Your perfect Christmas tree is only perfect if it lasts through the season! With these tips, you will be able to choose a tree that is fresh as well as learn how to keep it beautiful throughout the holidays. Be sure to also check out the recycling ideas at the end of this post. Head out to a ... Read More about How to Care for a Fresh Christmas Tree
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Know Your Tree! How to Choose the Right Fresh Christmas Tree for Your Family
What makes the “best” Christmas tree? Having sold fresh cut Christmas trees for many years, I can attest to the old adage that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In truth, your best fresh Christmas tree may look vastly different than someone else’s. Size, shape, branch density, needle length, ... Read More about Know Your Tree! How to Choose the Right Fresh Christmas Tree for Your Family
20 Crafty Recycling Projects You Can Make With Your Christmas Tree
There really is nothing like a fresh tree for Christmas. It smells wonderful and brings a bit of the outdoors inside for a short while. When Christmas is over it's time to hack it up for recycling but it seems to me that there is a more fitting end for something so special. Not one to waste the ... Read More about 20 Crafty Recycling Projects You Can Make With Your Christmas Tree
The Magic of the Grinch Christmas Tree
The Christmas tree that graces the Garden Therapy house this year is not a huge, lush, extravagantly-adorned spectacle as it has been in the past. Nope, this year we almost didn't put up a tree. I was feeling a bit grinchy and will admit that the holidays have been difficult in the past, the last ... Read More about The Magic of the Grinch Christmas Tree
Have a Merry Little Christmas with These DIY Miniature Tree Decorations
Here is a unique and crafty garden idea for the holidays! Get ready miniature garden lovers, this project will get you started with a holiday garden, or help you decorate your existing miniature garden for Christmas. Janit Calvo, the Miniature Garden Guru from Two Green Thumbs Miniature Garden ... Read More about Have a Merry Little Christmas with These DIY Miniature Tree Decorations
Garden Therapy Christmas Wreaths Throughout the Years
Each December a few of my dear friends from the neighbourhood get together and make our Christmas wreaths together. That time means more to me than any gift I could get from them. My favorite thing about the holidays is celebrating traditions with friends and family. When those holiday traditions ... Read More about Garden Therapy Christmas Wreaths Throughout the Years
Simple Christmas Decorations using Natural and Rustic Materials
You don't have to be a decorating wizard to create beautiful and striking holiday decorations. And you certainly don't need glitter! Nature gives us all we need to decorate with, from gorgeous evergreens to bright berries. So go grab your boots and some pruners, and craft up some simple Christmas ... Read More about Simple Christmas Decorations using Natural and Rustic Materials
Hand-Stamped Fabric Napkins for Christmas
I hand stamped these cocktail napkins with an evergreen tree as they were intended as Christmas gifts. I found a great set of beautiful white 100% cotton cocktail napkins with a nice detail around the edge. They were simple and neutral but needed just a little something extra. The evergreen stamp is ... Read More about Hand-Stamped Fabric Napkins for Christmas
Dreaming of a Green Christmas with Natural + Recycled Gift Wrap Ideas
The holiday season doesn't have to be pocketbook-draining or create a mountain of waste! This guide is full of natural and recycled gift wrap ideas that will give you a green Christmas for your holiday gifts. They are festive, creative, and perfectly suited to a no-waste holiday. Are you ... Read More about Dreaming of a Green Christmas with Natural + Recycled Gift Wrap Ideas
Christmas Morning Granola
What's better for last-minute gift making than something that you can make with items picked up at the grocery store, where you likely have to make a stop anyway? This Christmas Morning Granola is a simple recipe that makes a thoughtful hostess gift, stocking stuffer, or treat for Santa. For the ... Read More about Christmas Morning Granola
A Small Tree With a Big Message: DIY Grinch Tree
While it's lovely to have classic holiday decor like elegant Christmas trees decked in traditional ornaments and holly-adorned wreaths, I also like to inject the Christmas season with a little quirkiness and whimsy. Queue this little wonder! Not only is it adorable and brings back happy childhood ... Read More about A Small Tree With a Big Message: DIY Grinch Tree
It’s Beginning to Smell a Lot Like Christmas Simmering Spices
It's amazing how scents just whisk you away to another world: a memory or place that is recognizable by how it smells. Christmas has a smell for sure, perhaps like hot apple cider mixed with pine trees, oranges, and clove? At least that what it smells like for me. Even during those days that I ... Read More about It’s Beginning to Smell a Lot Like Christmas Simmering Spices