O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, you fill my heart with music! 

Seriously, I am not a huge Christmas decor kind of person…BUT I do love a beautiful Christmas tree.  As a child, my mother always made the tree really wonderful..full of ornaments, ribbon, tinsel, old candle clips, and a TON of lights.  I remember she had a huge basket she always sat it in, still love that idea…and I just was totally impressed with it each year.  I wish I had a picture to show you of her current tree, it has a deer head and antlers nestled in the branches…it is both comical and really neat looking too!  She always finds the best woodsy, rustic decorations.

And my tree, well it doesn’t really have a theme.. I read recently on a blog that trees needs theme and maybe that is true but mine is a huge mish mash of ornaments, maybe that is the theme-chaos!  I do have a lot of typography elements, but they are all different fonts and makes, i add more letters each year..i love that look but we also have a huge variety of other items.  This year I have, are you ready??  COTTON IN THE TOP.  Yep, I stuffed some cotton stalks I bought from my floral design friend (yes I bought the cotton, it’s artificial but very cool) in the very top under the star..My husband sarcastically asked if we are now “in high cotton??”  Not sure about that, but I like the look.here is a closeup.

I think I first got turned on to the cotton and Christmas idea from a photo in Southern Living years ago of a huge wreath of cotton..anyone remember that house?? it was gorgeous!  The glitter star is by Wendy Addison. 

All of this to say, we really enjoy our tree.  Our home is small and it simply cant handle a lot of extra decor, what with all of my five year old’s “creations” and you know, necessities.. SO I go all out on the tree and well that is about it..and it goes great with the toile drapes and other patterns in the living room.

And this year I finally toned down the wrap and it is MUCH BETTER.  I am usually of the “more is more” bent but less has truly been more soothing and less hectic feeling on the whole wrap issue.  Just sayin, at my little house this has worked this year.  Of course I didn’t keep it too simple did I? I did use that HUGE red flower on the target box…really easy..the ribbon is adhesive ribbon from Martha’s line at Michael’s.

My favorite things in addition to the kraft wrap is the bakery twine from Garnish AND the little dog, from Martha’s scrap line at Michael’s..so cute for little boy packages! Also love the tent box also from Garnish and the burlap upholstery webbing.   Below is a shot of the burlap ribbon from Michael’s (thanks Lynsey!) It looks great as a garland too.

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Merry Christmas!  More soon from the little man’s room…highly stylish stuff like paper chains–simple and sweet.