Romantic Christmas Series - The Tree

In past years I've enjoyed a traditional red and gold themed tree but this year I'm newly engaged and so a romantic tree fits my mood.

I sprayed the tree with a can of white primer that I had on hand. It didn't turn the tree white but created that frosting of snow effect which I'm happy with. 
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These rosettes are made without sewing. A rectangle of fabric, a hairclip and a peice of string work magic. Hot glue sticks the layers of rosettes together and attached the bling in the middle.

The white rosettes are DIY. After watching a YouTube video from Olivia's Romantic Home I made these romantic decorations from old lace and scrim curtains, tulle and blingy bits from my scrap-booking supplies. If you'd like to make them too, here's a link to her YouTube video . 
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This was a trinket box but the outer coating shrank and the sparkles fell off. I removed it and took the pink satin lining out and hot glued it to the outside and re-glued the embellishments adding some tulle and a hanger to make it an ornament

I found this vintage ceramic Santa at a thrift shop many years ago. It was a salt shaker that had lost it's base. There wasn't a pepper shaker to match but I still wanted it. I threaded gold twine through the shaker holes in the top to make him an ornament.

I went through my ornaments collection from years past and selected the pinky reds and every shade of pink I could find.  I cobbled together some ornaments from broken things but I don't think you'd know it I didn't tell you.

I shopped my home for romantic elements to use as tree ornaments. I found stems of pink silk roses that once belonged to my mother, I also found the peony roses from Kmart used in a previous post. From my jewelry box I chose long strands of pearls (which are my go to necklaces) and around the house I selected picture frames with Sam and one of my kids when they were little. In the craft cupboard I found a length of lace which I draped like a streamer down the sides of the tree.  
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Lastly I added an old pink blanket as a tree skirt and put some pink gift boxes on it with a pink Santa and rose gold reindeer. The green box in the middle I painted and decoupaged years ago, to be used as a  Christmas card box.  I love the romantic Victorian feel this tree, created with  timeless elements of roses, lace and pearls. 

I didn't spend any money to get this look. Well not much, beside the candy canes which need to be fresh, I just used what I had. I have to say it makes me happy to have this girly, pink and ruffly tree where I spend so much time. I can see it whether I'm cooking dinner or relaxing later on with a Netflix Christmas movie. 

Next week the Romantic Christmas  series will continue with decorating the kitchen and family room.