For the holidays, I wanted to share how you can create a blessings tree in honor of all the blessings you have experienced in life.
With Thanksgiving and Christmas on the horizon, I have become keenly aware of just how blessed I am and how thankful I am.
What a special way to commemorate this season of thankfulness by creating a Blessings Tree!
My favorite style of decorating involves the rustic cottage look so that is precisely the direction I took this idea.
Let me show you my tree first and then I will tell you a little about how you can do the same.
I love my sweet little tree!
Making this Blessings Tree was a very easy DIY project.
Here is what you will need to make your own tree:
canvas tags
chalkboard paint
brushes
white paint pen
twine
Various décor for your tree – I used red berries, gold pinecones and plaid ribbon for mine
For the DIY ornaments:
birch circles (cut your own or buy them pre-cut at your local craft store like I did)
You will also need a drill to drill the holes in the birch slices to hang your ornaments on your tree.
Creating the ornaments was simple – just take your birch slices and paint a chalkboard circle in the center of each one
with chalkboard paint.
Allow each coat to dry well – it takes just a few minutes.
Give each about 3 coats of the chalkboard paint.
After they dry, I used my white paint pen and wrote all my blessings – one on each slice.
I think I could have written a thousand, but I limited it to about 16 or so.
You can do as many as you like!
You could use chalk I suppose, but the paint pen worked best for me.
It is hard to fit all you need to on each slice and a pen allows for more precise penmanship.
After the slices were fully dry, I drilled a small hole in the top of each one large enough to string the twine through it.
Then I had fun stringing them up on my tree and adding all the finishing touches.
For the name tags:
Write encouraging words or phrases in whatever colors you like!
For an added personal touch, you could place some cute trinkets or thoughtful Christmas cards within the basket.
You can make really personalized ones on Shutterfly
Seeing all my blessings in front of me was an exercise in gratitude!
I am so blessed…and so thankful.
For more great crafts and furniture painting ideas, stay tuned right here.
May your holiday season be full of blessings as well!
