They are already playing Christmas songs on the radio...the trees and other Christmas things have been in the stores since before Halloween. Usually this bothers me and I just ignore it until the day after Thanksgiving but for some reason this year I am all about the Holiday spirit.
We have come a long way with our decorating since the days of bare studs.
No matter what stage of building we were in I managed to decorate. I even had a tiny tree in the RV.
We put lights up too.
While the house is still suffering from lack of details like trim, window sills and baseboards we do have drywall and paint and lots more room to decorate. What do you do with 20' ceilings? Why you get a 14' Christmas tree.
The big question is how do you decorate a 14' tree when all you have are ornaments for small trees.
I printed out pictures of life sized birds, covered them in contact paper and put them all over the tree.
The birds really give it a nature feel and being in front of those windows really brings the outside in.
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That's an absolutely beautiful tree! The birds were an inspired idea.
Posted by: joyce | November 19, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Is that this years tree or last years?
Posted by: barb | November 20, 2008 at 07:45 AM
Wow! What a great idea! as a practicing and lifelong birdaholic, I think this is a cool way to bring the beauty of outdoor birds inside for the holidays. There's nothing like seeing that solitary male cardinal in the snow for some holiday cheer, but your bird decor sure comes close!
Posted by: bonzarel | December 16, 2008 at 03:21 PM
That’s a nice decorated tree! I agree with you that how it would be difficult to decorate a 14’tree when you have ornaments for small trees. You did a good job. That’s very nice.
Posted by: Carpet Cleaning | March 18, 2009 at 10:49 PM