I used to put up our Christmas tree, string the lights, and decorate it all in one day, but I’ve learned I enjoy it more if I do it in stages.  When I’m not pushing to get it all done, I feel more freedom to experiment and play if I want to.  The funny thing is that I didn’t get super creative with our tree this year, even with that extra time.  I just made a couple of very small changes, but I have a lot of ideas for what I want to do next year!  I need to make notes for myself so I remember when I put the tree up, almost a year from now! One addition I made was adding two strands (52 ft, 800 bulbs) of micro-LED/cluster lights to the traditional incandescent lights.  THESE are the ones I bought.  I was so thankful I strung the

As I’ve been working on decorating for Christmas this year, I thought it would be fun to look at pictures of our “main” Christmas tree through the years.  I am now wishing I had done that before I decorated our tree for this year, because I found so much inspiration from things I’ve done in previous years.  I love it when that happens! It was a little challenging to find pictures of Christmas trees from my early years of blogging, but I was able to find trees back to 2011.  So, let’s take a little tour, and maybe you’ll find some new/old inspiration there as well… 2024 Other than a few minor tweaks, our tree is pretty much the same this year as it was last year.  I’ll share a fresh picture of it, though, in its own post.  This tree is the Balsam Hill 8′ Noble Fir.  It was