It’s so much fun to make the home cozy and decorate it for the winter time, but when I go shopping and see all these masses of (plastic) decoration, knowing that most of it is destined to be trashed again, I don’t feel very comfortable spending my money on it. So this year I decided to look for a more natural alternative. And the best decoration came from nature itself! I took a walk in the forest and picked up some fallen sticks and branches. You can see on the pictures what I made with it.
Instead of having a real tree for christmas, my boyfriend and I decided to save a tree and looked for other alternatives. Pinterest is a great place to get inspired. Check out my “Alternative Christmas Tree” board if you like! We now have a chalk christmas tree, for which I bought chalkboard paint and painted a wood board (that I found in the used/reuse section of IKEA). This idea is great also if you have kids – I’m sure they would have a good time painting and “decorating” the tree!
Branches in a maison jar
Fallen branches with cardboard ornaments
For the ornaments I used cookie cutters and used cardboards
I also love filling maison glasses with nuts
Our chalk christmas tree ; )
1 Comment
Zoe
December 22, 2012 at 7:12 pmI live your chalkboard christmas tree! We don\’t have a real tree this year as well but we don\’t have a good substitute… Next year it will definitely be the chalkboard tree! 🙂
xo Zoe