Monday, December 17, 2012

The Small White Christmas Tree



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My Christmas tree is white and small, about 40 cm tall. I never decorate with big ornaments, because it would look too heavy for its delicate branches. Instead, I always choose little ornaments and I put the tree somewhere safe, so that the cats won't choke on the little toys. I love tiny Christmas toys, they are so much better than the usual shiny stuff you can buy in the supermarket!




This year I went with all natural ornaments. Some of them are simply made of straw and bound with a festive red thread. I got them in Germany ages ago, but I still love them. So there you have it: straw angels, snowflakes, little wreaths and even straw hearts for my humble tree. Last year I think I saw something similar on the Ikea website, but never got there to complete my collection.




The straw ornaments were not enough, so I also chose a collection of tiny figurines made of wood and painted red. This is a Spanish collection, entirely handmade! It's got everything, from angels playing the little drum or the clarinet, to Santa riding on ski, an angel riding on a red sledge, another one riding on the tiny toy horse and also a little guy hiding in a red wooden star!








And then there are these evening pics, because everything looks better with the Christmas lights on :)) The string of Christmas lights is also very tiny and simple, almost invisible because of the transparent wire used to make it. This way, you can see the little luminous spots like they were fireflies of winter. 




34 comments:

  1. It is quite simple, but also very festive, Meeha! I love that white/red combo, real Christmas colors!
    I love red in wintertime, it gives certain life to it.

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    1. Thank you, Ana, many times I think that red is perfect to feed us with extra energy in the long winter nights. I wish we had more red colors for the spring, too, because this is when I've got spring asthenia and feel really, really depressed.... and then comes summer!

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  2. You are so crafty! I adore the straw ornaments, they are so lovely on a white tree and look great with the other ornaments!

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    1. Thank you, Yelle, I am deeply in love with the straw ornaments and perhaps next year I shall put them on a wreath!

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  3. Mam też takie ozdoby ze słomy. Twoja choinka jest śliczna. Pozdrawiam.
    I also have the ornaments of straw. Your Christmas tree is beautiful. Yours.

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    1. Thank you so much, Giga, the straw ornaments don't sparkle but they are so pretty...
      Dziękuję bardzo, Giga, ozdoby ze słomy nie błyszczą, ale są tak bardzo ...

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  4. Love it!!!
    Looks extra festive!
    xoxoxoxooxo
    Tania

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  5. Υπέροχο!!Τέλειος συνδυασμός χρωμάτων!!!

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  6. Mecha I love the small whitw Cristmas tree!!! I adore this ormament!!!

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  7. Our mind think alike, as usual! I've the same Ikea ornaments and the tiny little ones!

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    1. We are not only great minds, we are also "grammar Natzy" like my friends call me :)))))))) Just last week, your beautiful friend Laura deleted a comment on my blog because she made a little spelling error :))))) The three of us could start a grammar club, international!

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  8. Foarte drăguţ. Nu-mi plăceau brazii albi, dar la tine totul devine frumos!

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    1. Am si un brad verde.... :))

      Cred ca ornamentele fac diferenta, eu m-am saturat de globurile sclipicioase din comert.

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    2. Şi eu aceleaşi ornamente, din acelaşi motiv.
      aştept să-l văd :)

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  9. Hi Meeha. Such a pleasure to see, that everything you touches turn to magic! what a beautiful tree, so lovely and peacefully with the natural ornaments. I've got the samw straw ones from my grandmother, such memories. thank you so much for sharing you tree beauty!

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  10. Your straw ornaments are gorgeous - I love their simplicity with the cheery red! So cute!

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  11. This is so beautiful! We have the same kind of ornaments at my parents' place, this is the Christmas decoration of my childhood. I love how it looks with your gorgeous white tree!

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    1. Thank you - I have the straw ornaments from Germany...

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  12. Ciao Meeha,
    i love the white christmas tree with the straw ornaments!!! Very different to all the classy green trees!. Love the Matrioska red touch, so funky!!!
    Baci,Eva

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  13. I love white trees, and combining with red looks so cheerful and fresh at the same time. I 've never saw this kind of straw ornaments before, but I really thought they were some new ones.

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    1. Thank you, Tina, if you read some of the comments above you'll see that the straw ornaments are pretty common and many people have them. I still cherish them, as you can see!

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  14. i love all your ornaments! when i was little we used to have a ton of those wooden ones, i don't know where they came from but i loved looking at them. your tree is so cute!

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    1. Thank you, Christine, when I was little we only had colored glass ornaments and I kept breaking them :)))) Now the wooden ones look more sturdy...

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  15. I'm so happy that you like the little white tree, Dina, thank you for the lovely comment!

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  16. Simply gorgous! I would love it if you would stop by my weekly link party and link these up. http://thelifeofjenniferdawn.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-little-bird-told-me-link-party-21.html

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  17. Lovely decorated tree! :)The cutest tree I have ever seen! :)

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    1. You are spoiling me, Lisa! The white tree is small and humble and that's why I love it even more.

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  18. So lovely!! Thanks so much for sharing it with all of us. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

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    1. Thank you so much for the lovely words, my humble little white tree is very, very happy!

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  19. Simple and chic and lovely Merry Christmas

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  20. The white Christmas tree looks great! Thanks for linking up at Romance on a dime!!

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