Americana Christmas Tree

Dotter was close to victory in the contest of 2007, she decided to go for the gold again in 2008 with her Americana Christmas Tree. We decided since it was an election year, she had to choose the theme of Americana.

We mixed up the pip berries on this tree with reds, whites, and blues with an old-fashioned, darker tone to them.

Her tree topper was the star of the show (pun intended). Make of styrofoam and decorate with rustic red & blue scrapbook papers as well as old hymnal book pages for the white stripes. Add pretty white tacks for the little stars. Tint the whole thing with brown ink for an older look.

The little stars at the bottom of this picture were painted wooden stars and in the middle of the picture. See the ones we decoupaged more strips of hymnal pages onto.

We used some fourth of July decorations for the bottom of the Americana Christmas Tree.

The mini wreaths? They are napkin rings with a ribbon tied to them for hanging on the branches.

Mini flags brushed with the brown ink, metal stars and photos of presidents past simply printed out from the internet and placed in classic frames all made this presidential theme the one to vote for.

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits that favor that theory. – Thomas Jefferson

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me. – Abraham Lincoln

She couldn’t be any more beautiful! The tree is neat too. Dotter took home a grand prize.