Pictures of our trees and decorations

kisto

*niptuckfan* wrote: »

Kisto can I ask how you made the felt stockings? they look fab!!

They're really easy and cheap to make.
1) Buy several different colour felt squares (available from fabric/craft shops)
2) Cut out a stocking shape from some stiff card and use this as a template to cut your stockings out of the different colour felt (I have cut out 18).
3) Use the off cuts from the felt to make shapes, to adorn the stocking (I have cut out stars, hearts, snowmen and some just have a coloured block along the top)
4) Glue the shapes onto the stocking (I just used PVA glue and it's stuck well)
5) I then made a loop out of green wool and sewed this to the top corner of each stocking.
6) I then used the same green wool and threaded on each stocking.
7) I have some of the stockings facing left and some facing right.

heavenleigh

Can i join in plese

I didnt even realise mse had a christmas board, but glad i've found it :j

Here's my tree;



And how i love it , with all the lights off;



I'm still trying to get hold of a 6ft black slimline tree for my kitchen but everywhere seems to have sold out :rolleyes:

Leigh xx

bluenose1

rrwfotr wrote: »

Love what you've done with the baubles, how do you get them to saty up?

Sorry I haven't replied sooner as I only just noticed your Question.
The baubles are attached to the lights with those little silver pegs you can buy to hang cards etc. Think I had seen the idea in one of the Christmas magazines and thought it would brighten the mantelpiece up.

manda1205

Poppycat wrote: »

Guys I got some lighst to put outside one is Merry Christmas large thing from Argos last year in sale and another is some led lights from Aldi the other day. How do you get these to stick on side of house. I have rendering and dont want to bang nails in, and how about power? do you a cable through a open window etc. I also some leds I was also going to attach to outside on a bay window and porch

We hung our icicle lights with those small cable clips, the ones that you tie back phone lines with. They held in our rendered wall fine. Not sure if they would hold larger silhoetes(spelling?), but maybe worth a try. Also we wedge our power ends shut in our windows. We have some wooden and some upvc windows, but so cold in our house I dont want drafts, we've done this quite a few years and the cables are still fine.

kit

Oh my god - your trees are all so neat and tidy..... like a display in a shop. I love them........ mines not up yet but compared to all yours it will look like a tramp.... or maybe a drag queen!

jackieb

kit wrote: »

Oh my god - your trees are all so neat and tidy..... like a display in a shop. I love them........ mines not up yet but compared to all yours it will look like a tramp.... or maybe a drag queen!

Don't worry. Mine won't look like a shop display one lol. I can't dress a tree for toffee. I still want to see yours too. I just like to see them all.

dipsy

Jo6673 wrote: »

:eek: Oh help- my Christmas tree OCD has kicked in- keep looking at mine and jumping up to move bits :mad:
I may have to avoid this thread if pics are going on as I'll be wanting to dabble with your baubles too!
Love those colours bluenose but could you please move that bottom left blue bauble down a branch and slightly left a bit- thanks hun x

glad im not the only one that has christmas tree ocd... spend 3 weeks moving kids decs to back and they move them to front and so we go on aw bless they dont realise mum is competing for best christmas tree....

oh and budget of £100 per child... son did mine in at £70 for guitar hero for Wii... what do I buy him help..he wants ipod nano as pressie no 2 not happening...some good gift ideas welcomed under £30 13yrs and size of small whale... tall and broad.. and very cheeky dad (split up) giving him £140 cash yikes.. can't compete

05_cheeky_monkeys

Hi all.

I am loving all these piccies.

I cant wait to get mine up now. We put the tree up, put the lights on went to get the decorations and they have disappeared :eek: Searched the loft 3 times and shed but to no avail!

I am going to get some more today and will post piccies once done!
Well dont to all who have already posted! :T

arnie&caseysma!

I put my tree up last night but not taken any pics yet. This year I have a brown tree and it is red and gold decorations, well, mostly gold but I kepy my collection of santas and put them on. I am annoyed that I can't find the two Santas I bought out in San Diego a few years ago - they were brilliant, one is on a speedboat and the other is wearing bermuda shorts!!!!

I also have 2 Harrods baubles on there (one each for the years me neice and nephew were born), the bauble I got in Disneyland, and the bauble that neice and nephew brought me back from Disneyland Paris earlier this year.

x_raphael_xx

Hi all, loving the trees, before I post my pic I'd better warn all you with christmas tree OCD to look away! I love a messy tree with everything chucked at it!!

Thanks for whoever posted the pic with the brown paper wrapped pressys, they looked so good I wrapped a couple of empty boxes in brown paper and red ribbon to go under my tree (can't keep the real presents under the tree, I have a hard enough time keeping the dog from eating the branches, let alone the presents!!)

The photo of course doesn't do it justice, and it looks sooooo good with the lights off, I have 2 sets of lights on mine, one set just stays on steady, the other flickers.