A Chandelier Tree & Christmas Bling

I love decorating for the holidays.  My favorite part is pulling out things I bought on sale after Christmas last year.  I love how I forget about everything and then pull it out and go, "Oh ma gawh!  LOVE IT!!  I TOTALLY forgot about this!!!"  Like these cute little treasures I scored from my mother-in-law's PRECIOUS shop...

And these I scored for like, 90% off at Hobby Lobby!!!

          

 

One thing I don't like is decorating my dining room table & chandelier.  That's seriously been the bain of my holiday existence.  I've seen a million different ways to decorate a chandelier...greenery, beading, hanging ornaments, etc., etc., etc.  I've tried a lot of 'em out, but I never really liked any of 'em.  I've also seen a hundred and one ways to decorate a table, but I've never really liked anything I tried out there, either.   Here’s how I had my chandelier decorated last year & the start of this season…

Not completely unfortunate, but looking at it in person, well…something was definitely missing.

Now, you must know that my holiday decorating style is a little traditional.  Nothin' too fancy or funky {boring, I guess?!?!  HA!!}...lots of reds, greens, & golds mixed in with TONS of greenery, berries, Santas, and trees.  I really wanted to incorporate that into the dining room somehow and I was SO flippin' excited when I saw the funnest little show on HGTV the other day where they were spotlighting different ways to dress up your chandelier/light fixtures for the holidays.  SCORE!  SO...I immediately headed to Hobby Lobby to pick up what I needed and overall, this is my favorite so far!!!  This is my take on a "Chandelier Tree"...

Whaddya think?! Do you love it?!  Not gonna lie you guys...I reallly do!!!

Definitely my favorite chandelier decoration so far! 

Wanna make your own?! 

This is what you'll need:

A plain wreath

A strand of garland

Ribbon

Ornaments

And anything else you can think to use to decorate it!!

First, you'll need to start with the wreath.  You'll need to place the wreath upside down underneath the base of the chandelier. 

I had to secure my wreath with ribbon.  I tied the wreath to the base on each stem of the chandelier.  Of course, this clearly took a joint effort so Mr. Spouse had to lend a helping hand :)

NOW...take your garland and wrap it around the chain of your light fixture. 

It's gonna look pretty plain, so you'll wanna {or maybe not} dress it up just a bit!

I took some red & gold ribbon and curled it down the sides of the garland, kinda like I would do on a Christmas tree.  Once that was in place, I filled in the gaps with some ornaments & berries & then attached a fun & frivolous tassel {I freakin' LOVE tassels} to the center of my chandelier. 

I really do love it!  And the best part about everything?!!  ALL of my supplies were on sale! 

Wreath: $4

Garland: $4

Ribbon: $4

Ornaments & Berries:  Free {cuz' I already had 'em on hand :)}

Total Cost:  $12  {That's like a Thursday night dinner at Sonic}

Knowing that I have a brand new light fixture arrangement to look at, I had to have a new centerpiece for the table, too!  Y'all.  I'll be honest.  I'm just excited the table isn't covered in drop cloths & paint supplies.  This is the first time I've seen the table in MONTHS.

Anywho...I felt like I needed a little Christmas BLING, but bling gets pricey.  I don't know about y'all, but I prefer to buy my Christmas decorations AFTER the holidays because I hate paying full price for anything...I'm cheap like that.  Now, I didn't originally intend for this to be my centerpiece...I had my apothecary jars filled to the brim with ornaments & ready to be put on the table...but this little project just sorta took on a life of it's own in the wee small hours of the morning {y'know...like at 1 am on a work night}. 

Whaddya think?!?!  Too much??  Not enough??  Gaudy??  Too college-style??  Personally, I LOVE it. 

I took one of my favorite little trays and placed 4 different candleholders {tall, medium, short, really short} in the center.  Then I took my favorite Dollar Tree ornaments and poured them all over the top of the tray & around the candleholders.  Now, these sweet little bling bling Christmas trees were another fun find at the Dollar Tree!!  I just placed 'em on top of the candleholders and voila!  Super inexpensive, fun, & frivolous!!!

I’m thinkin’ about addin’ some cute ribbon to the candlesticks.  What do you think??

Trees:  $1 each

Ornaments: $1 for each set

Tray & Candlesticks: Stolen from different rooms in my house :)

Total cost: $7

And here’s how it all looks together…

I’m lovin’ my fun new look this year!!!

Now I wanna steal see your dining room table & chandelier decorations.  Bring on the cuteness!!!!