The presents are wrapped and finally under the tree.
This year the Christmas tree is very different from years past! I left all the family ornaments packed away... all the colorful balls and happy garland too.
I have always been captivated by flocked trees, and I wanted to create a snowy tree this year...
This tree was very hard to photograph for some reason... the images don't do it justice.
Lots of snowy picks and white painted branches and snow crusted balls and snowflakes.... and powdered covered nests filled with pinecones and lots of white lights.
The small icy balls were made with inexpensive clear balls that I painted with tacky glue and rolled in Epson salts.
From the bottom of the tree...
To the tippy top... It is decked out in wintery white!
I wrapped the presents under the tree in brown or white paper this year... I used one of the tin snowflakes from the tree to make the snowflake patterns on some of the brown paper.
Brown twine and black and white plaid ribbon were used to tie up each gift. For a splash of Christmas fun a red bow was added here and there...
Greens were tucked into some of the bows... they are not real... that will be our little secret!
I used baskets to corral all the gifts... we are having a big crowd so there are gifts under the tree for everyone...
Even gifts for Scamp... he loves Christmas too!!!
Doesn't he look dapper in his sweater... It has a moose on the back of it!
ALL IS SNOWY AND BRIGHT!
Your tree is so beautiful and your presents are wrapped so nicely. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas, Yvonne.
ReplyDeleteLovely! Sometimes a complete change is just the right thing!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and your loved ones.
Best,
Bonnie
Love how you used baskets to corral the presents! Simply lovely Yvonne. I especially like how the neutral colors make everything so peaceful. Blessings for a wonderful holiday season. Merry Christmas!! Gloria
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful tree. Oh goodness, Yvonne. Scamp is a precious little thing. Great idea to use baskets under the tree! Wishing you and your family the most blessed Christmas celebration!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous tree! I did a lot of snowflakes this season as well. Merry Christmas Yvonne to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteThose gifts are too beautiful to unwrap!
ReplyDeleteHi lovely lady.
ReplyDeleteYour Christmas tree is Gorgeous!! I also love the idea to use baskets under the tree,hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!!
XXOO Diane
Yvonne, your tree is gorgeous! Everything looks so wintry and sparkly; and your gifts are all so pretty! I wish you and your family a Very Merry and Blessed Christmas!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful tree Yvonne. Love the idea of baskets to corral the gifts.Hope you have a very Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteYour tree is pure perfection! i love the baskets with the wrapped present, very clever idea.Merry Christmas, Francine
ReplyDeleteYvonne I adore your Snowy creation for Christmas!!
ReplyDeleteScamp is all set for the holidays as well.
The very best to you and yours!
Love and Hugs,
Karena
Art by Karena
Yvonne, this is hands down the prettiest tree I have ever seen. It is perfect in every way. Did you make the snowflakes? I just loved your snow-covered balls. I love the packages and snowflakes on the brown paper. Just simply LOVE it all. Merry Christmas, my friend! xxoo Barb
ReplyDeleteit's just beautiful yvonne...i didn't even put up a tree this year and very little decorations as we're heading to the beach on christmas day...i usually take everything down on the 26th but it will have to stay up a little longer until we get back.
ReplyDeletei love that black & white plaid ribbon but i'm having a hard time finding any around here...did you order it or find it locally?
i hope you and your family have a wonderfully blessed christmas and happy new year!
Your tree is just beautiful, Yvonne! Love the "snowball" ornaments. Your packages look great, too. I'm going the kraft and white paper route next year. Used up just about all of the paper I would get on clearance after Christmas this year. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI love it Yvonne,it's just stunning in it's holiday coat of snow white. Thanks for sharing your holiday home.
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking!!!! LUV it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful tree! I love all of the snowy touches... Absolutely gorgeous! Your presents remind me of Kelly's from The Lilypad Cottage. So, so pretty! Every detail is stunning.
ReplyDeleteYour tree is stunning, Yvonne! The doggie is pretty adorable too!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas.
Teresa
xoxo
Such a pretty tree, I love all the white and snowflakes. I'll have to try the snow ornaments you did just love them!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you!
Just how whismy this that? All you need is a bluejay near the top. Darling Scamp looks very dapper indeed. Merry Christmasd!
ReplyDeletewarm hugs,
Cotton Peony
Yvonne: The tree is so beautiful. It certainly projects the feeling that you were after. Everything from the gifts to little Scamp are absolutely wonderful and just scream Christmas in a very perfect way..Have a Happy One..Judy
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays to you and yours..
ReplyDeleteEverything is perfection:) My gifts? Not so much..6 got wrapped absolutely cutely..and all the rest.. mass production..it's the kidlets..w/ their stockings plus the adult stockings..Mme Claus..tires of wrapping:) etc..Oyoyoy..
And Santa brings them Christmas eve..so no one sees them:)Yay!
The cute ones went under the tree..Must admit your pooch is very festive too.
All the best..
Looks lovely Yvonne!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
Your tree looks sooo beautiful! The photographs are great too - so it really must be amazing in person. The frosty ornaments are especially fun - very winter wonderland :)
ReplyDeleteYour tree is beautiful Yvonne and Scamp is such a cutie! Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas-enjoy:@)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful! Have a Merry Christmas!!!
ReplyDeleteIt is just stunning, Yvonne. I don't know how your tree could look better in person! I really like your painted snowflakes on the wrapping paper and your icy ornaments with Epsom salt. (I decided to put real ribbon on packages this year and it took about one spool per gift!)
ReplyDeleteI love Scamp. What an adorable guy. And the tree, well it's simply You. So lovely.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas Yvonne, thanks for all the beauty you share.
