Decorated Easter Tree

I did a quick change of the 

office tree decor this afternoon.

Easter is so early this year,

just one 10 days after St. Patrick's Day!

Visitors to our waiting room 

frequently tell us how much

 they enjoy the tree, 

they look forward to seeing

how it will be decorated 

the next time they visit.

Many people passing in the hallway

stop to admire the tree.

Some even take pictures!

So today she has been

all dressed up for Easter with

a string of colored egg lights,

purple tulle,

 a narrow lavendar tinsel garland,

little baskets painted in

springtime pastel colors filled with 

green Easter grass,

colored eggs hung with pretty

fabric ribbons

and my absolute favorite pieces, which are

paper castings made by myself,

"chocolate" bunnies and eggs! 

Read more about them in a previous post

here.

Don't they just look good enough to eat?

Thank you for visiting today,

I wish you a Happy and Blessed Easter.

Sharing at 

Share Your Cup Thursday

Until next time,

Warm Hugs,

BettyJean

April Showers Bring May Flowers...

April Showers Bring May Flowers...

...that is the theme of 

my office tree this month.

To see how I made the little paper bunting,

go to my previous post here.

I made these little sprinkling cans

a previous year 

using paper cups and  Christmas icicles...

as well as fan-folded art paper 

umbrellas with pipe cleaner handles.

 I try to keep it fresh and interesting,

but it's sometimes a challenge to continually

come up with something new,

not that anyone but me 

is keeping track. 

So I've pulled some things from storage

then added something new this year--

that being the bunting. 

Our patients seem the 

enjoy the tree in our waiting room.

Returning patients

have commented to me that

they look forward to

seeing how the tree will be decorated

the next time they come in.

To see how I've decorated this tree
for other months of the year click here 
or click the Tree of the Month tab 
under my header at the top of this page.

Hope all is well with you this Spring

season.

Warm Hugs,

         BettyJean

The Decorated Thanksgiving Tree

To my burlap and leaf Fall tree

I've added the

Thanksgiving elements

from my previous posts

here 

and here.

The turkeys I cut from paper plates,

The cornucopias

I constructed from placemats,

The little fabric pumpkin pies

And the very special thing about this

tree is that I've invited those

visiting our office to

tell us what they are thankful for

by writing on a leaf and then

 hanging it on the tree.

I'm get so excited when I

find a new leaf on the tree.

Such beautiful sentiments...

Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving

to  you all.

Warm Hugs,

BettyJean

My Handcrafted Ornaments for the Thanksgiving Tree

When Halloween is over

some like to go

straight to Christmas.

But for me it's still a little early.

It's no wonder people complain of 

getting sick of hearing Christmas music 

when they start the day

after Halloween.

I like to observe Thanksgiving.

Fall leaf garlands and burlap

that gave way to Halloween decor

have gone back on my tree.

What says Thanksgiving more than
turkey and pumpkin pie!

Then there are pilgrims, cornucopias...

oh...and I saw these 
Indian corn on Pinterest
aren't they the cutest!?

Adorable

Let me show you what I've been working

on to add the Thanksgiving element

to my office tree.

First I went to the Dollar Store and

purchased a package of paper party plates.

There were several with a turkey theme.

I chose this one....

I love everything about this turkey,

the shape, size, colors.

So, I just cut them out,

 punched a hole,

inserted a wire hanger 

and voile....instant tree ornament

...and 8 for $1.19 

what a deal!

Next...Cornucopias.

They had to have some texture,

that woven look.

Oh... I know!

 one of those round placemats

I cut it into wedges like a pie.

Then to prevent fraying of the cut threads,

 I ran a line of hot glue along the edges.

I planned to curl the wedge into a cone.

But to get the narrow end to turn up like

a cornucopia I first applied another

line of hot glue and laid down a

piece of wire so it would be able to

hold it's shape.

So here's one after it's been rolled into

a cone, the seam along the top secured with

more hot glue 

and then shaped with the narrow end turned up.

A piece of foil leaf wire 

and a little glittered pumpkin

are just the finishing touches.

I love how they turned out!!

Perfect little tree ornaments for the 

Thanksgiving Season.

In my next post 

I'll share my

pumpkin pie ornaments.

Stay tuned....

Update:  See my next post here

to see how I made the pumpkin pie ornaments.

Hugs,

BettyJean