Our Little Ol' Christmas Tree

Yay, our tree is no longer in the driveway!!!!!

It's in our sunroom. With lights. With garland. With ornaments. With a star. Yeah!!!

It only took me fifty hours, but who's counting.

I had a plan this year - to use mostly white and brown. Do you know how hard it is in this town to find plain white Christmas stuff!?!?!?

All of the things that I did find were either too feathery, too glittery, or too feminine. (Which were all nice on their own, but just not for what I envisioned my tree to be like this year.) In my desperation I ended up buying some tiny wooden stars at Michaels and spray-painting them white. I tied them to the tree with twine.

So the tree-plan didn't quite work out. What also happened was that I opened a tub full of ornaments that were given to me over the years and they were just too cute to not put on the tree.

I found a box of rusty bells that I realllllllly wanted to paint white. But I didn't.

I had a string of red, wooden beads that I also reallllllly wanted to paint white, too. But I didn't. I made a beautiful ruffled burlap garland instead. I lazily twisted some burlap garland around the tree instead.

I guess it's kind of rustic-looking.

At this point I don't mind as long as there's a fancy camera under it for me on Christmas morning.

It's still cute.

Can you see the weather through the window?

There's a winter storm watch going on right now. Good thing I'm still in my pajamas and on my third cup of coffee. :)

P.S. I love this star.
P.S.S. Don't make fun of my naked blinds. Still waiting on those PB Tie-Up Shades to get here.

Linking to:

Christmas Tree Party @ Thrifty Decor Chick
Frugal Friday @ The Shabby Nest
Saturday Soiree @ A Little Lovely
Sunday Showcase Party @ Under the Table and Dreaming
Amaze Me Monday @ Dittle Dattle
Show Off Your Cottage Monday @ A House In the Roses