By Danielle Blasko
One of my favorite holiday rituals has always been dressing the Christmas tree. The ritual has never been a matter of just pulling the same old decorations out, but always a bigger production complete with a shopping trip in order to purchase the perfect tree skirt with accessories to match.
As a child, I also loved to make ornaments for our family tree and to give away as Christmas presents. Whether I was pouring plaster molds to be baked and painted or just stringing some construction paper into a fabulous tree boa, it was a guarantee that every Winter I would be custom designing some object to accessorize our model-esqe faux Fir.
Although crafting decorations is something I gave up years ago (unless you count the throw blanket I used as a makeshift tree skirt this year as crafting, bonus points for creativity?), I still feel the need to make that special shopping trip to pick out a fashionable outfit for my own faux Fir every year. However, if one does not get out within the week following Christmas to buy decorations for the following year then one must pay an arm and a leg just to modestly drape a small tree.
One of my favorite holiday rituals has always been dressing the Christmas tree. The ritual has never been a matter of just pulling the same old decorations out, but always a bigger production complete with a shopping trip in order to purchase the perfect tree skirt with accessories to match.
As a child, I also loved to make ornaments for our family tree and to give away as Christmas presents. Whether I was pouring plaster molds to be baked and painted or just stringing some construction paper into a fabulous tree boa, it was a guarantee that every Winter I would be custom designing some object to accessorize our model-esqe faux Fir.
Although crafting decorations is something I gave up years ago (unless you count the throw blanket I used as a makeshift tree skirt this year as crafting, bonus points for creativity?), I still feel the need to make that special shopping trip to pick out a fashionable outfit for my own faux Fir every year. However, if one does not get out within the week following Christmas to buy decorations for the following year then one must pay an arm and a leg just to modestly drape a small tree.
This holiday season, I saw the most creatively fashion-savvy and wallet friendly Christmas tree I have ever had the privilege of seeing: its adornment consisted purely of shimmering blue and silver ladies pumps with the heels serving as hooks to the shoe ornaments. What a spectacular sight it was!