This is quite the Mountain Dew can Christmas tree. It's six feet tall and it took four hundred cans. You can learn more about the tree at www.mdewtree.com. The tree even has a MySpace page.
Woman Has Dozens of Christmas Trees For Her Ornaments
Mlive.com reports that a Michigan woman has 42 Christmas trees hang her large collection of Christmas ornaments on. She owns 2,000 Hallmark ornaments and 500 "generic" ornaments.
She started buying dated ornaments in 1975. When she ran out of room on the tree for more of those, she decided to buy another tree, then another and another. (Who says a house can have only one tree?) People have given her their old trees, and she calls these cast-offs her Charlie Brown trees.
Here are some quick and easy decorating ideas that will surely add a festive
Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores have issued the following suggestions for adding a festive feel to your home:
Spray garland with white and silver glitter and hang it on your staircase rail or fireplace mantle.
Repetition helps to highlight your holiday theme. Use poinsettias or hydrangea in your tree, garlands, fill large glass hurricanes or accent other centerpieces, tuck around photo frames, candles etc. Use your favorite item, holly, flowers, pinecones, ornaments.
Evoke the senses with the smell of home baking and a welcoming feel -- burn candles with scents like cinnamon, pumpkin pie.
Decorate with beads. Wrap the lower portion of pillar candles with colorful strung beads for a glitzy look or create beautiful beaded ornaments to coordinate with holiday colors.
Use your favorite fabric to wrap around the base of your tree instead of using a traditional tree skirt.
Make colorful, festive, placecards for your holiday dinner with sheets of festive scrapbook paper.
Sew or wrap pillows in holiday fabrics to scatter on the sofa and chairs for quick holiday touches.
Jo-Ann's also comments on some of this year's decorating trends.
"This year, that would be a return to old world charm with dynamic colors like sapphire, ruby red and citrine embellished with metallics. There will also be an emphasis on patterns and textures with glitter, beads and etchings; and such icons as birds, pine cones, winter foliage and berries," says Susan Atchison, trend manager for Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores.
This video teaches you how to make a German paper stars which you can put on your tree or on wrapped Christmas presents or anywhere else you might need them.
You can decorate entire trees with these things. They're fun to make when you're just sitting around watching tv. You can make them with most any kind of paper. I used regular double-sided scrapbook paper for this one. You can use plain 'ol printer paper or even Christmas wrapping paper. But beware, the thinner the paper, the more difficult the star is to make. Also, if you want bigger stars, your paper not only needs to be wider, but longer.
