Christmas at my place

Last year I had a my first real (and artificial) Christmas tree. I was thrilled.

I'd still like to get one every year... nothing beats a REAL green Christmas tree! I think if you gonna have green, get a real tree - after all, it only costs $60 here from Oxfam! Artificial trees should LOOK artificial...

I have spent nights looking for what I really want: a pink Christmas tree. Inspired by this candy-pink one I saw on Martha Stewart last year.



But of course, it's like Australia went on pink-tree-strike! BigW did come out with a dark purple one... and a black one... and as designer-y as that sounds... I really don't think a black tree.

I could have gotten a white Christmas tree, but all my ornaments are WHITE!

Plus we're moving interstate 3 weeks after Christmas so I didn't want to have to buy one and dispose of a real Christmas tree... so I looked to Flickr, Martha Stewart, blogs and of course, my inspiration files for ideas.

I did find the oh-so-gorgeous tree of Flickr user, two_little_pumpkins:

Via two_little_pumpkins's Flickr.

two_little_pumpkins informed me that this tree was from Target last year, and intended to be an outdoor Christmas tree. I'm going to have to check out Target Australia to see if they have anything similar, though I HIGHLY doubt it.

The only other one that did grab me enough to consider doing it was a DIY project from Martha Stewart (who else?):

Via Martha Stewart

So I did my own version... couldn't find the pale pink that Martha Stewart staff used... and I really wanted a Christmas tree rather than fireworks...

And I didn't want to buy more fairy lights, had to use our cool-white *yuck* lights we already had... But for $19, I can't really complain.

Yay, now I have (and know what the heck is) an AWL! hehe

And from the foyer/entryway...



It's not perfect... I had to almost hand draw this whimsical Christmas spiral tree and then using an awl, punch out holes slightly smaller than my LED lightbulbs.

This year presents for my family have my custom-made Christmas tags this year, quite different from my custom-tags last year!

Paint chips with rounded corners and a small hole punched for a ribbon.

By the way, did you see the perfect PINK TREE that Nicole from making it lovely got from Treetopia???

Via Nic's Flickr