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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Decorating The Tree. . .

Whew ! ! !
. . . at last . . . it's finished ! ! !

All done up in creamy ivory and gold. . .
           and On Crooked Creek. . .
                                             I'm  l o v i n '  it ! ! !




This amazing powerhouse of a Christmas Tree
began as a bargain buy for $9.99 !
After an experimental Trimming The Tree,
I then began Flocking The Tree,
followed by Decorating The Tree,
with fabulous results ! ! !




I adore having my flocked Christmas Tree
sitting in the vintage concrete planter
that belonged to my MoMa!




Perhaps, sometime in the future
I'll be able to find an Angel tree topper to replace the Snowflakes.

After bringing the flocked tree into our home office,
I added 100 mini lights
and then began the tedious process
of ribbing the creamy ivory ribbon.




Mary Carol miniature plates
were tied to the branches with gold satin ribbon.




Next came the larger convex tree and wreath ornaments.




These were followed by the golden spiral glitter ornaments.




Finally, I finished off the decorations
with the creamy ivory and golden icicles.




This is my view, On Crooked Creek,
from our home office desk.




The Coffee Kiss paint compliments the
creamy ivory and golden hues of the ornaments quite nicely !
This is the view as you enter the home office
from the East Wing hallway !





I adore how the mood changes with the evening light.
Don't you ? ? ?




So~o~o . . .
here's a recap of Trimming the Tree. . .




to Flocking The Tree. . .




to  the finished Decorating The Tree ! ! !




Christmas  On Crooked Creek
                                           is definitely shaping up nicely ! ! !


Until next time. . .

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10 comments:

Ann@A Sentimental Life said...

Turned out beautiful.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and Mr.Ed!

Donna said...

What a gorgeous tree! I love the flocking and your beautiful ornaments. It looks just magical all lit up!!

podso said...

Simply beautiful Pat. And what a lot of loving care and creativity and hard work went into the transformation. This could be a real lesson to what you can do with so little! Thanks for sharing and hope you're having a nice Thanksgiving!

Marigene said...

Very pretty, Pat...I haven't even thought of Christmas decorating, yet!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Ann from On Sutton Place said...

This is wonderful...I love the flocking! Your view from your desk is festive and beautiful!

Anita at Cedar Hill said...

Very pretty Pat. I like your little tree, and the flocking looks beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Hi Pat! What a pretty little tree! I love it and those little plates are so sweet. You did such a good job on the flocking and now you need to come over to my house and help me!
Be a sweetie,
Shelia :)

Sue@sprucelakecottage said...

So very pretty Pat...hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Anonymous said...

What a sweet sweet tree Pat! Love the pretty little plates you have on it also and the ribbon is just lovely.

4 rooms down and 6 more to go- I am going for simplicity this year and the 5 larger trees have yet to come out of their boxes!

bee blessed
mary

Amy Kinser said...

Your tree is beautiful, Pat. I love how you take such care in all that you do.