2018 Traditions Tree
Let’s celebrate that the holidays are one day closer by looking at this beautiful tree from 2018. We were inspired by our German heritage when we created it. Our German blown glass ornaments are gaining popularity. So, we are excited to create a similarly inspired tree for this year, too! Old Victorian age trees were […]
S’more Plans for 2022
S’more Plans Hello, all my Christmas loving friends! Are you ready for some awesome updates!?!? I am! I am TIRED of all this cold and ready to start planning for Christmas. So, Mrs. C. and I sat down and started hashing out s’more plans for our tree themes. Here is what we came up with! […]
Succulent Garden Tree
Succulent Garden Tree Let’s keep moving through the store and see if I can get all of our 2019 themed Christmas trees blogged before Christmas Day! Maybe… Okay, probably not because we have six trees after this one and only 5 days to go. Oh, well! Today, I’ve got a beautiful tree, the Succulent Garden […]
Livin' La Vida Cocoa Tree
Livin’ La Vida Cocoa Tree All this hard work decorating and helping customers puts me in the mood for something sweet! That’s why I am super excited to share our Livin’ La Vida Cocoa 2019 themed tree. It’s choc-full of chocolate and marshmallows and everything yummy! One of my (brilliant) ideas that I have […]
Red, White, & Bluebonnet Tree
Red, White, & Bluebonnet Tree If you are like me, there are still a million and one things to do before Christmas. One thing on my Christmas bucket list is to create a post for every tree in our store. Next on my list is the Red, White, & Bluebonnet Tree! My last post was […]
Country Wedding Getaway Tree
Country Wedding Getaway Tree Can you believe that Thanksgiving is less than a week away? The holidays are upon us, and The Christmas Shoppe now has all of it’s themed trees for the year fully decorated. Today, we want to present the first tree you will see as you head in our doors: The Country […]
The Pink Champagne Tree is our 2018 window display …
The Pink Champagne Tree is our 2018 window display for wedding gifts and Christmas decor.
2018 Glory Nativity Tree
The Glory Nativity Tree The Glory Nativity Tree is the next tree from our displays that we are sharing with you this holiday season. We have lapsed in sharing our trees because we have been so busy with decorating. Because Advent season begins this weekend, we felt this was the perfect tree to share with […]
Wonka Garland
Scrumdiddlyumptious Wonka Garland “We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of dreams.” ~Willy Wonka We are, indeed! So, we have dreamt up another fantastical Christmas display for you to enjoy. This is our drool worthy candy themed look. We were inspired by Boerne’s Chocolate Walk event and the fabulous candy themed ornaments available […]
2016 North Pole Whirlwind Tree
2016 North Pole Whirlwind Tree!
Last, but not least, we are happy to present our North Pole Whirlwind Upside Down Tree! Every Sunday, we have been showing off our favorite themed trees from last year. It’s sad, but this is our last one. Good news is that we’ll be showing off our new 2017 themed trees next Sunday! Woohoo!
More bad news: I have only two pictures of this tree, one submitted by a shopper. I bribed her child with a cookie to get the picture. Well, not really, but a child and a cookie were involved with this shot.
So, prepare for a really great description of this tree to go with very few pictures. This was one of our very first trees of the year and the result of throwing a whole bunch of leftover decorations on our fabulous upside down tree. Mr. C. said it looked like a Christmas tornado!
Notice the elf hanging off the side. That “ladder” is actually a garland which we hooked into the tree a few times going vertically down the tree. Then, we used green floral wire to tie the elf’s hand and foot to the “rungs” near the side ropes. The neat thing about umbrella trees is that most of what you hang on them, hangs straight down, creating neat effects like this.
We used fun, felty, fabric-y items in red, lime, and snowy white. Everything went in every direction. We don’t have a picture, but we had two really cool posable plush deer on the tree near the top. One was kneeling on the top branches. The other was hung just below with fishing line with legs spread in a giant flying leap. We placed a plush elf on its back (hanging with fishing line to keep it steady), while other ornaments, figures, garland, and ribbons hung down with random abandon.
Another interesting thing is that we used an ornament spray tree topper. It’s basically a bundle of metal sticks of various lengths that splay out. Since the tip of this tree is at the bottom, we stuck them out of the sides of the tree, hanging balls from them at various lengths. One day we may use this topper correctly, but this was not the day!
This tree is still up, if you want to check it out in person, but it’s not long for this world. A new tree is already planned to take its place!