CHRISTMAS TREE AND DECORATING.

It's been a rough December. We had 4  members of our family leave us to be with the Lord.. And there for I have not been able to take the time to blog.        How ever, The Holiday has continued to sneak up on me.  And so, I'll  tell you, Our decorating this year was a hurried. I decided to keep it simple and clean . Than I thought, it would be nice to remember our loved ones and include them in our holiday decorating.  I started with the black Christmas tree. Added Clear lights and, I wired the tree to a metal plant stand my husband had picked up on his way home one night.
We'll call it an antique white ( free is always best ). I made WINGS( out of Styrofoam plates)and put the names of all our loved ones lost. Added Silver Bells and Instead of just hanging bulbs on the tree ,I strung each bulb with black ribbon , all different lengths ( instead of hooks ) and hung them on the tree letting them LONG hang , some even way past the bottom of the tree. At the top , a single silver star with a ribbon ( also made out of Styrofoam plate )with the words ,  EVERY TIME A BELL RINGS...........

 I love how this turned out !

 The Styrofoam wings.

 Styrofoam ribbon glued to the stair.

 throw in some white, silver and black here and there....

 Some poinsettias and other white flowers.

 Added black sheers  from dollar store and black and silver material atop sheers. Metal snow flakes, windows DONE !

 My sister gave me these snow owls on a rock and I just love them. And I knew they were the perfect compliment to this raised tree setting.

 This is a cup cake holder in front with silver bulbs instead of cake.

 Draped some silver beads out of my vases and added the ponsettias and white sheer table runner.

 SEE THE DOG ON THE DOG BED IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE ? That's  LUGNUT( our Chinese sharpie)

 OOPS ! I forgot the ladder !

 The wreath is painted branches and pine cones with a foil paper and black ribbon bow.

 This little lifeless tree is my orchid.

 cute....the white frog is the door stop........ MARRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL............................

Lion King Baby Shower.

I had a cake to do for a baby shower this week. The Thyme was LION KING. I love the lion king.
Here is the cake I made . They loved it !

All dressed up in his lion suit. Just look at those little ears.....

Christmas ( tree) decorating,Gettin back in the groove

My apologies for the halt in blog posting . I had a problem with my neck, again. It's hard to do anything when this happens. I am some what better now and hope you forgive my brief absences.

 On a lighter note, we all know what time of year it is and it's time to come up with Christmas ideals .Sooo, I thought we would recap some.

The black tree. I truly loved this tree. If you haven't done black , your missing out. They are Beautiful !

The dollar store tree. Made with kids $ jewelryand ..other dollar store finds. Another Beauty !

 

The chicken wire tree.  Yes, made of chicken wire , garland and costume jewelry .It shined and sparkled even though it had no lights on it. It didn't need them !

What will we come up with this year...............