The Silver Tree

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

Smooth Fox Knit & Crochet

(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