For a while I have been wanting
a vintage silver Christmas tree
I looked at them on Etsy and
Ebay and even told Tracy
(at my favorite place to
get all things vintage)
to keep an eye out for one
A few weeks ago I went into
Kohls to buy a bra...
my least favorite thing
in the world to do...
and spotted 2 seven foot silver trees
sitting in the center of the
Christmas clearance aisle
They had been used as display trees
for their Christmas ornaments
and I had lovingly admired them
the last time I was there
After looking at their website
to see if I could have one
of my very own
I found out that those
trees were $499.99!!
Don't think so
Anyway...
I looked...walked away..
looked again…walked away
…and came back again
It was calling my name..
Robin come back…
You need me
After having a discuss
with the store manager
(because I had a price of $100 or less in my head)
it was decided that I
could have an additional
30% off the $124.99 price
YES…silver tree
you will be coming home with me!!
So I brought it home
and set it in my living room
Admiring my new tree each day
I didn't want to put it away
for a l o n g year
I decided it needed a skirt
to match my collection of
vintage Shiny Brites
that will adorn it next year
So I went thru my stash of
yarn and found the colors
I wanted and it all
came together
I picked up some buttons
at Walmart and
another project complete!
It looks great under my tree
I love the pom pom edge
The pattern for the tree skirt
can be found here at
(image from her blog)
I did add the
buttons and pom pom edge
(tutorial on a previous post)
I will be retiring
my little pink tree
♥I still love you little pink tree♥
I have already started
another project
Imagine that!
Crochet on…
Robin
