Tabletop Trees~Christmas in My Living Room

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I shared my <span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/11/christmas-decoratinglets-start-with.html" target="_blank">Living Room Christmas Mantel </a></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">with you recently.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because the Mantel makes such a statement </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to keep the rest of the room soft </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and kind of uncluttered.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Also, to be perfectly honest </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have done a "designer" tree in this room </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">for a lot of years and I am just tired of doing it!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I would rather spend time doing other things...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like baking, or making gifts, or wrapping them...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It takes a lot of time and I seem to be the only one </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">who appreciates it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So no more about that (my bitter party of one is exiting).  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let me show you my Tabletop Tree!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgJ08aG-OiAatq6t0hq5nfTzV8CdCbBbvLfNb6RlvVgjU-oZsTtHafI4nLPU5f8kIKrN01Gi9A95_f9MvYPWv5BioetX_uC7sOAHtu25j8e24jv75E-oeJdGOiuZ3eqcgDX299tHnOFE/s1600/IMG_6418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgJ08aG-OiAatq6t0hq5nfTzV8CdCbBbvLfNb6RlvVgjU-oZsTtHafI4nLPU5f8kIKrN01Gi9A95_f9MvYPWv5BioetX_uC7sOAHtu25j8e24jv75E-oeJdGOiuZ3eqcgDX299tHnOFE/s640/IMG_6418.jpg" width="616" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The beauty of a Tabletop Tree </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">is that it can be placed just about anywhere.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It doesn't take up much space </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and because I placed it in the urn it looks much taller. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I filled the urn with sand and stuck the tree inside.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The sand really keeps it stable and it doesn't topple over.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's also easy to adjust the tree so it isn't lopsided.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used a round table from my guest room with a gold table skirt and a white topper. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmlSIC81XbtAeMnHsyPrLjX-cYmtw6deVvC2cR9bXbvO_HGvayPdkSaZLP2YrTJab_OTvkJY9BhkA2DQVMJoiitBamzFKPbRNuVxAEe490JKx_dwQWIdqzwGn_OF0UoLizjSTCIX3JvM/s1600/IMG_6570-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmlSIC81XbtAeMnHsyPrLjX-cYmtw6deVvC2cR9bXbvO_HGvayPdkSaZLP2YrTJab_OTvkJY9BhkA2DQVMJoiitBamzFKPbRNuVxAEe490JKx_dwQWIdqzwGn_OF0UoLizjSTCIX3JvM/s640/IMG_6570-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I placed some keepsakes around the base of the urn.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My favorite picture of my grandparents </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and my kiddos when they were teeny tiny.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love this little hand blown glass present.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The cloche in the background is filled with ornaments and the cute heart pillow I won on Debra's blog, Common Ground. