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lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Fall trees.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Oh good lord, who has the time and energy?

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Well.....

I was just thinking....

weltschmerz · Guru

Fall trees? I don't even do Christmas trees.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I don't like fall decorations enough to bother. I'm lucky to put out a pumpkin.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I saw one at Hobby Lobby.

It put thoughts in my head.

That place is lousy with things that'll do that.

Mellow Momma · Sniff...sniff, sniff. Yay! A Bum!

I love to decorate for fall but I could not do a "fall tree". Nope. Not happening.

Tinydancer · Guru

What next? Fall lights, presents for fall? Christmas is more than enough to handle around here. Besides if I want to see fall trees I'll wait a month and see the real things...lol

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Meh. I like the different trees.

I've seen them decorated for all kinds of things.

It's just a bigger flower arrangement.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Easter

FNW · Guru

I like the idea of the different trees. I just don't have the time or energy to do it myself. Of course I could just leave the Christmas tree up all year and change out the decorations. I've thought about doing that, but my thoughts never came to fruition. I do decorate for fall and Halloween, summer (think flags, red/white/blue) and Spring, and Christmas/winter. It's a lot of work but the boys love it and it changes things up and keeps things clean and fresh.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I like the change too.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

Tinydancer wrote:
What next? Fall lights, presents for fall? Christmas is more than enough to handle around here. Besides if I want to see fall trees I'll wait a month and see the real things...lol

Yep. There is enough brown and orange in fall without purposely adding it to my interior. Those colors are fine in nature - but not so much in decor.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Look at ya'll raining on my Hobby Lobby high.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I still have glitter on me.

I sparkle!

FNW · Guru

I love Hobby Lobby but it's 30 minutes away so not real convenient for me.

just Czech · Give Me Grand's!

Lawyerlady wrote:
I don't like fall decorations enough to bother. I'm lucky to put out a pumpkin.

This is me. I may or may not put out a fake pumpkin..

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

weltschmerz wrote:
Fall trees? I don't even do Christmas trees.

I haven't done one in about 6 years. I have an entire closet full of Christmas decorations but I just can't seem to muster up the enthusiasm to decorate. Last year I gave a bunch of stuff to my niece. She is young & just moved out on her own & didn't have any.

I don't even bother with pumpkins either. If I happen to think about it I will pick up a bag of those pinecones that are infused with cinnamon & call it good.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

I'm going to do TWO Christmas trees this year. DH really wants to put the tree down in the family room, but I really want one in the living room next to the fireplace for Santa. So, we are going to do both!

FNW · Guru

Only two? LOL I put up three large ones that I actually trim, and 3 or 4 small ones that just have lights.

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

FNW wrote:
Only two? LOL I put up three large ones that I actually trim, and 3 or 4 small ones that just have lights.

You are like my real estate paralegal. They put up six.

Now - the kids each have a small one in their rooms, but they do those, so I don't count them.

Ohfour · Hooker

I used to have about 6 trees. I've scaled back though. A couple of years ago, I actually bought and artificial tree as my "big" one. G was over the moon excited.

Now I only do 2 or 3. I LOVE decorating my big tree though. My ornaments all have meaning to them. I love pulling them out of the box and remembering where I got them or who bought them and sent them to me. I always ask for an ornament from the location of my SS.

TrudyML · Guru

Ugh. I may not do a tree this year but I have great Crate & Barrel fun fakes. It may just be them.

Lindley · Guru

Tinydancer wrote:
What next? Fall lights, presents for fall? Christmas is more than enough to handle around here. Besides if I want to see fall trees I'll wait a month and see the real things...lol

There is already Halloween lights. I think the trees will look pretty but decorating for Christmas is enough for me.

Lindley · Guru

Ohfour wrote:
I used to have about 6 trees. I've scaled back though. A couple of years ago, I actually bought and artificial tree as my "big" one. G was over the moon excited.

Now I only do 2 or 3. I LOVE decorating my big tree though. My ornaments all have meaning to them. I love pulling them out of the box and remembering where I got them or who bought them and sent them to me. I always ask for an ornament from the location of my SS.

