerpiece in pattern and colour.

DIY Christmas angel

The angels for my table centerpiece started with a pattern from THIS 

blog.

I changed the face and the colours and added some "bling" 

in the form of paste gems.

DIY Christmas table centerpiece

Inside the angels there are flameless candles.

Here is the pattern:

Angel Pattern

If you would like it in pdf format just comment and I will send it to you.

The chandelier was decorated with a mix of vintage and new decorations in

red, pink and turquoise.

Christmas decor Chandelier

In the center of the chandelier there are some vintage" sugar bells ".

This year I am working on something very different and look forward to sharing it soon.

Have fun decorating! 

I Love Christmas ( and this one was no exception)

Peace Tree

For some reason the Peace Ornament caught the light and I thought it was so

 fitting I had to share it. It is a turquoise ornament so it was a bit of a fluke.

My hubby was just fooling around with light . The color really looks like this:

Family room Christmas decor.

Surprised kids are so much fun!

I love to decorate my Christmas Table I will share more of this(including the 

DIY Christmas crackers and all the vintage elements) on another post.

Pink Christmas Table

 Brown sugar cookies with royal icing

Whipped shortbread and chocolate filled walnut cookies.

Chess Squares

Living room window.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. 

Wishing you all a Happy 2013!

Christmas trees through the years

Another trip down memory lane.  Looking at the old photos always gives me inspiration before I do my decorating.......

Real Christmas Trees

I think we thought the tree was beautiful, 

no matter shape or size.

Popcorn and cranberry strings were "the thing".

Lots of Green

Victorian Christmas trees...pink and purple.

Traditional Red and Green Christmas Tree

Vintage bubble lights, nativity and treetop angel.  

Lots of handmade ornaments.

Turquoise, silver and white Christmas Tree

I guess I will be stuck with turquoise for a little while as I have made quite a commitment to the color.

Time to get decorating!