My crafty tree.. this was a calorie burner for sure...

I FINALLY got around to putting up the Christmas tree ... TOTALLY CRAFTY ... I LIKE IT ... it is odd and different just like I like things ... now all I have to do is work the back of it but for tonight I am signing off ... this was WORK and a calorie burner everything in my old carcass hurts ... needless to say the dogs gave me a run for my effort ... I had to train them to sit and not leap on the tree ... they finally got it... all porcelain in white and pink and gold and silver....

Close look at upper half...

center...

Training Pierre to sit and not jump on the tree... he got it!!!

This was work ... I AM TIRED ... my totally crafty Christmas tree ... dragging these old bones to the hot tub and to bed... will finish dressing the dolls and hanging them in the back of the tree before week's end...

Another goofy thread ... SNIPPETS of my journey... 

Beautiful! Love your dolls and what a great use for them!

Thanks beautiful MrsLitch ... I had a drawer full of porcelain dolls that I had yet to dress or make dresses for so I had this idea nagging at me to make a dolly Christmas tree... I am glad I did ... I have several dolls left to dress and set up on the back of the tree ... hopefully I will get to them before weekend... I ran out of steam LOL

Thank you!!! I am so honored to meet another artist.  OMG it was hard work indeed ... fun and physically challenging at the same time ... I am sore today so I will be hitting up Bikram (Hot Yoga) before going home

Gorgeous!  I love dolls and teddy bears.  I used to do all fabric angels and crosses in gold and cream, with tons of white lights and gold glittery ribbon.  It's sad my boyfriends family has a little fake fiber optics tree, and here I have the most gorgeous ornaments and decorations I never use.  Maybe someday my son will move out and I will have my house back.  Christmas makes me so sad.  I keep pretending to be alright but I am not.  I am going to do some volunteer work this weekend for my companies Christmas charity, I hope that helps.  I don't even have a penny to buy anymore gifts, I got my son the Xbox one, and that was it.  I am gonna make Christmas cookies next week for work.  I need to find my spirit if I can.               m

I keep missing your responses as I get 0 notifications when you post ... I do get the others though ... If I were you I would get my decorations and work magic anyhow .. even if it is on a twig ... it doesn't matter to me whether the tree is real or artificial ...mine IS artificial... I have had it for years...  I have too much woodwork and pets and have not had a 'real' tree other than the ones I used decorate in the yard of our previous house before moving to our 3 family this past Christmas... I love this rumble .. there is space for the 4 of us and then some ... but I won't risk fire or harm to my inquisitive pets with a real tree... it is bad enough trying to keep Chip away from jumping on this tree now you see why I call him Chip-wreck ... Pierre and Pierretta got the message but Chip has that look that says 'just wait 'till you're not looking' LOL...

I was thinking about you when I was toying around with the idea of porcelain dolls to decorate my Charlie Brown tree with ,,, and it came out just the way I imagined it although it took some work and re-work and my hands are raw and my back still hurts LOL and the dogs toppling it the first try before the ornaments even went up did not even help...,.. geez...

Just relax and enjoy your Christmas ... I for one celebrate Christmas all year round,,, I do not have to go to the mall all I have to do is open up one of my storage rooms downstairs and sort out all the gifts that I have bought all year round teeeeeee heeeeeeee.... then for my high maintenance grown arse kids who are royal PITAS I just slap a visa gift card with a few hundred dollars on each that I saved up with my Xmas Club along with their gifts and wish them a merry day... 

This picture shared by the Purpose Fairy this morning on FB tells EXACTLY how I feel about Christmas...

Absolutely beautiful....you are so talented!!!!

Thank you Brenda ... I  was about to give up at one point because the picture in my head was not playing out like I wanted to... then it all came together sorta kinda LOL

I am glad I put up my tree and that it put all that work into me ... YIKESSSSSSSSSSS this morning I am sore ... but I have an awesome remedy for that ... heading over to Bikram after work ... hot yoga does wonders for me especially it gets the kinks out of my body and relaxes my mind ... plus I could use some of the heat right now LOL...

My workout paid off though... I would use ANYTHING that benefits my journey ... in health, wellness, happiness and even the most challenging moments .... so I took my picture for my empowerment journal "A Picture A Day Keeps The Pounds and Inches Away" next to my ARTSY FARTSY DOLLY TREE...

My empowerment collage today comparing before and now...