WOW HAVE WE WORKED THIS PAST WEEK! ..HOPE YOU ENJOY THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Snapshots from the week.....

The only white and the only flocked tree

we have done this year, but absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

I HAVE A DAY OFF!!! well NOT really..a to do list that took two pages to type, but the good news is I can do it all in my pajamas, watching football, drinking great coffee, with my house filled with the smells of Christmas..(I must have 20 candles burning)! There is a fire blazing in the fireplace and all my trees in every room are on. Every little nook looks Christmas, filled with bright RED poinsettias, trees filled with memories of 37 years of marriage, 2 great kids and four little grandsons. I am 90% finished with my shopping, now I just need to create some beautiful packages. Add to that, I got ten hours of much

needed sleep and my servant husband (and only people that know him really understand that line) has gone to fill my car up, wash it and pick up pizza and some Blue Bell ice cream. The best part of ALL is we are down to the last week of TREES and my body feels it. I reread that paragraph and all seems right with the world. Today it is! After spending more time in others homes than my own during the past six weeks, I know that is not the case everywhere. So I do not take TODAY for granted. We are blessed.
I have not been able to post daily and I had really hoped to. But this is a glimpse into the life of a tree decorator.

This is the short version of my week. I will have to look back at my calendar to even do it . Most days I have no clue what day of the week it is.

Monday we started the week at a beautiful home that is straight out of Southern Living magazine. I have done this tree for more years than I can remember. The tree is one that you see from multiple rooms and is perfect for the house....the entire tree

is filled with iced fruit

Then we moved across town to do an old friend's home. He is a bachelor and loves his beautiful tree.....He cannot understand how we get so many ornaments on ONE tree

So many trees look alike in the pictures and yet they are ALL so different....next year I am going to LEARN how to make those BIG and BEAUTIFUL pictures.
Tuesday was a day spent at one of the most fun gals on the schedule. I showed you her pictures (the wine on the gold tray home) in the previous post. She uses all REAL garland....and has gorgeous banisters that we finish out with wonderful ribbon.

Wednesday we arrived at our first job to the smells of the BEST POUND CAKE ever, just out of the oven and baked just FOR US! This is a home that just says WELCOME when you walk in...and the trees are always beautiful. BUT I do not have pictures...she is emailing them to me...my only excuse is it was a rainy and cold day and we needed to get to the next job.
We headed next to her real estate office. I will show them in the next post...This is the office tree...a little bit of a hodge podge, using some left over ornaments. The funny part of this is we have gotten so many compliments on it....so after a LONG day we headed home and had another day down.
Thursday we did a wonderful home for wonderful people. This family built the ultimate retirement home...we ride the elevator to the third floor and step out into the Christmas room. We did a little less at this house than our normal decorating as they are spending the holidays out of town. But one of the greatest perks of my job is meeting and getting to know wonderful families and this is one of them.

Friday we did a new house....A beautiful home, a newlywed couple, a new tree and what fun we had making their entry hall and mantle gorgeous. The tree was an awesome tree to work with but those pictures are going to have to be on my next post...as they are on my other camera.....but it was a FUN house..

Yesterday found us tired to say the least but we took on one of the biggest jobs of the week. A white flocked tree that is at the top of this post, a stunningly beautiful tree and that's not bragging..I had good stuff to work with. It took us hours and hours and more hours. The mantle was one of our favorite!

If you are still with me after all that you are worn out. So am I! I will be sure and post pictures of the other houses from the past week soon. Also my Disney tree is coming up this week along with more homes that we will head to first thing tomorrow. If you find any grammar errors, typing errors, etc. in this post, just know that I am on overload mentally and physically..
But we are within a few days of saying that one more year we have DECKED SOME HALLS, made some families very happy and are still smiling. For me, I am ready to get back to being GRAMMY and celebrating with my family the ultimate BABY THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING! In the hustle and bustle of THIS WEEK, remember the reason for the season.