How to Make a Short, Fat Christmas Tree

I have been hunting for a short, fat,  artificial Christmas tree for quite a while....with no luck.   You can find live trees that look like what I wanted,  but I wanted a "forever"  tree.

I also wanted it to have a"fairy forrest" look to it.....I don't ask for much , do I.....LOL!

I also wanted it to have a unique stand.....like this one... which was my inspiration tree.   ( I used an antique wheel chair for my stand.)

I started with a tree that I got at the auction a few weeks ago in a "bundle" that I bought for $7.   The bundle filled the back of the Yukon and all I wanted was the Nativity set.   Anyway,  I was going to donate this tree,  but I got to looking at it and thought....maybe???     So,  I had H put the top and bottom of the tree together as you can see in the first photo (the middle is laying in the floor)    I asked H to cut the middle section of the tree apart and I put the pieces all thru the tree....and the last photo shows how that looked. 

Still not exactly what I had visioned....... BUT I remembered the branches that I bought at HL last year at 90% off.    The branches had probably not sold because they were $6 and $10 EACH.....that's alot of money for a branch!   I used $23 of extra branches to complete the look....

See how fat and full my tree is now.....I love it!

I also added some rose sprays that you have seen me use many many times in other vignettes..

Here's what a short fat Christmas tree looks like here in the plains of New Mexico!

When it gets closer to Christmas,  all  I have to do is add the lights and decorations.    For now,   I'll just roll her into the garage...lol!


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