Friday, November 30, 2012

Hanging Christmas Tree

It's Friday folks and we're embarking on December 1st. I've been holding off on anything too Christmasy until December actually arrives. Since that happens this weekend, it's a fine time to show you what I've been working on...

A hanging wreath Christmas tree! This is the brilliant idea I had that seemed like an original, but evidently it's not. My friend walked in and immediately said, "Oh, I've wanted to do that for years. It's all over Pinterest." Ummm, I didn't see one when I looked. Oh well!

Here's a close-up of the ribbons. I used a sheer organza ribbon to accentuate the floating effect.

Don't look too close or you'll see the hot mess that's hiding under the big bows. Every ribbon is tied to the chandelier then 2 big bows, one on each side, hide the evidence.

The "trunk" of our floating tree is a vase filled with coffee beans and a candle.

While the ornaments hang, sprigs fill in the remainder of the wreath.

One last shot of the view from our front door.

I was a little concerned about the weight of the wreaths being too heavy, but so far so good. Wouldn't that stink to come home to a damaged ceiling, broken chandelier and crushed table? Yikes!

I hope you have a happy weekend, friends. Bryn and I are hosting our annual Blessings Brunch. I'm off to finish up my cleaning and planning.

23 comments:

  1. What a Beautiful "Tree"! I love the way it looks with the table.

    ReplyDelete
  2. How pretty! I love the effect! I've never seen anything like it!

    ReplyDelete
  3. It is SO cool, and must be huge, what a beautiful statement in your entry. I've NEVER seen one ~ obviously I need to spend more time on Pinterest! :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Fantastic decoration Dana!
    xo Nancy
    Powellbrowerhome.com

    ReplyDelete
  5. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  6. This is such a creative idea, I love it! I haven't seen anything like it on Pinterest, but don't you hate when that happens!? I'll think I came up with something completely original only to find someone else beat me to it. I love your blog!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Helmickmelinda@gmail.comNovember 20, 2013 at 9:55 AM

    Too awesome, never seen it before in my life! You're my original! :-)

    ReplyDelete
  8. I love it and it's my first time seeing it.

    ReplyDelete
  9. I love it and it's my first time seeing it.

    ReplyDelete
  10. I have made several of these, off course not exactly the same. They are fun to make. I really like the idea of the table underneath.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Beautiful!! What size are the wreaths?

    ReplyDelete
  12. I love this! Attempting it right now, and I am having such a hard time getting the spacing right. Any tips would be great! So beautiful.

    ReplyDelete
  13. I started make a floating tree in my foyer about 5 years ago. Like one commenter said... just when you think you have an original idea someone else has done it too! I love your idea with candle underneath. I'm going to borrow your idea for this year. Thanks! Your floating tree looks beautiful. Merry early Christmas!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Everybody does not purchase an expensive DSLR blur camera to capture/snap the auto blur image. But don’t worry we solve this problem freely. Our team makes a Blur Background
    - Blur image app for blurry photo. After using this Blur background Photo Editor app you will make your photos similar to like capture with a DSLR camera.

    ReplyDelete



  15. All latest features like Live Voice Navigation, Street view, Driving Direction, GPS Satellite, GPS Map guide, GPS locator are surprisingly gps navigation
    combined in our App for GPS navigation system or GPS location for users to find real driving directions and additionally, you can save location history in this useful app. You can use voice to search option for many famous places in the world. You just have to Select and start voice navigation via navigation label directly.

    ReplyDelete
  16. We have providing you useful apps for daily life and free Apks and as well as for fun and entertainment like Games .Therefore I suggest you to also visit another website that I have recently checked

    ReplyDelete
  17. I would like to thank you for the efforts you have made in writing this article. I am hoping the same best work from you in the future as well.

    ReplyDelete
  18. Thanks for sharing this information. I really need this interesting information. So online video downloader is the best downloader in the world. If you can use then check this out online free video downloader

    ReplyDelete
  19. thanks for sharing this information. I really need this information. In this way free photo editor app

    ReplyDelete
  20. Auto Blur background Photo Editor & Shape Blur Background Effect on Photo or blurry photo DSLR Effect app to give your photo professional DSLR blurry effect. You can set the DSLR blurry background effect on your photo without a DSLR blur camera or expert photographer. Blurry picture editor best tool to make photos like DSLR camera images. Also, set pip effect on the photo and make a photo collage.

    ReplyDelete