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Southern State of Mind Blog by Heather

Decorations of Blue on White Christmas Tree

in Holiday Crafts, holidays, Our Christmas Home on 12/05/16

Happy Happy Monday! Aren’t weekends in December just fun? I hope yours was a great one!

Our Blue Christmas continues today with all the deets on our main Christmas Tree. For anyone that is just stopping in from Polished Habitat, welcome! This year we are having a Blue Christmas at Southern State of Mind- which means I am just sticking with all things blue in order to avoid looking like a bad holiday sweater exploded in my house.

So just like the song goes “Decorations of Blue on a White Christmas Tree” our tree is white loaded up with blue ornaments. (Or maybe the song doesn’t *quite* go like that, but it’s my Blue Christmas so I can change the words to whatever I want, mmmkay?)  I am also joining a fun My Home Style Christmas Tree collaboration so you can be inspired with many different types of trees today and maybe even find your own style.

This year, I decided to use our artificial tree instead of getting a new one. I am not sure the Big Sweet is thrilled with this because he keeps suggesting we go get our tree. I keep saying, um, our tree is already up. Ha. I get it dude, you like a real tree.

Anyway, I pulled our tree out of the attic and decided that it was just too…green.

tree-before

So with some help from my friends at Rustoleum, I gave it a quick coat of “snow”.  I will try to write a tutorial for this in case any of you are interested!

OK, that is better!

tree-after

This tree was around $10 from my local Goodwill so it is definitely not perfect. I do wish it was a little taller but I use a big tin under it to give it some height. A white fur throw blanket is the tree skirt. I wrapped a couple boxes with indigo paper from Target but sadly only two remain. Many thanks to Sweet B for hosting his very own unchaperoned opening present party.

blue-christmas-white-tree

Now comes the fun part. Time to decorate! My home style is “Preppy Eclectic” so this tree has lots of navy, a strand of “pearls” and some more quirky eclectic additions.  In my normal fashion, I didn’t buy much and tried to use lots of things I had on hand to deck this white tree out in blue goodness. I started with garland which is actually just fabric trim I found from the thrift store. The strand of “pearls” is a white pom-pom garland from Hobby Lobby this year. I had lots of the turquoise blue ornaments on hand but I did get the new dark indigo navy ones from Target this year. I also added in any metallic ones we had which I think looks pretty with the white tree.

And can I just get an amen for those aqua disco ball ornaments?

blue-christmas-tree-ornaments

Last Friday I shared a tutorial for the DIY Paint Dipped ornaments. This was a good solve for turning very inexpensive gold ornaments from the Dollar Tree into Blue Christmas ornaments.

blue-christmas-tree

I keep moving these Blue Christmas books around the house because they just make me smile.

christmas-book-pages

Why does Christmas have to end? There really isn’t anything better than sitting by the twinkle lights!

christmas-tree-blue-ornaments

Be sure to check out all of the Christmas tree styles below. And a big thanks to Stephanie from Casa Watkins Living for coordinating!

preppy-eclectic-christmas-tree

 

Christmas tree styling for any home style!

Monday

Casa Watkins Living

Blue I Style

Polished Habitat

Southern State Of Mind

Up To Date Interiors

Lovely Etc.

Tuesday

Elizabeth Joan Designs

Roots North and South

Postcards From The Ridge

The Striped House

Pocketful Of Posies

The Gathered Home

Wednesday

Boxy Colonial

Ciburbanity

PMQ For Two

Farmhouse 40

Monica Wants It

Thursday

The Happy Housie

Organized Nashville

Designing Vibes

This Is Our Bliss

Iris Nacole

Friday

Fresh Crush

Domicile 37

Cassie Bustamante

Flourish and Knot

A Designer at Home

 

Related posts:

Our Classic Preppy Plaid Christmas Tree Our DIY Dollar Tree Christmas Card Garland {Christmas Traditions} Family Album Christmas Tree 2016 Blue Christmas Home Tour {Part 2}

18 Comments

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Comments

  1. Cassie Bustamante says

    Dec. 5, 2016 at 8:50 am

    girl, you are singing my song with the blues and the pom poms! i LOVE this tree! it’s just perfection, heather!

    Reply
    • Heather says

      Dec. 5, 2016 at 9:04 am

      Thanks Cassie! I also had big plans for some blue tie dyed ornaments but it was a MASSIVE craft fail. You win some, you lose some right?

      Reply
  2. Brynne | The Gathered Home says

    Dec. 5, 2016 at 9:24 am

    All the blues are so fun! It’s a color I don’t use too much of in my home, but I absolutely love seeing it in other people’s decor!

    Reply
  3. Caroline says

    Dec. 5, 2016 at 12:55 pm

    Love the blue and white (and those framed silhouettes are great too)!

    Reply
  4. Stephanie @ Casa Watkins Living says

    Dec. 5, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    Oh yay Heather! Love this blue theme and those pom poms rock. Meanwhile I love the christmas songs written on the book pages. Creative idea!

    Reply
  5. Kathy says

    Dec. 5, 2016 at 5:18 pm

    Love the mix of blues and the “pearl” garland. Beautiful tree. I can’t believe it started as a $10 thrifted find.

    Reply
  6. Dirose says

    Dec. 5, 2016 at 7:23 pm

    Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing it!

    Reply
  7. Jen @ The Striped House says

    Dec. 6, 2016 at 12:04 am

    Ooooh! I love how full of of ornaments your tree is!!! It’s gorgeous!

    Reply
  8. Jessica says

    Dec. 6, 2016 at 1:14 am

    Absolutely gorgeous Heather! I am not normally a “blue” person but I love your tree! The bu rackets add a bit of that holiday cheer. So good!

    Reply
  9. Ariel says

    Dec. 6, 2016 at 10:11 am

    Beautiful choice! I’ve been toying with the idea of flocking some faux foliage, and having seen yours I now know it works beautifully!

    Reply
  10. Angie @ Postcards from the Ridge says

    Dec. 6, 2016 at 7:39 pm

    Your tree with all the blue ornaments is so pretty. Great find on the tree itself! Have a merry Christmas! ~ Angie

    Reply
  11. Monica @MonicaWantsIt.com says

    Dec. 6, 2016 at 8:23 pm

    Love this tree, and you’d never know it was $10. I am such a fan of the navy and metallics paired together- fab job!

    Reply
  12. BonBon says

    Dec. 7, 2016 at 9:21 am

    I love your blue decorated tree. Looks beautiful. I had forgot how amazing blue and white looks on a tree.Great job!

    Reply
  13. Rachael @ This is our Bliss says

    Dec. 7, 2016 at 4:48 pm

    YES, girlfriend!! That tree is so so stunning. It’s so rich and full of ornament goodies. And your littles’ silhouettes with those bold black mats in the background – wow. Gorgeous shot!!

    Reply
  14. Gretchen@BoxyColonial says

    Dec. 8, 2016 at 10:52 am

    What a great tree! Painting it white was definitely the right call, and I love all the blue ornaments 🙂

    Reply
  15. Erin says

    Dec. 11, 2016 at 3:30 pm

    Your tree is gorgeous! I love how you lightened it up and the blue ornaments look great!

    Reply
  16. Sarah says

    Dec. 15, 2016 at 9:42 am

    What a gorgeous tree! I love blue decorations. Your tree is so beautifully pulled together – a real treat!

    Reply
  17. Cat @ Pocketful of Posies says

    Dec. 15, 2016 at 3:46 pm

    What a great $10 find! I love all the colors! Blue is my favorite go to color! Pinning!

    Reply

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