Ceramic Christmas Tree - Updated
I found this ceramic Christmas tree last summer at a yard sale.
It had a pink pearl finish.
It was dirty.
It had fabulous blue lights - not!
But it was only a $1.50.
It was also dirty!
The first order of business was getting those blue lights out. Some of them were loose and came right out, but most of them were glued-in. I was a little concerned about breaking them, but, I got out the vice grips and started twisting.
I'm happy to report that all of them came out with a little encouragement. A few broke, but the small pieces popped right out.
The tree went into the sink for a good scrubbing and came out looking like this:
Ceramic trees are very popular right now. I've even seen reproductions of the originals. Since I was never a big fan of the green ones with multi-colored lights, I decided this one would be white. Off to the paint stash I went where I found a can of matte white spray paint - with primer!
Outside it went for paint on a piece of cardboard, but my favorite part was hanging it upside-down to get all the nooks and crannies:
Two coats later, I had a white tree (and base...I forgot to take pictures of that!)
Originally I was going to give it a satin finish, but I discovered I really liked the matte finish. I also thought I wanted to sponge some gold paint on the edges of the branches, but when I did, I really didn't like it. This was a case of 'less is more'.
I needed clear lights for the tree. After searching online, I found them and they were here in a couple of days. In they went...
I grabbed some batting that I had, some pinecones, and clipped a few branches from one of the shrubs:
Then I plugged it in:
There had to be one more shot once it got a little darker:
An easy update that anyone can do!
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My mom made a green one I played with taking the lights in and out. It was a symbol of my childhood christmas every year. When my mom passed I took it to my car and was driving down the drive way and stopped knowing that my niece wanted sooo bad I gave it to her. I have never regretted anything more in my life. My heart longs for it every christmas of my life especially since it is too hard for me to put up a tree anymore. We agreed that I would give her my grandfather's bible in exchange for the tree I gave her the bible and I never got the tree. Oh well what do you do.
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I'm sorry you don't have the tree, Lisa. At least you still have the memory...
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