2020 November

Hello friends. I want to start by saying thank you so much for the condolences that I’ve received via comments, email and Instagram. Your kind words have warmed my heart and I can’t even begin to express how much they mean to me.

Christmas is my absolute favorite holiday, but this Christmas is going to be very different for me. In fact, a few days ago I wondered if I would be able to muster up any spirit to do Christmas at all this year. But I realized that decorating for Christmas and enjoying our family traditions together brings me so much joy and I need a whole lot of that to make it through life right now.

So this past weekend I opened up my new tree and ornaments that I had purchased for our bedroom awhile back and set it up to share for this years tree hop. I found the process very enjoyable and I love admiring it from my bed as I fall asleep each night. I know that my Dad would have loved to see pictures of my new tree and would have probably poked a little fun at me for having tree set up in our bedroom haha. But he would have ended it with “do whatever makes you happy” ♥

This is my 4th year participating in this event hosted by the amazingly talented Michelle from Our Crafty Mom. You can catch my previous trees here:

Be sure to get a full dose of creativity and visit all of the other gorgeous tree in this year’s tour by clicking the links at the bottom of this post. Okay without further ado, here is how our bedroom tree turned out.

I really wanted to create a soft cozy vibe so I stuck to warm elements and colors.

I began with wide strips of lace burlap ribbon and then decided to add some soft cream velvet ribbon as well.

I strung a couple strings of wood bead garlands on top. I couldn’t find any packages without colored beads, so I actually removed them, spray painted them with Chiffon Cream spray paint and restrung them. It was a little bit of work, but very worth it.

Next it was time for the ornaments. I searched high and low for large wooden snowflakes and finally found this set on Amazon. They come 20 to a pack so they filled out my tree perfectly. I also love the variation of the four different patterns.

I found the snowy pinecone ornaments at Hobby Lobby but it looks like they are already out of stock. There are many similar ones on Amazon like this set.

I found the linen ribbon ornaments at Hobby Lobby and then made the cable knit sweater ones myself by using some clear ball ornaments, an old sweater and some hot glue.