This year marks the first in 7 years that I haven't booked my ticket to Alt Summit. As a result, I've decorated for Christmas. And I've had fun doing it, too! I've been slowly growing my collection of decor items, and I'm at a happy place this year with a grown-up tree that's dressed to my liking.  I have a few personal hang-ups with holiday decor. One being that it's impossible to store the other 12 months of the year and the other is that it takes up too much living space while out that everything feels cramped.  I found our white, pre-lit, minimalist tree a couple of years ago at Walmart for $80. The closest I could find is this one. But I fell in love with the realistic texture of the branches and the tiny box footprint it takes up when in storage. The problem: it's really sparse. So I got creative. I don't like the look of seeing the metallic pole down the center, so I bought a couple of feather boas and wrapped the center of the tree with them. The feathers added richness and weight to the tree that was lacking.  Many of the ornaments I've had in the past are white and silver, but with the white tree, I felt like it's too cold to have silver details. So I opted for warmer white and soft pink details with pops of green and dark browns. Since the tree is so obviously fake, I thought some realistic tree picks with flocked pine cones added a nice touch. And the flowers. The flowers really did it for me.  Eco Flower sent me a wood flower bouquet for styling with my calligraphy work. As a quick shout-out, I wish they'd been around when Chris and I got married. They're beautiful and last forever! Chris helped me deconstruct the bouquet and add the beautiful blooms to our tree. Since they're on wire stems, it was easy to wrap them around the branches and affix in place. In fact, most of the decor is firmly stuck to the tree so it's quite kid-friendly. The only issue I've had with the decorations so far is that Junie likes to open up the presents when I'm not looking. She's having fun and it's no big deal to re-wrap those boxes. In addition to the wood flowers, I got out the bunch of paper flowers I made months back out of coffee filters as a craft night with friends. The bigger, fluffier blossoms fill out the tree nicely, too.  In lieu of a tree skirt, I got a basket from Tai Pan trading to fit the tree. I still have to cover the ugly stand with presents, but that's a good excuse to get my gift-game on early to cover it all up. At some point, I hope to DIY a wooden stump into a stand. Maybe next year? There's always next year.  I'm just so thrilled with how it all turned out. I'm slowly figuring out my personal style when it comes to holiday decor, and I'm enjoying the process.  RESOURCES: 

• Wood flowers: Eco Flower c/0
• 12 days of Christmas: Land of Nod c/o
• Pink wrapping paper: Tiny Prints
• Gold wrapping paper: Tai Pan Trading
• Basket: Tai Pan Trading
• Picks: Tai Pan Trading & Walmart
• Paper flowers: handmade