Christmas Tree! I'm so happy I finally have a beautiful tree for Christmas this year. Donna has been staying with me and she always has a live tree for Christmas. So, I told her that she could have a live tree since she's going to still be at my place through the holidays as long as I get to decorate it with my ornaments I got on sale last year. She happily agreed.
The day before the tree arrived I had to move a lot of furniture around. I moved the piano from my bedroom back to the living room, moved the small couch to my bedroom and one of the shelves from the entertainment center, then I moved the location of my TV so that the piano would fit in the living room. I was very exhausted. I don't think my place had any great space for a Christmas tree. I think if I had a bay window it would have given me something better to work with. Anyhow, after all was done, I was exhausted. It wasn't over yet, though.
I was very surprised when a 10 foot blue spruce showed up at my door Thanksgiving weekend. Sadly we had to cut it down to fit in my living room to about 8 to 8 1/2 feet. If I put the tree in the kitchen it would have fit without having to cut it, but I didn't want to try and figure out how to arrange furniture in my kitchen. Plus I think my chandelier would have been in the way.
My niece, Melina came over to help me put the decorations on my tree and spend the night. We had fun going through all the ornaments and deciding where to put them. Melina did a very good job at placing the decorations strategically all over the tree.
Below are detailed pictures of some of the ornaments.
I like the antique look of the ornaments.
I got the reindeer ornament in Alaska from the cruise I went on this past summer.
These are a variety of ornaments I got. I like the mosaic door knob.
This is a doll I got at a Victorian style boutique.
It's a purple bird happily perched on a branch.
I was surprised to find a tree topper so quickly. The angel has a pretty face and it's purple...need I say more!
