We went Christmas tree shopping in our own back yard! David had last Friday off, so while I was at work he scoured the woods trying to find the perfect tree. He found three he thought were contenders and let me have the final say. Then he got to work!
Timber!
There's just something about your man carrying the Christmas tree he chopped down for you. Love it.
Of course he didn't carry it all the way back to the house. It was pretty heavy, after all.
The guineas were excited about the tree as well!
Once we got the tree up to the house, we had to drill a hole in the bottom because of the type of tree stand we have. Shavings went everywhere!
We were trying to figure out how we wanted to decorate the tree, and David had the idea of using popcorn. I've always wanted to try this, so we gave it a go this year.
First, I had to pop a lot of popcorn!
Of course all the bagged microwave popcorn you buy has tons of butter and salt on it, so I didn't want greasy popcorn hanging on my tree. I bought a big jar of the plain kernels and popped them in a paper bag in the microwave for a few minutes (thanks to my sis, Kerri, for the tip!).
Then I took a needle and some button thread and went to work while watching Lifetime Christmas movies. I saw three whole movies before I was done!
We added our big bulb retro lights, red ball ornaments, and a big bow on top and called it a night.
I love how it turned out! Jasper likes it, too.
Happy holidays everyone!
~Tammy
beautiful! love it! now, how do you pop that popcorn in a paper bag?
ReplyDeleteTo use a paper bag to pop kernels, all you do is put the kernels in the bag, fold the top of the bag over a few times, and nuke it!
ReplyDeleteAll microwaves are different, so set it for 2-3 minutes first to see how that works (stay close by). Just like pre-bagged popcorn, take it out when the popping slows down.
FYI - On my microwave it took more like 3-4 minutes, but it is an older microwave.