Details of Our Christmas Tree

Decorating our Christmas tree is one of my very favorite things to do, and it is one that I look forward to with so much excitement and anticipation! 

I absolutely adore flocked trees, and when I got mine 3 years ago, I was in heaven! 

I wanted it to have a very vintage feel, so I decorated it with mercury glass, vintage pictures, ribbons, frosted berries and pinecones, german glass glitter snowflakes and more. 

I added this black and cream striped ribbon this year, and I loved the way it looked with the rest of the ornaments. It is not something I would normally think would match, but I felt the tree definitely needed some black so I tried it out. I really liked the way it looked. 

As I mentioned in my Christmas Home Tour post, I use a few of these jars in my tree holding timer battery operated candles. They give a fun extra glow to the tree~ especially at night. The nice part is that they have timers built in so I never have to worry about turning them on and off. 

This year I added these branches and big faux frosted berries. I think it adds some fun texture to the tree. I had to go to a couple of different Michaels stores just to find enough; They sold out fast!

All throughout the tree, there are various vintage pictures/ postcard images as well as these German glass covered giant skeleton keys. 

Also, there are some of these giant pomegranates. I love the way they look next to the mercury glass. You can see a little bit in this picture {below} these giant snowflakes. I got these at the dollar store. They are huge! I covered them in German glass glitter and Epsom salt inspired by Kristin's beautiful ornaments {here}. 

I also used them at the top of the tree with other berries and branches

I kept my old door here behind the tree to add texture. I love that it adds just a bit of a darker tone behind the white of the tree. 

I also showed in my home tour post that I used a vintage tablecloth as the tree skirt. I don't remember where I got this one... just one in my stash :)

I love, love, love vintage linens! 

The music and script thick paper ribbon you see in the tree below is actually one I made a couple years ago. I used long, wide strips of a wrapping paper that I loved. I folded the top and bottom edges over long pieces of floral wire to give it shape-ability and then I backed it with a fabric to give it the fluidity of ribbon. I just used a glue gun to glue the whole thing together.  Then I mod-podged the paper side to give it a little added strength. It just looks like big, long pieces of sheet music and script paper ribbon. 

Well, there you go... a few more pictures and details of my tree... probably a couple hundred more than you ever wanted to see :) 

Makes me smile just to look at it. 

Ahhhh... I just love Christmas.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

P.S. If you have a minute, and a pinterest account, would you vote for my tree!? It is in the Country Living contest... all you have to do is "like" it {click HERE} Thank you!!

P.S.S. Do you notice a sweet little someone in this picture? She likes to climb into her toy cupboard :)