We decided not to buy a Christmas tree this year but to come up with an alternative.
And this is what our alternative tree looks like: white semi-sparkly (semi because about 50% of the sparkles rubbed off already, but wiping down sparkles is nothing compared to cleaning up pine needles...) branches picture (store bought, which is silly, I know, but we have no garden and I can't myself running through Paris with pruning shears without getting myself into trouble).
We decorated our branches with homemade salt dough ornaments. The idea for the salt dough ornaments I got here. They were fun to make and cost next to nothing. A fun detail: we only had organic flour, which makes these ornaments totally ORGANIC! How about that?!
We used cookie cutters, red inked stamps and lace for the decoration of the ornaments and my favorite divine baker's twine for hanging them.
The pictures are of poor quality because they were shot at night and I still hate using a flash. They're not crisp and sharp as usual but a little blur suits the subject, I thought...
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8 comments:
origineel, en is het niet de gedachte die telt?
Daarbij is het nog mooi ook, en werd er plezier aan beleefd bij het maken!
I'll be using branches too, but I hope to find them in the local woods... Your ornaments are really pretty. They look a lot like Laura Walker's amazing buttons - have you seen them? http://www.etsy.com/shop/LauraJaineWalker
J'adore ces déco en pate à sel ! C'est une super bonne idée !!!
I think it looks beautiful and its a great DIY idea
looking good i also use branches with crocheted leaves on them for my deco
fun! :):):)
we are using branches too the last years! and we decorate them just with lights! it's very beautiful!
i also liked your ornaments a lot!!!! simple & pretty!
Yum! A cookie tree, cookies don't grow on trees! Visiting from Google images. : )
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