I love ornaments that tell a story too. I have ornaments from everywhere I traveled and my dd always sent me a ornament from her travels. I have ornaments from niger,tanzania,dubai , india,singapore, Indonesia, Japan,Scotland ,England and parts of the United States.

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Lindley wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
I used to have about 6 trees. I've scaled back though. A couple of years ago, I actually bought and artificial tree as my "big" one. G was over the moon excited.

Now I only do 2 or 3. I LOVE decorating my big tree though. My ornaments all have meaning to them. I love pulling them out of the box and remembering where I got them or who bought them and sent them to me. I always ask for an ornament from the location of my SS.
I love ornaments that tell a story too. I have ornaments from everywhere I traveled and my dd always sent me a ornament from her travels. I have ornaments from niger,tanzania,dubai , india,singapore, Indonesia, Japan,Scotland ,England and parts of the United States.

That is awesome!

Ohfour · Hooker

If I can't find an ornament of a memory, I create one. G and I went to the Penn State/Bama Game a few years back. Of course they didn't have an ornament, so I bought a keychain and made it into an ornament. Its about the memories...

FNW · Guru

I put the travel/memory ornaments on the large tree we put up in our master bedroom.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lawyerlady wrote:
I'm going to do TWO Christmas trees this year. DH really wants to put the tree down in the family room, but I really want one in the living room next to the fireplace for Santa. So, we are going to do both!

I do two.

A big, traditional, country tree in the den. Classic reds, green, and nature theme.

And a smaller, alternating theme tree in the living room. It's been a white tree for the last 10 years. Themes from candy to nature to blue and ice was last year. Thing is I liked the ice so much, I'm doing it again. Only I got a green tree this year. I got it on sale after Christmas last year.

I use to do one in every room.

Had a small, 2 ft tree in the bathroom, the kids had little trees in their rooms.

I have a huge magnolia tree in our yard I would LOVE to decorate. But the ornaments big enough to see on it are $20-$50 each.

So that won't every happen.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lindley wrote:
Ohfour wrote:
I used to have about 6 trees. I've scaled back though. A couple of years ago, I actually bought and artificial tree as my "big" one. G was over the moon excited.

Now I only do 2 or 3. I LOVE decorating my big tree though. My ornaments all have meaning to them. I love pulling them out of the box and remembering where I got them or who bought them and sent them to me. I always ask for an ornament from the location of my SS.
I love ornaments that tell a story too. I have ornaments from everywhere I traveled and my dd always sent me a ornament from her travels. I have ornaments from niger,tanzania,dubai , india,singapore, Indonesia, Japan,Scotland ,England and parts of the United States.

My big tree use to have those memory ornaments.

We had things from generations on it.

Things hand made. From kids crafts to hand me downs.

But when the tree fell on the house and ripped through the roof, they were all lost.

cry

Lexxy · My dog name is Sasha, too!

Lily your ice tree was absolutely beautiful. I'm not sure it will looks as good with a green tree as it did the white tree. You'll have to post pics again this year.

Nobody Just Nobody · Rib-it! Rrrib-it!

This is kind of off topic kind of not. When I was a daycare teacher in my long ago youth we had to decorate our rooms. The teachers always spent so much time decorating the doors and redecorating. It was exhausting at times. Then I came up with a brilliant idea. I covered my door halfway up with green and then the other half with blue. Then I cut out a brown tree with branches. I put that on it. Each season we would make something and add it to the tree. In the winter the kids made snowflakes and put their names on them and we hung them on the door. In the spring we made flowers and put their names on them and put them on the door. (We took the snowflakes down.) In the summer we took the flowers down and put up green leaves on the tree with their names on them. In the fall we made brown leaves with their names and put them on the "ground". If their was a holiday like Easter or Thanksgiving we'd make eggs or turkeys and add them to the door. Most versatile thing I ever did!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Lexxy wrote:
Lily your ice tree was absolutely beautiful. I'm not sure it will looks as good with a green tree as it did the white tree. You'll have to post pics again this year.

