The Christmas Tree Hoarder

I have a confession to make. 

I was a Christmas tree hoarder.

I have purged the attic of five trees this year.

All the old, broken, mangled ones have been given away. 

The lights were broken so they were all de-strung and re-strung. 

Have you ever cut lights out of a tree?

 There are only so many times that I want to reshape pine branches.

Our trees were usually hand me downs. 

Some came from the thrift store. 

Some had been spray painted to look flocked.

Most were past their prime. 

Last Saturday Bill and I pulled our newish flocked tree down from the attic. 

It was yellow. 

I knew that the older flocked trees turned yellow but ours was only two years old. 

 Bill loaded it up in the truck and took it to the thrift store. Maybe someone can fix it. 

You've seen a sneak peek of our living room tree.

You'll see our two new ones soon.

 

 I have exciting news. 

I've been invited to be a part of a Texas Blogger Christmas blog hop. 

I cannot wait.

It will be five days of Christmas decor from the homes of 25 Texas bloggers. 

I am thrilled to be invited by Stacey of Poofing the Pillows.

Join us December 7 - 11, 2015. 

 Have a wonderful evening my friends. 

Katie 

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"Flocked" Christmas Tree

I've been wanting a flocked tree.

We have never had one and I was in the mood for something different.

We shopped for one for the living room but I wasn't impressed. It didn't look like flocking technology has changed much since the genesis of the artificial tree.

I have seen many, many flocked artificial trees at junk shops that have yellowed. 
Not pretty. We didn't get one.

I saw something on Pinterest that made me want to give painting the tree a try.
She painted her tree and then sprinkled it with glitter.

Dealing with the aftermath of glitter is one of the hazards of my job so I didn't think I needed to add glitter into the equation.

But I was willing to give painting the tree a try, so I pulled out the white primer.

This job is messy! 

Dabbing seemed to work best.

Brushing the paint on the branches caused splatter.

I got it all over my shirt before I realized what was happening.

I wanted it lightly flocked so I didn't go nuts.

I did hit it with spray snow after it was dry.

 I wish I hadn't  because all it did was shed.

Spray snow hasn't changed much, either, since I was a kid.
Where is the commercial flocking that is sprayed on picks and garlands?
I notice more of the flocking during the day.

At night you can't really get the effect as much. But It seems like the lights are brighter and I like it with the Urban Putty  (by Sherwin Williams) walls in the sunroom. 

It looks cute with the candy and sweets and frosted gingerbread cookies.

You can see what else I have done in the sunroom. 
Sprinkled with artificial snow,

Katie

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