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My Christmas Traditions Plus $100 Wayfair Giveaway

written by Rebecca E. Parsons

Christmas Traditions at Angel Wood Cottage

Christmas Decorating Traditions

I have a few unbreakable Christmas Traditions. Some involve decorating. Some involve feast and féte. Some are just between me and baby Jesus. Angel Wood Cottage is a little slice of heaven on a beautiful lake nestled on Amelia Island Florida. I love decorating her and Christmas Traditions are part of the process every December. One of my Favorite Christmas Traditions is decorating a tree for every room. These little jewels just make my heart sing with joy!!

And a Giveaway

I also have a pretty cool $100 Wayfair Gift Card giveaway for you after I share my Christmas Traditions! The giveaway is about accenting traditional Christmas trees with a fun and different twist. Keep scrolling to see my twists…and theirs.

Christmas Traditions: A Tree for Every Room

Kitchen Christmas Tree

Angel Wood Cottage is my Well-Collected Home™ lovingly decorated with finds and treasures from our wanderings. Here is my beloved Kitchen Christmas tree. I am attracted to anything in miniature. I love tiny kitchen tools and gadgets and have amassed quite a few over the years of scouring thrift stores and estate sales. A few years ago, I decided to place some of them on a little tree on the kitchen island. A new Christmas Tradition was born. Read about it here.

Kitchen Christmas Tree

See all the tiny kitchen ornaments? There is a tiny whisk, small pots and pans with lids, wooden spoons, and my favorite little find–a miniature egg beater.

Christmas Traditions Kitchen Tree

And this tiny (one inch tall) rooster cookie cutter came home with me about 40 years ago from France. I have collected roosters since I studied muraling and decorative painting in Lyon when I was but a child. I have made many cookies with him and count him among my most prized possessions.

Tiny rooster cookie cutter

Music Room Christmas Tree

Each year I add another tree to another room. We are a family of musicians and vocalists. So we always have a dedicated Music Room. This tree is decorated with tiny instruments and rests on my Mother’s piano, which I inherited. Read more about this tree here.

Beachy Christmas Tree

Of course, I could not leave out a beachy tree. I made this shell Christmas Tree a few years ago to use as a centerpiece for meals by the lake. This little wonder stays out all year and graces the cottage with its beautiful iridescent glow. See it in action at a Christmas Brunch.

Beachy Christmas brunch table by the lake#royaldesignstudio

Lanai Christmas Tree

Last year, I added a tree to the Lanai (screened porch). It has tiny birds and shiny ornaments on it. We love to watch the birds from this porch, so it is a fitting that we have an outdoor Christmas Traditions tree also.

Christmas Traditions Lanai Tree

The Dining Room Tree

This year I am adding a dining room tree. I placed some pieces from my silver collection among the flocked branches along with tiny snowmen. It is a work in progress.

Christmas Traditions Dining room tree

Christmas Traditions Dining room tree

What a joy these trees bring to me. I hope I may have encouraged you to begin a new Christmas Tradition! {WINK WINK}

The $100 Wayfair Gift Card Giveaway

UPDATE: The winner is Darcy Zalewski –  Congratulations! Thank you all for entering the giveaway!!

Since Wayfair is sponsoring this post, they wanted to give my readers a chance at winning a gift card to perhaps start some new Christmas Traditions of their own. Thank you Wayfair!!

Here’s How the Giveaway Works

In order to enter the giveaway for a chance to win the $100 Wayfair.com gift card:

  1. Please visit Wayfair’s Upside Down Christmas Tree page
  2. Select your favorite upside-down Christmas tree
  3. Then share you favorite one in the comment section of this blog post

The giveaway will end at midnight December 8th and the winner will be announced December 9th on this post as an Update. The $100 gift card prize will come directly from Wayfair!

Christmas Traditions: St. Nicholas Tea Party

St. Nicholas Victorian Tea Party Tablescape Centerpiece

My annual St. Nicholas Tea Party ~ Victorian Christmas Celebration is a hit with my friends and family. It is a peaceful time-out from all the holiday hustle and bustle. It is about the warmth of the season celebrated with a festive high tea.

St.-Nicholas-Tea-silver-tea-service

Each guest leaves with their own package of tea and scones.

The St. Nicholas Bigelow table #AmericasTea

 

 

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  1. Renee Walker says

    November 30, 2017 at 3:13 pm

    Fabulous Post!! I love the Douglas Fir 7.5 Green Christmas Tree with Lights it reminds me of Angel Wings.

  2. Nancy says

    November 30, 2017 at 4:44 pm

    Love all the silver trees but will have to go with the 5.5 one!

  3. Megan @ C'mon Get Crafty says

    November 30, 2017 at 5:39 pm

    Oooooh, I LOVE this idea!!! We do two trees when we can afford it (we fresh cut each year), and one is always family and the other “stylish”, I guess, ha! But how fun would it be to have a “Crafty” tree for me, maybe one for all the boys’ homemade ornaments…possibilities are endless! I love yours, but the kitchen tree is my favorite!

  4. Rebecca I. says

    December 4, 2017 at 12:14 am

    This one is my favorite!

    https://www.wayfair.com/holiday-decor/pdp/sterling-inc-pre-lit-palm-tree-75-green-upside-down-floor-artificial-christmas-tree-with-600-clear-white-lights-with-stand-sri1283.html

  5. Kim Vij says

    December 5, 2017 at 12:27 pm

    So many adorable ideas for decoration trees, we do an artificial tree in each of our rooms of the house. Crazy and so fun. I’d love to try an upside down tree in our house and the Douglas Fir 9′ Green Fir Artificial Christmas Tree with 800 LED Warm White Lights with Stand would be so cool to use in our vaulted ceiling living room.

  6. wendy Bertagnole says

    December 5, 2017 at 12:51 pm

    The 9ft silver tree is my favorite. So pretty and unique!

  7. All says

    December 5, 2017 at 3:24 pm

    You always stun me with your talent! My fave tree is the one with lights!!

  8. Darcy Zalewski says

    December 5, 2017 at 3:39 pm

    I love the 9 foot upside down silver Christmas tree. So pretty!

  9. Amy Andrychowicz says

    December 5, 2017 at 5:37 pm

    What a fun post, thanks for sharing! The Grand Teaton 3′ Tear Drop tree is cute and I love the shape of it!

  10. Tricia Hodges says

    December 5, 2017 at 6:20 pm

    Oooo I really like the 4.5 foot with 200 white lights. These are all so beautiful! But wow — I love your trees throughout your house — and the St. Nicholas tea! Lovely, beautiful traditions.

  11. Theresa Greco says

    December 5, 2017 at 6:56 pm

    After this years tree cutting issues I would love one of these. The white are nice with lights 🙂

  12. Ann from Sumptuous Spoonfuls says

    December 5, 2017 at 8:37 pm

    I’d never heard of this upside down Christmas tree trend … how unique! I like the Modern Upside Down Hanging Bangle Christmas Tree Set with Ornaments

  13. Debbie says

    December 7, 2017 at 9:03 am

    Love your kitchen tree, it’s so cute! I love the spruce trees!

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DIYer. Graphic Designer. Creative. Foodie. Rebecca E. Parsons is a Renaissance gal with designers eye living happily where design meets new media. Rebecca is an award-winning graphic designer, writer, storyteller, digital and Photographic Artist, Dreamer, Lifelong Communicator and Blissful Wordsmith. Unconventional and delightfully curious, she is passionate about helping others find their visual voice through great blog design. She believes that every dream is possible and possible is everywhere!

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