The Main Tree is Finished

and I did not do any of the themes I had considered.

When push came to shove, the box of glass balls was already up from the basement and I just used what was there. I went down to the basement for something and, for a moment, I considered bringing up the three boxes of Santas. Just thinking of taking each one out of it's individual box was more than I could bear after a full day of work, so they remain packed up for another year.

It took me about three hours to do & I like how the tree turned out. All the glass balls are white, clear, and gold. The only other color comes from about two dozen burgundy/gold balls and gold grapes. The tree has a lot of sparkle.


The only handmade ornies on this tree are the white crocheted hearts that my Mom made for me about 25 years ago (thanks, Mom, I still use them almost every year). Oh, and the beaded stars that I bought at a craft show about the same time.

I did something really crazy. I put 5 strands of white lights on. Then I took green lights and swirled them through the center and clustered them on the top. I then added two strands of blue lights.

I am not totally sold on the effect. It sort of looks like I ran out of green lights. I probably could have put a couple more green strands on the side.

Oh, well, it is what is.