I am back! Clearly. I decided to take a bit of a break to focus on revision and hand-ins, because I get distracted enough as it is. I've not finished exams yet though, my last one is this coming Thursday which I cannot wait to get out of the way - mainly cause then it is Christmaaaas! Can you tell I'm excited? Excited may even be an understatement.
Traditionally, my family decide to put the Christmas tree up at the very last minute which has annoyed me for years. I like to start getting into the Christmas spirit as early as acceptably possible (Michael Bublé's Feliz Navidad made an appearance in the middle of November and I am not ashamed). So this year I took matters into my own hands and purchased a mini tree to decorate myself, in my own style, and when I wanted. I actually had so much fun doing this as it has been a while since I let my creative side loose.
Okay so here is the wee tree - bare and sad and lonely. I got him from Homebase for a tenner (I think) which is pretty reasonable. Time to get decorating!
Oh wait no, sorry. I forgot Santa's Little Helper. Internet, meet Pepsi. I mean Pepsi's idea of helping is getting caught up in the fairy lights and trampling on the baubles, but she is cute so we can forgive her.
I really underestimated how frustrating fairy lights are. I bought an LED set from Paperchase which seemed great at the time, until I got them out of the packet and discovered they covered approximately a quarter of the tree which was not a good look. I had to go in search of different fairy lights in the attic, found some, then discovered I needed more batteries (I seriously wanted to give up at this point). BUT, I stayed strong, overcame that little hiccup and the tree was finally lit up like the Fourth of July.
Lights done, time to hang the baubles. I also got my baubles and decorations from Paperchase - their Christmas section is on point every year. Also, by this point Pepsi got bored (or tired - she sleeps 90% of the time) and left.
So the colour scheme I went for was gold, silver, white, black, grey and rose gold (my current favourite colour for decorating). I also found some bloody adorable laser-cut polar bears in black, white and wood. It is probably quite lame how much I enjoy design-related stuff like this but I don't care!
I am so h!p$t3r.
You can't forget the star on top of the tree!
This wasn't staged at all.
The finished product! I'm actually really happy with the way it turned out. I hate to ring my own bell but I think it looks great.
The star is actually silver, not sure why it looks gold here but it's not the end of the world. It is also from Paperchase, but to be honest I wouldn't recommend it. The hole is far too small, and considering this is a small tree it would be useless on a normal sized one! Please ignore the innuendo there was no way around it haha.
Getting up close and personal with one of the polar bears here. Look how cute it is!
So, I hope you enjoyed this post about me decorating a Christmas tree as much as I did doing it! It has made me feel even more Christmassy and was actually a good break from revision. Since my exams finish next week, I'll be posting weekly blogs again for the foreseeable future - I know, I am too kind. See ya next week x
