Crafty Xmas Goddess: 7 things to put on trees!
Posted by Goddess Leonie on December 15th, 2009. Filed under: Creative Goddess.
Hola gorgeous Goddess!
As I yacked about in our last Crafty Christmas Goddess project (the Stocking edition!), we are making our own kind of Christmas this year. Since we usually spend it at either of our family’s homes, we don’t actually have Christmas decorations. We wanted to make something that wasn’t particularly standard Christmas-fare… we wanted something that was us – funny, homemade, creative, hippies. And don’t forget my ultimate creed… cheap is gooood. hee hee hee!
So today, we were walking around our $2 shop/warehouse, and I spotted the cutest fake tree for $10. And I was eyeing off all the decoration paraphenalia we could buy… but I thought pffffffft… we can do this our kind of style!
So I present to you… Seven Gorgeous & New Wonderful Things You Can Decorate Your Tree With!
1. Photos
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it an optical illusion? Oh noes… it’s a photograph in a tree.
And even more mind-bending… it’s a photo of a real pine tree… in a fake one.
Woah.
Anyways, photos are adorable & must adorn more trees.
2. Felted Wool Goodies
A gorgeous goddess sent me this felted wool baby-angel when I first became pregnant.
It’s been sitting over my altar since then, calming me with her peaceful presence.
And now she is a tree-fairy. The End.
3. Keyrings get new life.
I don’t know if this happens to everyone, but we have all around our home a whole bundle of cute knick-knacks.
Including this keyring that is too pretty to let go of.
Anything that is hookable or dangle-able is fair game when it comes to Christmas ornaments.
Including this little set of story beads.
4. Herb pockets
This one is my favourite by faaaaar!
I found some sweet little semi-translucent gift bags, and went out into the garden and harvested some herbs.
A little bit of rosemary…
A little bit of sage…
And a little bit of my favourite…
Lavendar!
These are my favourite of all our new ornaments… they bring in the beautiful herbal healing energy… and the outside earth energy… and they smell divine.
5. Wool & Ribbon
Who needs tinsel… when I have a whole bundle of ribbon & wool offcuts?
6. Crystal necklaces
This one comes in third place favourites… I got out some of the crystal bead necklaces I’ve made and hung them all over the tree too.
Yummy and light-filled and healing and colourful all at once!
7. Rosary beads
This is my second favourite of our ornaments… my dear friend Goddess Sone gifted me her sacred rosary beads.
I adored stringing them on our tree…
Here’s the end of it… and funnily enough – there in the background is a beautiful wooden mama statue Sone gave me as well!
I am so blessed 
Christmas trees are so much more sacred when filled with treasures and love, me thinks.
Ta-da!
So those are my seven new favourite ways.
I’ve still got one more up my sleeve that I am waiting to make…
Strands of hand-painted paper cranes!
So what about you, gorgeous Goddess?
How do you decorate your tree?
Big love you!
December 16th, 2009 at 2:39 am
I love paper chains with interlocking rings of paper they remind me of being in elementary school and for extra oomph you can write something on each one a wish or a prayer or a dream.
December 16th, 2009 at 3:36 am
Will you add a how-to on the cranes? I want to dangle bunches of cranes from the ceiling in my healing sanctuary. Smooches!
December 16th, 2009 at 3:37 am
We just decorated ours last night, and I blogged about it because it’s the two of us now merging two quite different holiday traditions. We had a great time!
I might have to steal your herb packet idea. It’s too late in the season for anything fresh (except parsley), but dried lavender and rosemary and sage sounds delicious on a tree.
Love your ideas, and more than that, I love how you do everything so consciously, with such attention to detail and appreciation for what you can create with what you already have. Merry Christmas, Goddess!
December 16th, 2009 at 4:25 am
ooooh-Goddess Leonie, as usual, you have created a gorgeous, touching, memorable work of art with your loving heart! I too have used various “alternative” ornaments such as keychains, jewlery, little plush & plastic toys and even pretty bottlecaps! This year, my sweetie & I will be celebrating a very low-key, just-the-two-of-us, no presents holiday & since we refuse to pay $60+ for a live tree & don’t care for artificial ones (unless they are cool old silver ones!) we are searching for an alternative type of “tree” to create…any ideas, oh creative one?! Many hugs to you & yours!
December 16th, 2009 at 5:34 am
Oh you are all so adorable!
Goddess Allyssa ~ I love that! Paper chains! Woooooo!
Goddess Meredith ~ That is so deeply beautiful sweetie… thank you for being you!
Goddess Azure ~ Sure sweetie
Hopefully we’ll get to doing it this weekend 
Goddess Laurie ~ Ooooh! Tree ideas! My favourite! I personally love using either potted indoor plants, or painted white branches with decorations! We’ve also used a pot of decorative sticks and fake flowers as a tree before too… hee hee hee!
December 16th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Ooh, love it my dear! There’s a goofy grin on my face imagining you decorating your tree. Especially love the story beads
December 16th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
hee hee hee… thought you would, goddess eileen
*giant panda bear hugs*
December 16th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Oh leonie, this idea really touched my heart. What a beautiful idea!!!
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Such a cheap and no ‘waste’ way to decorate! No throw away cheap wasteful christmas decorations, just beautiful personal touches!!!!
Thankyou darling for inspiring me xxxx
December 17th, 2009 at 5:33 am
You are such a darlingheart, Goddess Holly… love you to bits & pieces!
December 17th, 2009 at 5:34 am
P.S. Maybe we should rename it “The Treasure Tree”!
December 18th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Love the herbs & crystal concept & what a fabulous idea! Far better & more personal than anything you find in shops. Our tree this year has a touch of op shop glam. I have a thing about cutlery, so I have been chasing old silver cutlery & utensils etc. just like Nana used to have. Then used old glass beads & wire that I’ve wrapped & twisted then hung. Also I was lucky to find vintage piping nozzles, they look like little bells. I love the idea that people would have dined on Christmas lunch, love, laughed, cried & told many stories over them. Now they hang lovingly on our tree.
December 18th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Gorgeous Goddess Larissa ~
Oh my dearheart!
That is the most perfect & gorgeous idea ever…. hurrrrah for you
<3 so much love and magic a-hanging on your tree!
December 20th, 2009 at 8:48 am
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March 8th, 2010 at 9:45 am
Those are all such pretty ideas for the Xmas tree! I especially love the story beads, I had never heard of those before!