THANKS! You just made my day!

I will post pictures again.

I have a LOT more to put on it this year.

I am hoping the ornaments will show more.

And the white tree was getting dengy. It happens with white trees.

I got a new topper too.

weltschmerz · Guru

I'm not a big fan of fake trees. I always used to put up a real tree, and I loved the piney smell. However, I'd spend most of the season righting it after the cat knocked it down or stripped it of its ornaments, and the rest of the year picking needles out of the carpets. Now I just hang up some bells and bows and call it a day.

Ohfour · Hooker

I didnt have a fake tree until the kids were out of the house. Now its just me and G. Hes gone so much, its not easy for us to find time to get a tree. And i cant do it by myself. Now, i can bring it down in 3 pieces and put it up when hes not even here...

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Had a fake tree a few times. It's just not worth the effort.

It isn't cost effective either.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

And I grew up with wood heat, fireplace and or wood stove.

A real tree was just kindling.

chef · Guru

weltschmerz wrote:
I'm not a big fan of fake trees. I always used to put up a real tree, and I loved the piney smell. However, I'd spend most of the season righting it after the cat knocked it down or stripped it of its ornaments, and the rest of the year picking needles out of the carpets. Now I just hang up some bells and bows and call it a day.

We had real trees when I was a kid. Our cats would climb up into the tree and hang out.

chef · Guru

We have a fiber optic tree that I've had for close to a decade now. It's really showing its age but still works. We didn't put it up last year but we will this year. It's going to be fun keeping DS away from it.

Ohfour · Hooker

lilyofcourse wrote:
Had a fake tree a few times. It's just not worth the effort.

It isn't cost effective either.

The real trees i would buy were about $130 each. I bought a fake one at Hobby Lobby after Christmas for $300. It will last me a while. At least 10 years....

And its much less upkeep than a real tree. No needles all over the floor or having to deal with dragging it out.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

chef wrote:
We have a fiber optic tree that I've had for close to a decade now. It's really showing its age but still works. We didn't put it up last year but we will this year. It's going to be fun keeping DS away from it.

Go to the Dollar Tree or .99 store and get the plastic ornaments for this year.

That way, if he does get a hold of them, he won't get hurt by broken glass.

That's what I did.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Ohfour wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:
Had a fake tree a few times. It's just not worth the effort.

It isn't cost effective either.

The real trees i would buy were about $130 each. I bought a fake one at Hobby Lobby after Christmas for $300. It will last me a while. At least 10 years....
And its much less upkeep than a real tree. No needles all over the floor or having to deal with dragging it out.

I meant real tree. Why did I put fake tree?

I think I'm losing my mind.

Ohfour · Hooker

Lol! I was wondering!!!!!

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I was wondering too when I read your response.

Took me a minute to compute what I was looking at.

It's the HL high wearing off.

chef · Guru

lilyofcourse wrote:
chef wrote:
We have a fiber optic tree that I've had for close to a decade now. It's really showing its age but still works. We didn't put it up last year but we will this year. It's going to be fun keeping DS away from it.
Go to the Dollar Tree or .99 store and get the plastic ornaments for this year.
That way, if he does get a hold of them, he won't get hurt by broken glass.
That's what I did.

All of our ornaments are plastic, cloth, or paper (origami).

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Then you're good.

I used a 4 ft fiber optic tree when the kids were in that handsy stage.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

We are dividing our tree into quadrants this year. Long thick ribbon will be the dividers. Halloween, beach, santa, and candy will be the themes.

-- Edited by Southern_Belle on Thursday 24th of September 2015 08:42:25 PM

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

I've thought about a beach tree.

But mine would be a palm tree with flamingos, flip flops and sea shells.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

We buy some beachy ornaments every year. Flamingo ornaments are easy to find.

lilyofcourse · My spirit animal is a pink flamingo.

Southern_Belle wrote:
We buy some beachy ornaments every year. Flamingo ornaments are easy to find.

Yes.

You do not understand the depth of my flamingo obsession.

I have.done well to control it so far.

But Gus is getting awfully lonely.