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5C6OV_KVQsYAHjFJfBolfZLsp7ImDfYlCJZCPaXvpw7c1i5QpAeeDvwSTyCEStg4-aH9G-6uk3qiv8m1AKGZB6P0vfrGb1tQiByWmvVVzlTupdhOVXcpD4VcaL5RC3gok8b-ODKa5Jo/s1600/IMG_6422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5C6OV_KVQsYAHjFJfBolfZLsp7ImDfYlCJZCPaXvpw7c1i5QpAeeDvwSTyCEStg4-aH9G-6uk3qiv8m1AKGZB6P0vfrGb1tQiByWmvVVzlTupdhOVXcpD4VcaL5RC3gok8b-ODKa5Jo/s640/IMG_6422.jpg" width="380" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used soft golds, blues and silver in the tree this year.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted a kind of snowy Swedish look.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I started with lots of lights </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and wove the white and silver ribbon through the tree.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I finished placing the ornaments </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I placed little tufts of snow inside of the tree </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">with <span style="font-size: large;">pine cones</span> resting on top.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoBPeDNeGguMCg1_Cu7kr6RQ-RCslgIqMnFWx7YjTPPAG2zxbgrsFt3DiH9aeeOYqAkx9470TIveHzIQ-vGNA142Ka-U018p3DWC3YSPEceQnZDuMSd-PLnxw1WWjj9xJwL2epzDC0oU/s1600/IMG_6426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoBPeDNeGguMCg1_Cu7kr6RQ-RCslgIqMnFWx7YjTPPAG2zxbgrsFt3DiH9aeeOYqAkx9470TIveHzIQ-vGNA142Ka-U018p3DWC3YSPEceQnZDuMSd-PLnxw1WWjj9xJwL2epzDC0oU/s640/IMG_6426.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love the effect that this gives the tree.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I also placed some of the fluffy snow </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">in the bottom of the tree inside of the urn.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtgA7V3GOYfZPu9ChBUn0oeP-rYOw3xrI2_zxr-p2GnM4lCffPNOrYMVWXIYU0LBv4oaGN36_Ahes6leL3TWZw7uz6OjZv8WFZfiSee6GZcB67stBXcFBNJrhuy8qyTqnzTtGfVUatxM/s1600/IMG_6429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtgA7V3GOYfZPu9ChBUn0oeP-rYOw3xrI2_zxr-p2GnM4lCffPNOrYMVWXIYU0LBv4oaGN36_Ahes6leL3TWZw7uz6OjZv8WFZfiSee6GZcB67stBXcFBNJrhuy8qyTqnzTtGfVUatxM/s640/IMG_6429.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used picks that I had with clear sparkly ends on them.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQu0KYIgz3K-h78FVAI8QU6eVandID7ph9Dal3prkjGU7N5e4FrNENZcZhRjIO2r4JEMKx_-3XTq_DpNypDIQ0PqpEOTljpidNU-Pj9JNstqL2NGtutK6wm8H6jDoqYzP7TtjgNqXw7E/s1600/IMG_6427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQu0KYIgz3K-h78FVAI8QU6eVandID7ph9Dal3prkjGU7N5e4FrNENZcZhRjIO2r4JEMKx_-3XTq_DpNypDIQ0PqpEOTljpidNU-Pj9JNstqL2NGtutK6wm8H6jDoqYzP7TtjgNqXw7E/s640/IMG_6427.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I ended up only buying a few ornaments this year, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">most of them I already had.   </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQKCfgT3Iw2IlBJDROYdj89MOYnYW9zNwk5IHces_StzOSyhNfbSrkpKRA3GXw6gBETHDgsvUauHQFM9kdzgXv-smuUN6MDKYjhH6IYPeDedJ2zC6XrzRZImduPL-pjN5ZB_H2tGxNoQ/s1600/IMG_6571-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQKCfgT3Iw2IlBJDROYdj89MOYnYW9zNwk5IHces_StzOSyhNfbSrkpKRA3GXw6gBETHDgsvUauHQFM9kdzgXv-smuUN6MDKYjhH6IYPeDedJ2zC6XrzRZImduPL-pjN5ZB_H2tGxNoQ/s640/IMG_6571-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This crown tree topper was a new find at Hobby Lobby.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianB9Q75IBV1rcrW_7LF5jC1JDPYdIGxFyL70nW0TC1dUqwZGwqkn7yluxX8_e5S_GAclErs5gIu9y6nPQmRE2bsUX5gTZlXgIIdcoYDAt4ULtzSepsKpmumBv1Ury16srQw99_seP8K4/s1600/IMG_6558-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianB9Q75IBV1rcrW_7LF5jC1JDPYdIGxFyL70nW0TC1dUqwZGwqkn7yluxX8_e5S_GAclErs5gIu9y6nPQmRE2bsUX5gTZlXgIIdcoYDAt4ULtzSepsKpmumBv1Ury16srQw99_seP8K4/s640/IMG_6558-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I made these wreaths from the fresh rope garland that I bought at Costco.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I adore the unstructured look of them.