Some of my decorations  

I have 3 pictures to share here. One is of the tree my husband and son, (my husband wanted to make sure I mentioned my older son helped too), had made. The other picture is the wreath I made from the remnants of the tree. And then my decorated tree with ornaments that are everything to store bought, gifts and handmade, from paper to glass,wood, felt and ceramic. Nothing special except for the family to remember memories of years past..(I also don't have my candy canes up yet, but I thought since I was going to the library tonight, I should get pictures, it might be my last chance before Christmas)

So let me tell you a little about this tree itself. The branches are from an artificial tree we had, but the pole the branches went into were stripped out and the branches hung weird, so we couldn't use it anymore. The trunk of this tree is actually a trunk of a scrap pine trees that grow a lot around here. This one was starting to go, so my husband cut it down and cut off the branches. Then he and my son drilled holes for the fake branches to go into. So, when we put the branches on the trunk, we don't have to use those circle branches to hide the trunk, because it already looks real. As we look at this tree though, we are considering cutting off a couple inches so it fits into the stand better.

Next picture will be the wreath. I will go into details on making that after I get replies to this discussion..