Christmas Tree

Christmas time and we don’t have a lot of room for a tree. Plus – I don’t love the idea of either a synthetic tree full of chemicals or a natural tree which I will have to clean up after. So – I spent some time on Pinterest (who doesn’t?) and found some great trees that were concentric circles of plywood cut up – but that would require time and a jigsaw. So… I did this.

It is made from circles of grape vine – pulled off of my mothers shed. If you have never tried to make a rustic basket.. you won’t appreciate how easy this is. Really. Literally, just the vines off and twist into a circle, tucking them into themselves, like when you make a daisy chain. As the wood tries it will get stiff and “permanent”. I made a bunch of rings, each one a little bit smaller and then attached them with ribbon. Strung up the lights and hung the ornaments! (I bought some very cheap ornament hooks to make it easier).

Three things I love about it (besides that it is pretty) is that it hangs from the ceiling and doesn’t touch the ground so cleaning up underneath is easy. Second, it will fold up into a jumbo pizza box to store for next year and, when it’s no longer pretty it’s 100% compostable. For the win!