Do you see our Christmas tree from last year in the picture above?  We got a brand new tree and I never decorated it.  You’d think I would have been excited to make it pretty.  Well, I procrastinate on our tree like you might when packing your house for a move.  I LOVE decorating for Christmas with my family but the tree is another story.   Below is a picture of our tree from the year before (2010).  I’m a perfectionist about it, it takes me hours, I make sure it’s all balanced and coordinated.  YUCK!  The worst part is my daughter barely gets to participate because I’m busy balancing it.  ICKY!  I do not want to be that person.  I remember what is was like to be that daughter.  It’s time for a CHRISTMAS TREE INTERVENTION, tell it to your neighbor!!!

Please don’t get me wrong, I think a coordinated tree is beautiful, but it takes me too long and I am done.  Here’s the new plan:  I saw this amazing tree (see below) at Kuhl-Linscomb with jumbo poinsettias bursting through the limbs.  It was so simple.  Their tree looked so easy with such big style.   I loved it!

The idea is for the giant poinsettias to balance the tree with high style and my family (not just me) can add our special/collected/home made ornaments all around them.  Sounds like fun and I won’t procrastinate!  K-L’s poinsettias were more than I could afford (I think around $70 each).  So I went to google after I didn’t make it to the store for a possible post-holiday clearance.  Only one website had what I was looking for and I’d never heard of them, Great Rooms Decor.  Her Large Faux Poinsettias were $22 each with a quantity discount of 10% when you buy six or more.  So I took a chance on the unfamiliar and ordered.

The chance payed off and I was so impressed when I opened this box!  Top quality!

The flowers are 22″ in diameter and they are amazing!

At the Nutcracker Market my sister and I picked up this mercury glass owl tree topper from a new booth, The Antique Cottage.  I think it’s going to be so cute!

And for the base of the tree I just found these basket tree skirts from Terrain.

I might try to find a basket and cut out the bottom.  Such a good looking update to the tree skirt.

I’m looking forward to relaxing about our tree and saying good-bye to my crazy ways.  If you like this idea, the poinsettias will ship in 1-2 days and you can get them in time to decorate!  I’ll post my finished tree here but in the meantime visualize from the ground up: basket skirt, bursting jumbo poinsettias throughout surrounded by our ornaments full of memories topped with a cute sparkling owl.

I can’t wait to tell my daughter she can put the ornaments where ever she wants!!!