Maybe there could be a Christmas song that would go something like this:

Deck the trees with jewels and babbles

Fa-la-la-la-la–la-la-la-la

Sweet Mother of Pearl.  That is exactly what three of my friends have done.  They have created beautiful Christmas trees from jewelry – pearls, gems, gold, silver, beads, and rhinestones.  They have used bracelets, necklaces, strings of pearls, earrings, rings, and even vintage buttons to create these amazing trees.

Tree Number One:

Friend Who Does Not Wish to Be Named created a beautiful jewelry tree many moons ago.  During each Christmas season, she proudly displays her tree.

Each piece of jewelry on this tree has special meaning to her, and she enjoys sharing the memories.  Her tree is built on a styrofoam base and each piece of jewelry is secured with straight pins and glue.

She knows who gave her each bracelet, necklace, earring, ring, or pin.  It is amazing.

I especially like the vintage hatpin that tops her tree.

Tree Number Two:

Fast forward to the 2013 Living Stones Christmas party at Linda’s home.  Hanging on her entry wall was a beautiful framed tree made from vintage jewelry.  The jewels glittered and sparkled, and all of the ladies marveled at this beautiful creation.  Some brave souls resolved to created a tree of their own.  Now this tree did not belong to Linda.  It belonged to a relative who let her “borrow” it for the party.  Call this the” inspiration tree”.

Tree Number Three:

Be still my heart.  Linda immediately began planning to make her own jewelry tree.  If you know Linda, you know that once she decides to do something, she wastes no time doing it.  Within a few months, she had collected her jewels and  finished her sparkling creation.  All of the ladies of the Living Stones were so impressed.

Most of the pieces of vintage jewelry on Linda’s tree were family pieces, and other jewels were gifts or bought.

The cross that tops her tree was given to her by a friend.

So much work went into making this beautiful Christmas tree.  It is fantastic.

Tree Number Four:

From the beginning, Ann also made plans to make a jeweled Christmas tree. She had some vintage family pieces, and she set about collecting more.  Since Linda had experience making her tree, she helped Ann put her tree together.  It took one entire long day for these two ladies to glue the pieces onto the velvet.  It is truly a labor of love.

On her summer travels, Ann found vintage jewelry and antique buttons to use on her tree.

It amazes me how all the different pieces of jewelry work together to create the sparkling Christmas trees.  If I remember correctly, Ann’s topper was also a gift from a friend.

Both Linda and Ann say that it takes more jewelry to make these trees than they thought it would.

Thank you ladies for letting me share your sparkling jeweled trees.  They are so beautiful.  I like them.  I love them.

Fa-la-la-la-la–la-la-la-la!

Blessings to you and yours,