Oh Christmas tree...

I ma so happy with our Christmas tree! I put in a lot of hours making our tree skirt and a lot of the ornaments by hand. First off we were disappointed when we realized the permits to cut down trees in the wild were only for a small area about 3 hours away. It's pretty dumb, but we looked at the usual places for a tree and we actually found a beautiful tree for $30 at Sam's Club. 

It's actually really full and lush. It wasn't brown and dead like the ones at all of the other stores we went to!

Making this Christmas tree skirt was one of the most rewarding things ever. I definitely burned my fingers a lot and used about 50 glue sticks but it was so worth it. The end product is so beautiful and it look so much better than a store bought one. All in all it cost about $12 for fabric and about 8 hours in labor. I found the tutorial on pinterest (link here), it was really easy to execute it just took a lot of time.  I used 3 different fabrics, burlap with gold threads, a white and gold cotton thingy, and some off white fleece. The one on the tutorial looks so much better but I like that mine has character and was the fruit of my own labor. It is worth it to do a lot of your own projects in my mind. I love having that sense of accomplishment. I hope you love it as much as I do!

It really just does look so good under the tree, but I am bias :)