little decorated Christmas tree

We have not yet purchased our Christmas tree,

but I have already decorated the little tree

that sits on the side board behind the dining room table,

our mantel of sorts.

I made all the trimmings, except for the star at the top. 

I was inspired by this advent calendar tutorial from the Graphics Fairy-DIY.

I used the images to make simple rosette ornaments,

decorated with some glitter.

I also sewed a few years ago a sweet ruffle tree skirt,

inspired by this tutorial from Miss Mustard Seed,

I made it out of osnaburg, it is much lighter than canvas,

so it does ravel a lot but it still looks nice.

Miss C. and I strung cranberries on dental floss
to add more red to the tree, I had never done it,
it was something we both enjoyed!

With a die cut machine, we made some silver words (Noel, Joy)
that we placed throughout the tree,
and we called it good.

Now we need to get a big tree to decorate with ornaments
we collected over the years,
no theme or fanciness,
we are an everything-goes-Christmas-tree family!

Happy day!