Our Christmas Tree

First off……ya’ll it is forecast to snow here this weekend.

And I mean serious snow.

As in up to our butts!!!!!!!

Big Daddy and I are so excited we can’t stand it!  According to the local weatherman we are in the 10-20 inch model.  So we have been watching the Weather Chanel like the antidote was in it.  I got a text from Big Daddy while I was at work yesterday morning that read, “This crap just got real.”  Truthfully I thought he meant something about the two wild hyenas that we live with but in just a few seconds he sent a pic from Facebook of The Weather Chanel’s Jim Cantore walking through Asheville Airport ……... with his luggage.  I’m thinking Ol’ Jim in in for the long hall.  We love snow around here.  Plus it really makes Christmas way more magical that it already is 🙂

Speaking of Christmas we have  managed to Hyena proof our tree …….so far any way 🙂

Normally I would never say this but thank God for whoever invented shatterproof ornaments, especially theses that look like mercury glass and blown glass.  I found these in Kmart of all places and we love them!  Their sparkle factor is perfect!  Since we can’t get up in and crawl around the attic this year I just picked up an inexpensive tree at Walmart.  I thought it might be a bit sad without all of our Christmas stuff that we have collected over the last 30 years but I was wrong.

We are loving this tree!

The origami stars came from this Etsy shop:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThePaperStarStudio

They are quite substantial, I believe about 7 inches across.  I ordered 15 of them and just stuck them in the bare spots all around our tree.  Even Big Daddy who usually thinks I’m nuts , loves them!  Except for these stars I went with all metallics on this tree.  With all of the grays and browns in our living room I chose not to use red.  the golds and silvers on the tree turned out to be perfect!   The tree skirt was a whole other issue until I found this:

This is Hayneedle’s version of a Tree Collar.

We just call it a Tree Box.  You can find it here:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Belham-Living-Rustic-Wooden-19-in-Tree-Collar/833239123

We love this thing!

 I really looks like an antique crate with its somewhat grayed down finish and it was an easy assembly.  I will say right now that the price went up from 2 weeks ago when I ordered it, like almost 20 bucks.  And PS?  This is not an affiliated link.

Hopefully I will be sharing more of our short of makeshift Christmas decor over the weekend as long as we don’t loose power.  Thanks y’all for all of your sweet comments and encouraging words. here on the blog as well as social media.   They do mean a lot.  Big Daddy is progressing well and my back/ hip gets a bit better each day.

Paige