Leslie (aka Gwen Moss)
Yvonne, your tree is absolutely gorgeous! And the snowflake theme blends in with the natural and rustic look. Merry Christmas to you and your family! Have a wonderful time together!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous
ReplyDeleteOh, Yvonne, it is over the top gorgeous. Seriously it is so snowy wonderland beautiful. Love the plaid bows on the packages, too.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!!
:)Kim
GORGEOUS tree Yvonne!! Your presents look to pretty to open:)
ReplyDeleteScamp is such a cutie, he looks just like our Toby! I didn't know you had a pomeranian too.
Merry Christmas friend!
I love your tree! It's looks like it's part of a winter wonderland. Sometimes, it's nice to have a change!
ReplyDeleteU r so talented and so generous to share all ur inspirations. I love the whole theme! I love how U made the brown paper wrap by painting the snowflakes. Peaceful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful Christmas tree! And beautifully wrapped gifts... I hope you have a very Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI think it looks great and the photographs turned out very nicely.
ReplyDeleteYou have a Merry Christmas.
Your tree is stunning! It could easily be in a magazine, right from the tippy top to the beautifully wrapped presents at the bottom. Cute pup too.
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful!!!! Love everything about it. You will have to do a tutorial on the snowflake gift wrap. Hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful tree. I have been wanting to do a flocked tree as well. You have inspired me and I think I will go for it next Christmas.... a year to prepare so no excuses. Thanks for the visual push I needed.
ReplyDeleteTrying to take a few moments and catch up with everyone. Yvonne, you tree and gifts are beautiful. The snowy ornaments you made are so frosty and cute!
ReplyDeleteWishing you a Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!
You put an end to my sugared fruits on my pencil tree near our piano. Next year my pencil tree will be a somewhat copy of this gorgeous tree. (I know, almost all the above comments use this same adjective, but that's the word that came out of my mouth as I read your blog.) I'm hoping to pin your tree to keep as my visual. Charting snowflakes and white sprigs and twigs on my after Christmas sale list.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas and thank you for a fabulous year, especially "On the Menu Monday."
Love the tree! The wrapping paper is neat-o. So glad you have shared.
ReplyDeleteMay you have a wonderful Christmas. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas.
God richly bless you,
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Lovely Decorations! Just found your fantastic sight! Looking forward to a new vision! Have a lovely holiday! Sweetly, Susan, Chocolatier with Sias For Sweets!
ReplyDeleteGorjimus and beautimus, Yvonne. That is one incredible sight.
ReplyDeleteLOVE love love it.
Yvonne,
ReplyDeleteI love, LOVE, L O V E your SNOWflake Christmas Tree!!!
How creative to make your own ornaments by embellishing with glue and epsomslats!
I, also, adore the white twigs inserted to bring more brightness to the tree!
Your gifts are so elegantly wrapped...nice natural touches with the greenery and I LOVE the homemade gift wrap!
Merry, Merry Christmas, dear friend!!!
Yvonne~ What a beautiful winter wonderful of a tree down to the snowflake covered packages! Sweet little Scamp looks downright dapper in his sweater! Doggy kisses from Chloe & Gracie and Merry Christmas wishes to you & yours!
ReplyDeleteYour tree is BEAUTIFUL!!! I SOOOOOOOOOO ENJOY your Blog and all the lovely changes you have made to your home!
ReplyDeleteHope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!!
Your tree is gorgeous Yvonne and so are all of the pretty packages. Perfect - just like you. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteSam
oh it looks beautiful! I think I would love to have it in the window of my Boston shop~I am loving the black plaid ribbon on the brown paper packages! So so pretty~Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous tree, Yvonne. So beautiful! Merry, Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteHoly toledo that tree is amazingly beautiful!!! It was worth the wait for sure!!! You REALLY outdid yourself! The snowy theme is gorgeous and HOW did you have time to even make the wrapping paper!!!!??? You are amazing, now I feel like a real slug!!!!!!!!!!!! Wishing you and the whole family a MOST blessed Christmas and much Christmas love to you all. XOXO
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful tree - I simply love it! And your little puppy is precious. what is its breed - looks just like Boo.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Christmas.
He is a Boo~ he's a Pom. We keep him cut short because he rolls in the farm fields. He has the sweetest personality. Can you tell I am a proud mama!
DeleteBeautiful. Why with a whole woods full of twigs have I never thought of spraying them white and enhancing our tree? Well maybe next year because I love that.
ReplyDeleteBliss
Hi, Yvonne
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful tree and your sweet dog is too cute! Merry Christmas!
Hugs,
Vanessa
Stunning and a reminder of peace - quiet and beautiful. Happy Holidays to you and your family. pwiggs
ReplyDeleteYvonne this is just incredible. I don't know how you find the time. Your attention to detail is astounding...so, so pretty. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteYour tree is so pretty, just like everything in your lovely home. I loved seeing your photo of Scamp. I always wondered what your dog looked like. I would like to ask where did you get all those great tin snowflake ornaments? You have some on your mantel too? Where did you find them? Merry Christmas to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteYou say the photos don't do it justice?!?!?! Wow, that's scary! It can look even MORE beautiful?!?!??!! Gorgeous tree, Yvonne! Have a Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful photos Yvonne...a pinning festival!!! I love your doggie photo, how adorable. I hope you enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and wishing you a perfect start to the new year!
ReplyDeleteXO Barbara
Your tree is gorgeous and I love the way you decorated the packages with the snowflake pattern.....All of the packages are just amazingly beautiful!!...the kind of gifts you hate to unwrap...!!!
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