Hello everyone!
Wow, it has been a very long while since I last posted! It's been very busy around here, and I haven't had much time to DIY anything for you. But, I wanted
to take a few minutes to wish you all a very merry Christmas.
Now, to make my post a little longer, I wanted to give you an idea for
decorating next December (or November or whenever you start decorating
;-) ). This year, the tree that I usually put in my room was not brought
up with the rest of the boxes of ornaments. So, instead of just letting
that corner of my room stay empty I decided to do something new: I made
a book tree. There are enough books in my room that I could easily pull
this off and still have books to spare. So I did it. Unfortunately, I
could not get a picture to put on here (I still haven't figured out how
to get pictures off my Kindle Fire onto my computer so I could put them
on here), but I can tell you how I figured it out.
Basically what I did was pull most of my books off my shelves and
stacked them around the corner where I would build my tree. Once that
task was accomplished, the fun part began. I started my tree with a
circle of about 5 of my biggest books (this was to make sure I had a
sturdy base) with one in the middle. Then, I took more books and stacked
them around the circle, kind of like building a cone structure with
cups, making each layer a little less wide than the one below it. As I
built up, the books got smaller, and the number of books in each layer
got smaller until I got down to stacking one on top of the other. These I
offset the corners a little to give a little stability and to give it a
little visual interest. This sequence I started once more with a
large-ish book and worked my way down from there. For the top, I took
one of my Christmas books and stood it up with the pages fanned, to give
a little interest and add to the bookish theme. So there you have it,
my book Christmas tree. I must say I will be doing this again next year.
If you have any tips for me, let me know, or if you have done a book
tree, I'd love to hear about it, how big, what theme (if any), etc.
Merry Christmas everyone! May your days be merry and bright!
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