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Decorating a Winter Wonderland Christmas Tree

This winter wonderland Christmas tree is full of snowy branches, blue and white ornaments, and a bit of sparkle.

Usually my Christmas tree looks more or less the same every year.

I add a few new homemade ornaments each Christmas, but overall I do pretty much the same thing every single Christmas…and I thought that was the way I wanted it.

But not this year. This year my tree looks totally different and I am completely head over heals in love with it! (Is it inappropriate to love a Christmas tree?) 

So why the change? 

Two reasons. First, I painted my fireplace blue this fall and it completely changed the feel of the room in the best way.

Unfortunately, the combo of blue fireplace and red Christmas décor was looking a bit too patriotic for Christmas in my opinion.

And second, my 17 month old had broken his first ornament within about thirty seconds of me carrying the Christmas boxes upstairs.

So all of my beautiful vintage Shiny Brite ornaments and everything else breakable went straight back down to the basement.

Which meant it was time for a whole new plan.

Flocked Christmas tree with Merry Christmas banner next to blue fireplace with white stockings.

And all of that led to my most favorite Christmas tree ever – my glam winter wonderland tree. I have all the heart eyes for this thing.

Even better, the only thing I actually had to buy to pull it off was a new star for the top and a few pieces of glittered cardstock. Winning!

(If you missed it, be sure to check out the rest of my Christmas home tour here – it’s my favorite yet.)

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Decorating a Winter Wonderland Christmas Tree

First of course, is the gorgeous flocking.

I think flocked trees are just about the most beautiful trees in the world and I wanted one really, really, really badly. But I already had a perfectly fine fake Christmas tree so two years ago I flocked the tree I already had. 

diy flocked Christmas tree before and after.

Adding DIY flocking is way, way easier than I ever would have thought and it completely transformed my plain jane tree. (This is the awesome flocking I used. See the full tutorial here.)

This year I got a wild idea to add a bit of nature to the tree. I absolutely adore trees with lots of beautiful Christmas picks (branches, pine cones, flowers, etc.), stuck in them, but I was trying to keep the costs as low as possible.

So instead of buying a bunch, I made my own version.

fresh sticks and evergreen branches from the yard to add to Christmas tree.

I cut some vines and evergreen branches from our yard, added flocking and stuck them throughout the tree.

diy flocked branches and greenery to fill out the christmas tree.

I love how it lends an element of untamed nature to my overly tamed fake tree.

In fact I loved it so much, I did the same thing with a wreath I made and it turned out amazing as well!

Close up of flocked Christmas tree with flocked branches and vines stuck in.

Then I added the ribbon.

I only had one roll of ribbon for the whole tree, so I cut it into 18 inch strips and tucked and curled it strategically throughout the tree.

I used a sparkly white and silver herringbone ribbon but any wide, wired ribbon works great.

Christmas tree with banner spelling Merry Christmas.

I really wanted to try adding a bit of extra Christmas cheer this year, so I added the Merry Christmas banner across the front of the tree.

I cut my own banner with my new Silhouette Cameo, but this similar banner from Etsy is another great option.

Christmas tree with banner spelling Merry Christmas.

As far as ornaments, I used way less than normal this year.

I only pulled the shatterproof turquoise, silver, and white ornaments from my stash and packed everything else away. But because of everything else going on in the tree, it was plenty. (Here are some great shatterproof turquoise and silver ornaments if you’re looking for something similar.)

And finally, we added a star to the top. We’ve never had a tree topper before, because I could never find the exact right, perfect thing. This year I decided to just find something pretty and go with it.

I chose a simple light up mercury glass star and I think it looks pretty darn nice.

Flocked Christmas tree with blue and silver ornaments and a glittery Merry Christmas banner.

I absolutely love how the sparkly ornaments and letters pop against the snowy tree and how it all looks with my pretty blue fireplace!

Sno Flock * Merry Christmas Banner * Ornaments

Comments

  6. Jessica says

    I can always gather some inspiration from your site. Your tree is beautiful and I love that you DIYed your own snowy branches. I bought mine and felt like I got ripped off…I did not have any branches in my yard (the mister threw them all away prior to me even thinking about them).

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    • Carrie says

      Thanks Jess – my own husband thought I was crazy for gathering branches from outside. Next time I should just tell him how much money I saved us by using stuff from the yard!

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  12. Gretchen@BoxyColonial says

    This tree is so pretty! I wish I’d thought of cutting and strategically tucking with the one roll of ribbon I had for my white tree. And not a single one of my three trees has a tree topper this year. I really need to go with the pick something pretty and just go for it strategy!

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    • Carrie says

      Thank you Gretchen! The ribbon is something I just figured out this year – it really helped make my one little roll go further! And I just feel like tree toppers are hard for some reason – nothing ever really seems right but I’m glad I finally chose something!

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    • Carrie says

      Thank you Kelly! The flocking stays permanently but it does shed a little each time the tree is moved so you might decide to add a little extra flocking after a couple of years to keep it looking good.

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