This year I have fallen in love with navy and white Christmas trees. For this year’s Christmas Tree Decor Blog Hop I created one of my own.
Keep scrolling to visit the links to all 28 bloggers participating in this year’s Christmas Tree Decor Blog Hop.
This year, I debated on making a 70th Anniversary Snoopy Themed Tree for this blog hop but finally decided to feature a navy and white nostalgic one instead.
My Snoopy themed tree still happened in my house this year featuring all of the stuffed Snoopy toys and ornaments I have been collecting since I was around 5 years old. I will share the link to that tree in another post.
Navy and White Nostalgic Christmas Tree
For my navy and white tree for this year’s Christmas Tree Decor Blog Hop, I started out by using my 7 foot green tree. But the half of the lights had blown. I wanted all white lights so I started the tedious task of cutting off the old multicolored lights.
I will not do that again!
It was just not worth the extra effort and the bleeding fingers. Just saying.
However, I do love the look of this tree with all white lights now.
My tree this year had to be off the floor and on a table.
I have a very large and very active one year old German Shepherd puppy and he thinks all things are his play toys. So I had to put my featured tree on a table in the corner of the room to keep it safe. You will notice this in the pictures.
The navy ornaments on this tree are round bulbs (shatterproof of course) in various sizes. I purchased a large container of them at the At Home store all in navy, some shiny or with glitter.
The all white ornaments and the white poinsettia flowers all were great finds at the Dollar Tree. They have really upped their options this year for Christmas and the items are actually really nice. The price is even better if you are working on a themed tree.
Silver ribbon woven throughout the tree completed the look I was trying to achieve.
Then, I didn’t like it. Yes it was the look I was going for but it just “needed” something more.
Since I was putting all of my Christmas decorations up around the house I had things pulled out that I wasn’t planning on using. Included in these items was a bag of vintage Christmas post cards covered with vintage German glass glitter that were tossed out from my previous employer where I worked as an Interior Designer at a luxury resort here in the Smoky Mountains.
This was about 10 years or more ago.
I had never used them before but just held on to them instead of letting them go in the dumpster. They were purchased from a former company called Barbara Shriver (can’t find them online anymore) and are replicas of these wonderful nostalgic post cards from the early 1900’s.
On impulse I added them to the all navy and white tree and it was just what it needed.
This is how my navy and white nostalgic tree came to be. I really like how it turned out.
Please be sure to visit all of the other talented bloggers and their beautiful trees for this year’s Christmas Tree Decor Blog Hop.
Welcome To The Fourth Annual Christmas Tree Decor Blog Hop
Be sure to visit all the participating bloggers below for gorgeous holiday decorating ideas for your Christmas tree.
Our Crafty Mom // Sustain My Craft Habit // Red Cottage Chronicles // Celebrate and Decorate
Jenron Designs // 2 Bees In A Pod // Virginia Sweet Pea // From House To Home
Tribe of Burton // Across the Boulevard // Intelligent Domestications // Simply Beautiful By Angela
Modern on Monticello // Redneck Rhapsody // Purple Hues and Me // My Pinterventures
Zucchini Sisters // One Thousand Oaks // Raggedy Bits // Southern Yankee DIY // Oh Fiddle Dee Dee
My Sweet Home Living // Pretty DIY Home // Michelle James Designs // Daily DIY Life
Happily Ever After, etc. // Kippi at Home // Simple Nature Decor // Design Morsels
Your Blue and White tree is lovely. I love that you used the vintage post cards on your tree, so unique. I understand the big puppy and the Christmas tree, we have the same issue at our house. Merry Christmas!
Thanks Shirley. So far he is leaving it alone so I am thankful.
Donna, what a great idea to add the postcards to the tree. They were definitely the perfect finishing touch! I have some vintage Christmas cards that are just waiting for a sprinkling of glitter 🙂 I love the navy and white color combo, too. I wish I’d checked Dollar Tree sooner for some poinsettia stems. Yours look great on the tree, and I agree that the quality of the merchandise there has gotten better.
Thanks Rebecca. The items at Dollar Tree this year have been very impressive.
Using the postcards is such a fun idea! I love combining navy and white as you did. So pretty!
Thank you Beverly. I am enjoying the tree this year.
I love how you added the postcards, they were the perfect touch! Good luck with your pup, mine are still convinced the tree is their play toy but they’re little so they do less damage!
Thanks Betsy. We do love our fur babies even when they cause trouble.
What a great theme for the holidays its super creative. I love collecting post cards and I will keep this in mind for future holiday tree ideas.
Thanks Maria. Next year I might use them on the mantel.
Donna, you know I love blue and white, so your tree is right up my alley! But the vintage post cards really make it. Thank you so much for participating and sharing. Happy holidays!
Thanks for hosting this event again this year. Happy Holidays to you too.
The post cards are a beautiful touch!
I also put my tree up on a table because it’s a smaller one, and I quite like the look of them up now so it’s more at eye level, and I don’t have to be reaching from the ground for the gifts.
Thanks Alexandra. So far my puppy hasn’t bothered it this way.
Your navy and white tree is lovely, but wow, the vintage postcards were the perfect finishing touch! I am sure you were glad you had saved them all of this time! I LOVE the Smoky Mountains! it is such a lovely part of the country! We still get up there whenever we can for a little break.
Thanks Chloe. Hope you can return for a visit soon.
I would have probably tried to do the same and replace all the blown lights, as tedious as it is. Love the white lights with your color combo, its beautiful!
Thanks Sonja
What a great element that the post cards add. Isn’t it great when you save something like that and it finally finds it’s perfect purpose.
Yes I love when I can reuse something again. Thanks for visiting Trina.
I love the vintage postcards those are so much fun. We found some last year while antiquing which were from my parents hometown dated 1909 and earlier so we had to pick them up. I put them on my mantle this year since they were all Christmas.
I love that idea. I might put them on the mantel next year. Thanks for visiting.
I recently went to HL and found gorgeous navy and gold ribbon. I was thinking of doing a navy tree next year…lol. Your tree is beautiful and love those post card ornaments.
Thanks Erlene. I have just fallen for all things navy this year. Hope the trend stays around. I look forward to visiting your post as well.
Your tree is so pretty, Donna. I love the navy and white color combination, and the idea of hanging vintage postcards from it is genius!
Thanks Wanda!
Your tree looks lovely! I love those vintage postcard ornaments and it’s wonderful that you saved them years ago. I’ve been wanting to make this exact craft for years using copies of postcards that I inherited from my great-great-aunts, all from the early 1900s. I can picture your rambunctious GS puppy racing around your house. I hope the table keeps your tree safe from your puppy!
Thanks Paula. So far he is leaving it alone but Christmas is a month away so fingers crossed that we can keep his attention off of it.