Friday, August 26, 2005

The Finished Tree


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5 comments:

  1. DianneFri Aug 26, 07:23:00 PM 2005

    Absolutely gorgeous! Move to Kennett Square, PA and I bet they would hire you at Longwood Gardens to decorate their Christmas trees! ; )

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  2. Diana LaMarreFri Aug 26, 08:16:00 PM 2005

    Thank you, Dianne. I don't want any more trees to decorate! I do 2 or 3 in my home and 5 or 6 at work. I have been doing the trees at the hotel for the past 19 years. It was one of those "do it one year and your stuck for life" jobs. I used to love doing them all, but the past five years or so I have been getting tired of it and not feeling so creative. I keep trying to pass the job on to someone else, but no luck yet.

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  3. DianneSat Aug 27, 01:30:00 PM 2005

    Wow! That's a lot of trees to have to decorate. I can give you ideas of what I've seen at Longwood and they tend to lean toward the natural look like you do. I've seen gourds and seed pods, seashells, a peacock theme, grapes and vines, well you get the picture. I'd have to look at my photo cd disk for other trees I've seen. And I have tons of Christmas craft books too. Don't rule out hydrangeas if you have access to any. They fill in a ton of space.
    Recycling ideas is good too.

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  4. crazygrammaSat Aug 27, 10:03:00 PM 2005

    Great trees. Last year I was feeling blue and not into doing a tree so all I put on where white lights. gold bulbs and gold ribbon. Funny thing is it was my favorite one.

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  5. Diana LaMarreSun Aug 28, 08:28:00 AM 2005

    Crazygramma, sometimes the simple ones do turn out to be the best. I have been into the white/gold theme lately myself.

    Dianne, Last year I used hydrangeas (silk) and gold grapes on the hotel lobby tree.You are right that they work beautifully because they are large and take up much space.

    I have done fruit themes, denim theme, poiensiettas, -- you name it and I have probably done it. One year I even used tons of painted weeds--I would leave work, pass a field of weeds and stop the car and run out (in my heels) and cut down weeds,& take them home & paint them. (I was way more energetic back then -- lol). I have even used crushed brown paper bags for filler. I am BIG on fillers for Christmas trees! Any ideas you or anyone has are appreciated, so bring them on!

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