Christmas Tree with White and Gold

I have never shared our Christmas tree

all dressed up in white and gold.

I figured I had better do it today before it's too late!

(Warning: pic heavy!)

I was inspired to do so this year

 due to a very lovely surprise in the mail recently-

from an old tea society friend and fellow blogged

Sylvia from A Grandma's Blessings. 

So I wanted to show our tree

 and a few of its ornaments

 so you could see just how perfect

 my newest and precious Friendship Angel looks on it!

Here she is! Isn't she absolutely lovely?

(Thank you so much, Syl!)

So many of our unique ornaments are gifts

over the year from very special loved ones.

This shamrock St. Nick was from my sister and her family.

This beautiful swan is from dear Cindy and her husband Ben.

And this delicate artisan spun glass fountain

 is from their daughter Nicole.

We hired two of our nieces decorated our tree this year - they needed the money and I loved the help

 so it worked for everyone for the good. I couldn't find most of my pearl strands - lent a bunch to a friend for one of her projects and when she returned them I was careless

 and didn't get put back into the right bins,  so you can see from the top of the tree 

the nieces were trying to "make do" with the couple they had to work with...

only after the entire tree was finished did we find the other ones.

So you can tell it isn't quite how it should be, but no one was interested in starting over.

This is from my tea sister/friend Mary D

 who said it's a heart full of angel feathers!

♥

I always wrap gifts up using  white or shiny silver or gold

 or muted or ivory under this tree.

When I took this picture and was posting

 I saw in the pic there was something I never noticed.

It was a hostess gift my friend who came to the tea social

the other day placed under there I hadn't seen till posting!

Sneaky! I told them all no gifts!!!

It was a nice selection of homemade cookies -

good thing I found it before the cat did! LOL!

This tree has lots of white birds sitting on its branches! 

I love birds!

There are so many on my tree I'd like to share,

 but this is getting long - so I will just end

 with one of my very favorites

 from our first married Christmas together:

HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

♥

~Michele