When the month of December came rolling down the hill
outside our little white cottage this year it took me by surprise… where has
the year gone? Where did the time go? It’s
almost hard to believe that this is going to be our second Christmas in the
South. Our first one in our little white
cottage! I’m excited. Days are not long enough for me to savor them
all; savoir all its moments, its blue skies and sunny days. I drink all my days with an enormous thirst; always
wanting to stretch them; stretch each hour and make them eternal if only I
could.
This year I wanted a new all clear lights Christmas
tree. A less dark green Christmas tree
if you know what I mean. I’d never really
liked our pre-lit multi light Christmas tree, but it was a gift from my hubby
several years ago and I couldn’t do much about it. I was planning on giving it away this year
though, because I knew I didn’t want it in our little white cottage; which calls
for a more romantic, hazy and serene look.
I didn’t want to buy a new Christmas tree either as I’m
learning to keep my life affordable, and we don’t have the extra space for a
much larger tree anyway. So this year I
was planning on a ‘no Christmas tree’ Christmas. Until I thought about some possibilities…
Oh yes… I could paint my old Christmas tree! ;)
I was going to get rid of it anyways, so I didn't mind if it didn't turn right.
I spray painted my tree in white… lights and all. I didn’t want to use the colored lights anyway
so that really helped. I can’t imagine
spending hours covering each light with masking tape or removing them. I wouldn’t have painted the tree if that was
the case.
Since I wasn’t going to use the cable that came with the
tree, I cut it and throw it away.
I didn’t want to paint my tree super white in case it turned
out too fake. So I just toned it down with
one can of paint and left some green in it to just give it the feel of a light snow on branches. If you want to change the color of your tree
entirely you will need a larger amount of spray paint to cover it.
After the paint dried up I took the tree inside and adorned it
with all clear lights. I never thought I
could do something like painting a Christmas tree and still come up with a
product that I would love displaying in my home ;)
No more colored lights...
Love how the white paint toned down the dark green
Love the amount of ruffles on the pink Christmas tree
skirt!
Can I share a secret? Yes, it’s an old window curtain!
I like simple Christmas trees and try to avoid cluttering
things with excessive accents. I prefer lights to ornaments. So I didn’t use any Christmas ornaments... only a few lace trims for garlands and some snowflakes spray painted in pink.
Frugal yet creative
Every day that passes I’m more and more in love with our
little white cottage… it is a humble home indeed, with a humble kitchen that
doesn’t even have a garbage disposal or a pantry… yet, I’d never felt more in
love with any of our homes than with this one. I can honestly look back and realize that everything
happened for a reason. Everything that fell apart has fallen back into place
beautifully and magically.
Thank you for being here my friend!
SHABBILICIOUS FRIDAY
