Trees All Year Long 2011!!

As part of the Christmas in July Celebrations in Blogland, I thought I would once again show you that you don't have to take down your trees or tree after the Christmas Holidays are over.

I did a similar post on this at the end of last Holiday season but I thought I would share with you my Trees of 2011 since I did change things up a bit.

I left my 7 ft. Living Room Tree up after Christmas and turned it into one of my Valentine's Day Trees!!


I decorated this Valentine's Day tree with a red and gold color scheme.....

I also kept the 7 ft. slim Dining Room Tree up and turned it into my Pink Valentine's Day Tree...

Pink and white was the theme for this tree.....


I set up a small white feather tree adorned with silver, pink and gold hearts.....

It was also in the Dining Room.....

Just added some red hearts to my Powder Room tree after taking all the Christmas oriented Snow Buddy ornaments off this tree. I left on only the Snow men ones for Winter.......

The Den Tree also became a Valentine's Day Tree......

Burgundy, blue and ivory was the color theme of this tree......


And then for Easter, the Dining Room tree was packed away, the round table that is normally in this corner was put back and a Pink Tree was placed on the table and decorated for Easter!!


This tree casts such a wonderful glow at night.......


The Living Room Tree was also taken down to our storage shed and this 5 foot potted tree was brought home from the shed and set up.

It also became an Easter tree....

This was decorated with bright Easter colors......

The tree in my Craft Room was kept up and I decided to decorate this with tea cups, roses , birds and butterflies for the summer.....

I even used real tea cups......

The 5 foot potted tree will now stay in the Living Room until the 7 ft. Christmas tree comes back from the storage Shed and is decorated for Christmas.

This tree is now a Patriotic Tree and I will keep it decorated like this until September 11.



And then I will decorate it as a Fall Tree.....

I already bought some new ornaments at the end of last holiday season that are copper colored leaves and green acorns......

So at the end of this coming holiday season and there is clearance on ornaments, take a good look, think outside the box and imagine what you could use to decorate trees for all seasons and holidays through out the year and keep that wonderful glow from a lit tree in your rooms all year long!!!

I am linking up to these parties:

White Christmas in July

Seasonal Sunday

Amaze me Monday

Masterpiece Monday

Deck the Halls Friday!

Please pay a visit to the hostess's and those joining in on these great parties!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and every day that you take the time to do so......

Hugs,
Debbie

NEW CHRISTMAS TREASURES!!

For those of you who have not visited before, Welcome to my Christmas Blog, A Debbie-Dabble Christmas!
Many of you may have visited Debbie-Dabble before.

Here is where I concentrate on All Things Christmas, which is my most favorite time of the year.

I am currently in the midst of getting ready for our Church's Biannual Flea Market which Joe and I are in charge of. I go through everything that comes in, sort it by deciding to keep it to sell, donate items that are good but we usually can not sell or throw away broken items or just plain garbage.

I also do all of the advertising for this event and pay for ads placed into the local newspapers. Plus I keep a running tab of things that I am buying and usually end up paying the church a hefty amount!! LOL!!

These are some of the wonderful Christmas items that I decided needed to come home with me!!

Here are some ornaments.......

The Santa on the right has a string on the bottom that when you pull it, his arms and legs move! Too Cute!!


Love this nostalgic looking slate plaque!


Sorry this is a bit blurry but look at the sweet face on this little angel!!


This one is a beauty! A Hallmark Snow Globe that was Brand New! I love that Santa is dressed in a green suit! I think this will be finding a home in my Craft Room during the Holidays!


And look at this great Treasure!!

A Mr. Christmas Melodium that plays 15 Christmas Songs and 15 All Time Classics!

Victorian Dancers!


The rolls used for each song!


Just gorgeous!


This piece I will be keeping out year round as soon as I find a place for it!!


Snow Buddies that I actually do not have!


And some Snow Buddy look a likes!


A neat tree!


For those of you that have visited here during the Holidays, you may remember that I have a lot of Christmas Sets that were sold at Sam's Club back in the early 2000's! They no longer sell these wonderful sets so finding one that I do not have was a special treat!!


This one was sold back in 2001


I love the pastel colors of this set and I think it will be perfect in my Guest Room on my fake fireplace mantle or on the round table!

Well, those are my Christmas Treasures!! I will continue to post All Things Christmas here during the year so I do hope to see you soon!!

To see more wonderful treasures that came home with me, please visit Debbie-Dabble by clicking HERE

I am linking up to these great parties:

Nifty Thrifty Treasures

Rednesday

Wow Wednesday

Thrifty Things Friday

Seasonal Sundays

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Hugs,
Debbie

The Christmas Spider and Tea Cup Tree!

Welcome to my Christmas Blog to those of you who have not visited here before!

I know it has been some time since I posted on this Blog. Since the end of the last holiday season, I went back to posting on my regular blog, Debbie-Dabble.

I promised to return here , to a Debbie-Dabble Christmas , to show you all things Christmas.

For those that know me, I had 14 Christmas trees in my home last Holiday Season.

I had 5 Valentine's Day's trees and I currently have 2 Easter trees !!

I wanted to keep a tree up year round in my Craft/Sewing Room because I so love the look of the room with a glow of a lit tree!

Last week, I showed you my Summer Tea Cup and Rose Tree on Debbie-Dabble.

But since it is a Christmas tree but decorated for Summer, I thought I would share it with you here.

First I want to tell you the Story of the Christmas Spider.

I received this as a gift from my dear friend, Anne Marie.

Please click to enlarge to read it better.


It is a German and Ukraine custom to have a spider on your Christmas tree.

Here is my lovely spider on my Craft Room Tea Cup and Rose tree.....

It clips on......


Isn't she pretty??


For those of you that read my post about this tree on Debbie- Dabble, I have added some things....

I bought these butterflies and birdie at Micheal's for 60 % off.....



Here is my Tea Cup and Rose Summer Tree.....



At the top, I used white feathers, a sprig of Summer flowers, a bow made from ribbon bought on Clearance last season at Micheal's and a Victorian Doll Head.


There are white lights and silk rose lights on the tree....


I stuck some pink and white silk roses into the tree......


Here is the Birdie and some of the butterflies....


I also used tea cups without saucers as ornaments along with some regular tea pot and tea cup ornaments...


A mouse in a Tea Cup...

A Seed packet ornament.....

A Butterfly clip on ornament bought at Target for 75% off last years for $1.25!

A Tea Cup....



The church trimmed in pink reminds me of a Summer Wedding.....




I had also showed everyone this sweet little girl's dress I bought at Salvation Army for $3.00. I thought it would make a perfect tree skirt......

I did not want to cut and ruin the dress so I turned the bodice inward and wrapped it around the tree stand.....


When I strip this tree and redecorate it for Christmas, I will lift the tree out of the stand on put the dress over the tree stand rather than wrapped around it but since I already had the tree decorated, I couldn't do this now.

I think it made a good tree skirt!!

So that is my updated Summer Craft Room Tea Cup and Rose tree!!

Only goes to show you that you can have a Christmas tree for all seasons and holidays!!

I am linking up to these great parties:

Home Sweet Home

Show and Tell Friday

Pink Saturday

Seasonal Sunday

Amaze me Monday

Masterpiece Monday

Metamorphosis Monday

WOW Us Wednesday

Please try to take some time to visit those that are throwing these great parties and those that are playing along!!

Thanks for stopping by today...

Hugs,
Debbie