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQdJK5JRX4IUERmtBgHXa59KzAH6xPTAAe-hZjqbJak2lt3ZLpnT87R1zZaTvDx_HR5KvJjmTawXgPpz9FOCvcgDImbQIUpkZXDVQAIKT5iFD_9T0DTfU3UbwKwtp4U3FHXq1-toWSZ4/s1600/IMG_6563.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQdJK5JRX4IUERmtBgHXa59KzAH6xPTAAe-hZjqbJak2lt3ZLpnT87R1zZaTvDx_HR5KvJjmTawXgPpz9FOCvcgDImbQIUpkZXDVQAIKT5iFD_9T0DTfU3UbwKwtp4U3FHXq1-toWSZ4/s640/IMG_6563.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is really hard to get a good picture in this room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NFXnU_5_TcyiHdAg3qa8aHgKZG08Mq_wxhrrWeLYkD_JA8PCWw-JkH7A8eP4zjT938kMgM9BaSNkF_RJIMkVXma0qTbbGHUnkGHywaKu_OohzVhBRUmHgrmKp8Hkdi1Cse9IlBvh_-Y/s1600/IMG_6575-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NFXnU_5_TcyiHdAg3qa8aHgKZG08Mq_wxhrrWeLYkD_JA8PCWw-JkH7A8eP4zjT938kMgM9BaSNkF_RJIMkVXma0qTbbGHUnkGHywaKu_OohzVhBRUmHgrmKp8Hkdi1Cse9IlBvh_-Y/s640/IMG_6575-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZP17k1pB2I_EVg8MIwXsVDgU68I0RVEmsw9THCj1BJxa59pFbenBmLSJa7LGYANqZJbgpm8_0UdT8pG3Uipeths2rrnlMm3qjLbWK8CPPTgNXp-JhOcneKUnbV-f7oTB4V-ghNE9Xpw/s1600/IMG_6567-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZP17k1pB2I_EVg8MIwXsVDgU68I0RVEmsw9THCj1BJxa59pFbenBmLSJa7LGYANqZJbgpm8_0UdT8pG3Uipeths2rrnlMm3qjLbWK8CPPTgNXp-JhOcneKUnbV-f7oTB4V-ghNE9Xpw/s640/IMG_6567-001.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just wired the garland onto the grapevine </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">wreaths that I already had.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I could have wired all of the loose greenery </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but I like the way it falls every which way.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpE2FTUEedAMhK_aKl0_TNcHO-j0Btr2JVGPOgolMSLmnH6i4fwrPd05MhELfjJ_mOKmuHTYLhgLGXAPDHAZopuJ-50T2Mrq1hLEgK0xZFqkMPaCFS_Ss_FPEoySnCcXKoNBmEEWBPj2s/s1600/IMG_6433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpE2FTUEedAMhK_aKl0_TNcHO-j0Btr2JVGPOgolMSLmnH6i4fwrPd05MhELfjJ_mOKmuHTYLhgLGXAPDHAZopuJ-50T2Mrq1hLEgK0xZFqkMPaCFS_Ss_FPEoySnCcXKoNBmEEWBPj2s/s640/IMG_6433.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My wine cabinet got dressed up too.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just a little garland and a few ornaments.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtc4tcMCziRINKDww3O-CyitJDI4lcnYnEVIxyIgKYIQHKNFSNxlA9_qcYSG6VoV-wIHmB2Vum_PFYe18x7PTqLyebo3vzvJ2CuvWkMQUpkdEIJTvGmUVT5NaLj_1SdamAz0qAekTODI/s1600/IMG_6564-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtc4tcMCziRINKDww3O-CyitJDI4lcnYnEVIxyIgKYIQHKNFSNxlA9_qcYSG6VoV-wIHmB2Vum_PFYe18x7PTqLyebo3vzvJ2CuvWkMQUpkdEIJTvGmUVT5NaLj_1SdamAz0qAekTODI/s640/IMG_6564-001.jpg" width="500" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The paperwhites are in full bloom in my silver reindeer bowl.  I finally tied them up and staked them the other day.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I walked by and they were flopping all over the place.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevNz7IlR1y0SP9ymZioQF12vIFOg77Woj99sFoJgHySp9gyp0D80u7u5DSwKrPrkugjh3VKsh3iDfSrdo3xZacBkREXHOD-1gf5pNmVkntM7pSLlChlcBeIcVrpMrVyZBAugn4I9MsdU/s1600/IMG_6418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevNz7IlR1y0SP9ymZioQF12vIFOg77Woj99sFoJgHySp9gyp0D80u7u5DSwKrPrkugjh3VKsh3iDfSrdo3xZacBkREXHOD-1gf5pNmVkntM7pSLlChlcBeIcVrpMrVyZBAugn4I9MsdU/s640/IMG_6418.jpg" width="616" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by to see my tiny tabletop tree </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and my living room!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666; 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Tabletop Trees~Christmas in My Living Room

I shared my Living Room Christmas Mantel  with you recently.   Because the Mantel makes such a statement  I wanted to keep the rest of the r...

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